Daily Lesson for Monday 23rd of June 2025

Jonah had a very distinct message for the people of Nineveh. “And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, ‘Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!’ ” (Jonah 3:4, NKJV). It seems pretty clear: the place was doomed. After all, was that not a word directly from a prophet of the Lord?

Yet, what happened to Nineveh?

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Yes, the whole city repented, and the prophesied doom was averted, at least for a time. “Their doom was averted, the God of Israel was exalted and honored throughout the heathen world, and His law was revered. Not until many years later was Nineveh to fall a prey to the surrounding nations through forgetfulness of God and through boastful pride.”—Ellen G. White, Prophets and Kings, p. 271.

Can we expect something like this in the last days, with the final message to the fallen world? Yes—and no. That is, there will be, all over the world, many people who heed the call, “ ‘Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues’ ” (Revelation 18:4, NKJV). All over the world, people will take their stand and, in defiance of the beast, will “keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:12). These people, like those in Nineveh, will be spared the judgment that falls upon the lost.

Some prophecies, such as God’s announcement that Nineveh would be destroyed, are conditional. (Ninevah would be destroyed unless the people turned away from their evil [see Jeremiah 18:7-10].) Yet, some prophecies don’t come with these conditions. They are going to be fulfilled, no matter the human response. The Messianic prophecies of Christ’s first and second comings, the mark of the beast, the outpouring of the plagues, end-time ­persecution—these are not conditional; they will take place regardless of what humans do. What humans do, and the choices they make, will determine instead what side they will be on as final events, foretold by the prophets, unfold.

<–Sunday Tuesday–>

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25b-13-a-work-of-repentance/

To learn of the “Allusions, Images and Symbols” in Bible Prophecy, we are really in great need of saying to God
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272 so we are able to learn with His abundant help. This will be our theme for this, the second quarter of Bible Study, 2025. 

“This time we will look at the mission of Jonah to Nineveh, the fall of Babylon, and the rise of Cyrus, the Persian King wholiberated God’s people and enabled them to return to the Promised Land

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 which is where we find our first hymn for this Sabbath: 
Hymn 620 – On Jordan’s Stormy Banks, just as did the Children of Israel. This hymn comes along a few times this week.

Our Creator is spoken of frequently in our studies this week, giving us another hymn:
Hymn 320 – Lord Of Creation to enjoy. 

It is wonderful to read that all over the world many people will heed the call of God and come to repentance (Monday). All will 
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus – Hymn 618, and will 
Stand Like The Brave – Hymn 610 as well as be found 
Standing On The Promises – Hymn 578.

Jesus warned His disciples (Tuesday) “Watch, therefore” just as 
Hymn 598 – Watch Ye Saints does.

We learn on Thursday that Cyrus came forward and liberated God’s people, which is “a type of Christ’s Second Coming”: 
Hymn 213 – Jesus Is Coming Again.

As this second quarter of 2025 closes, are we found 
Standing On The Promises – Hymn 518? Please let us all say 
O Brother, Be Faithful – Hymn 602 because 
Jesus Is Coming Again – Hymn 213. 

Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless others.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

 Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/13-images-of-the-end-singing-with-inspiration/

Key Thought: Three accounts that help us understand the last day events are the mission of Jonah, the fall of Babylon, and the rise of Cyrus, the Persian king.
June 28, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Matthew 12:38-42

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What parts of Jonah’s story does Jesus refer to? What lessons about judgment are found in His statement
3. Personal Application: How much of Jonah do you find in yourself? How can we move beyond the wrong attitude? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why would God hold people who know the truth and fell away more responsible than those who never accepted it? Does that make sense?” How would you respond to your relative? .

2. Have a volunteer read Jonah 3:5-10.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why was this prophecy not fulfilled?
3. Personal Application: What choices are you making now that will help determine what choices you will make when the final issue breaks upon the world? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Was Jonah prejudiced against the people of Ninevah because they were considered so evil or because they weren’t Jews? How does this warn us about religious or cultural bias?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Daniel 5:1-31.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What important spiritual messages can we take from this account?
3. Personal Application: Are there ways that we could be flaunting God or misusing or abusing the sanctuary or the leadership of God’s church? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “What caused Belshazzar to be found wanting and destroyed? Was it his attitude? His misuse of the objects of the sanctuary? His debauchery and drunkenness?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read 2 Chronicles 36:22,23.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. In what ways are Cyrus’ story and Nebuchadnezzar’s story similar and different?
3. Personal Application: How is everyone in the world going to be warned in the last days? Is God going to take the work in His own hands, or are other people going to be lost because of neglect on our part? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/13-images-of-the-end-teaching-plan/

Daily Lesson for Sunday 22nd of June 2025

The story of Jonah (see Jonah 1:1-17; Jonah 2:1-10; Jonah 3:1-10; Jonah 4:1-11), while brief, delivers considerable impact. Many believers have found reflections of themselves in this reluctant prophet. The story also contains remarkable overtones of future events.

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Jesus declared that He was greater than Jonah. He knew that coming to this world would mean the Cross, and still He came to “seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Jonah spent three days in the great fish because of his own sins; Jesus spent three days in the tomb because of ours. That’s what it took to save the lost.

Today, we know Jonah as a reluctant prophet, unwilling to go to Nineveh. From a human perspective, it is easy to understand—the Assyrians ran a brutal regime. Assyrian murals are replete with scenes of unusual cruelty; conquered peoples were put to death by the most cruel methods imaginable. Who would want to face the prospect of preaching repentance in their capital city?

There is an important moment in the story that may point forward to the last-day remnant movement. When Jonah is asked who he is, he responds, “ ‘I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land’ ”—a statement much like the first angel’s message (Jonah 1:9, NKJV; Revelation 14:7). Indeed, his emphasis on the Lord as the One “ ‘who made the sea and the dry land’ ” is, of course, pointing to Him as the Creator. This fact is foundational to why we should worship Him, and worship is central to last-day events.

At the same time, we, too, have been charged with preaching a potentially unpopular message in spiritual Babylon. To say “come out of her, my people” (Revelation 18:4, NKJV) is to tell the world they must repent—a message that has almost always provoked a negative response from many people, even when delivered in the kindest way possible. Who of us when witnessing has not received negative, or even hostile, responses? It just comes with the job.

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25b-13-the-reluctant-prophet/