Sabbath School Study: From Battle to Victory
Lesson Study: Suraj Sukumaran, March 14, 2020 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcwoYvwXI1I
Sunday: Prophecies About Persia and Greece
Read Daniel 11:1-4. What do we see here that reminds us of some of the previous prophecies we have seen in Daniel?
Gabriel tells Daniel that three kings will still rise from Persia. They will be followed by the fourth king, who will be the richest one of all and will provoke the Greeks. After Cyrus, three successive kings exert dominion over Persia: Cambyses (530-522 B.C.),
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the False Smerdis (522 B.C.), and Darius I (522-486 B.C.). The fourth king is Xerxes, mentioned in the book of Esther as Ahasuerus. He is very wealthy (Esther 1:1-7) and marshals a vast army to invade Greece, as predicted in the prophecy. But, in spite of his power, he is repelled by a smaller force of valiant Greek soldiers.
It is not difficult to recognize Alexander the Great as the mighty king who arises in Daniel 11:3, and who becomes the absolute ruler of the ancient world. At the age of 32, he died without leaving an heir to rule the empire. So the kingdom was divided among his four generals: Seleucus over Syria and Mesopotamia, Ptolemy over Egypt, Lysimachus over Thrace and portions of Asia Minor, and Cassander over Macedonia and Greece.
Compare Daniel 11:2-4 with Daniel 8:3-8, Dan. 8:20-22. How do these texts together help identify Alexander as the power here?
What can we learn from this assortment of names, dates, places, and historical events? First, we learn that the prophecy is fulfilled as predicted by the divine messenger. God’s Word never fails. Second, God is the Lord of history. We may get the impression that the succession of political powers, leaders, and kingdoms is propelled by the ambition of emperors, dictators, and politicians of all stripes. However, the Bible reveals that God is in ultimate control and will move the wheel of history according to His divine purpose, which ultimately will lead to the eradication of evil and the establishment of God’s eternal kingdom.
Amen!
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Sabato 14 marzo 2020
Salmo 46:1-1 Dio per noi un rifugio e una forza, un aiuto sempre pronto nelle difficolta'. Percio' non temiamo se la terra sconvolta, se i monti si muovono in mezzo al mare, se le sue acque rumoreggiano, schiumano e si gonfiano, facendo tremare i monti Testo di Angela Lamuraglia presentato in studio da Roberta Pari. Meditazione giornaliera, serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m84kDZ-msvM
Feeling Apocalyptic
By Loren Seibold | 13 March 2020 | Yesterday was a weird, creepy day. One cancellation after another, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) warnings about the severity of the COVID-19 illness, presidents and politicians lined up at microphones to voice their self-serving concern—all these happenings seemed to tumble in […] Source: https://atoday.org/feeling-apocalyptic/
North American Division administration provides guidance for Church in North America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The leadership of the North American Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD), in consultation with the leaders of the nine union conferences in the NAD, is providing some guidance for the churches and schools in our territories regarding the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
As Christians we have a responsibility to care for each other and ourselves. With the World Health Organization now declaring COVID-19 to be a pandemic, we should be seen as…
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