Nel corso della diretta RVS del 27 agosto 2024, Roberto Vacca intervista il politologo Paolo Naso su alcuni fatti di attualità prendendo spunto da alcuni articoli presenti sui giornali di oggi. Tra i temi affrontati: bombardamenti russi e l’imbarazzo occidentale nel sostegno a Kiev; la questione migratoria, il problema sicurezza in Europa e le misure del governo italiano contro le ONG; gli sviluppi della crisi politica francese. La voce Lo sguardo miope di una politica violenta (https://hopemedia.it/lo-sguardo-miope-di-una-politica-violenta/) è stata pubblicata per la prima volta su HopeMedia Italia (https://hopemedia.it) . Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC3ZdPmPw40
Wednesday: Earthly Duties and Heavenly Outcomes
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 28th of August 2024
Read Mark 12:13-27. What is going on here, and what truths does Jesus teach?
The religious leaders were trying to catch Jesus in something they could use to condemn Him, either to the Roman governor or to the people. In this controversy, it was the question of paying taxes. In this time and place, refusing to pay taxes could be taken as rebellion against the Roman government, a serious offense.
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Jesus’ reply to give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s kept Him out of a trap and also provided profound instruction on the believer’s responsibility to the government. “He declared that since they were living under the protection of the Roman power, they should render to that power the support it claimed, so long as this did not conflict with a higher duty. But while peaceably subject to the laws of the land, they should at all times give their first allegiance to God.”—Ellen. G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 602.
What follows next is a question about the resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees were a priestly group that accepted only the five books of Moses as Scripture. They did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. The scenario they present to Jesus was probably hypothetical. It involved seven brothers and one woman. According to the law of Moses, when a man who died left no sons, his brother would marry the widow to maintain property in a family line, and any children born to that union would be legally those of the dead man (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
Seeking to discredit the doctrine of the resurrection, the Sadducees point to a moral dilemma of whose wife the woman would be in the resurrection. Jesus counters their argument in two steps, referring to the Scriptures and to the power of God. First, He describes the power of God in the resurrection and indicates that there will not be marriage in heaven. Then He defends the doctrine of the resurrection by appealing to Exodus 3:1-22, where God indicates that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jesus implies that this means that they will be raised; they cannot remain dead if God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are, for now, dead.
If someone were to ask you, “Do you know the power of God?” what would you reply, and why?
(1)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24c-09-earthly-duties-and-heavenly-outcomes/
SATIRE: Conspiracy Theorist Claims Illuminati Created Oreos to Undermine Adventist Health Message
Sawtooth, Tennessee – Conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed health message expert Soy Lent claims to have uncovered a secret plot by the Illuminati to undermine the Adventist health message through the creation and mass distribution of Oreos. “Wake up, sheeple!” exclaimed Lent during a 3-hour YouTube livestream from his mother’s basement. “The Illuminati are using Oreos […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-conspiracy-theorist-claims-illuminati-created-oreos-to-undermine-adventist-health-message/
Journey of Faith: Belanos Family’s Transformation in Mindoro
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The Two Creation Stories of Genesis, Part 1: Elohim Does It All—in Just Six Quick Days
by Richard W. Coffen | 27 August 2024 | It’s exegetical—that is, interpretive—malpractice to claim, as some Bible readers do, that Genesis 2 amplifies Genesis 1, as though it is a map inset. (See, for instance, Andrews Bible Commentary: Light Depth Truth, vol. 1, p. 144.) A close reading reveals something quite different. “Close reading,” […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-two-creation-stories-of-genesis-part-1-elohim-does-it-all-in-just-six-days/
