by Sam Chen I don’t watch a lot of football, compared to some people. And, when I do watch, it’s not to learn lessons; it’s to be entertained. But, on occasion, there are lessons that may be learned, if we’re willing see beyond the entertainment. First, it hurts Football can be brutal. CTE (chronic traumatic […] Source: https://atoday.org/look-up-not-back-a-spiritual-lesson-from-the-nfl/
Must I marry an Adventist man to be happy?
14 November 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Would it be better for me to marry a Seventh-day Adventist man even if he’s not my ideal man, or a man who isn’t Seventh-day Adventist but has the qualities I’m looking for? Signed, Searching Dear Searching When Aunty was young, she was told that Adventists should always […] Source: https://atoday.org/must-i-marry-an-adventist-man-to-be-happy/
Wednesday: At the Sound of the Trumpet
The Thessalonians were convinced that eternal life would be granted exclusively to those who would remain alive until the Second Coming. “They had carefully guarded the lives of their friends, lest they should die and lose the blessing which they looked forward to receiving at the coming of their Lord. But one after another their loved ones had been taken from them, and with anguish the Thessalonians had looked for the last time upon the faces of their dead, hardly daring to hope to meet them in a future life.” — Ellen G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 258.
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. How did Paul correct this misconception?
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There is a historical tendency to read into the expression, “bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 4:14, NKJV) more than the text is saying. Many who accept the theory of the natural immortality of the soul suggest that Christ, at His second coming, will bring with Him from heaven the souls of the righteous dead who are already in heaven with God. Those souls thus can be reunited with their respective resurrected bodies. But such an interpretation is not in harmony with the overall teachings of Paul on the subject.
Read the words of this non-Adventist theologian on the real meaning of this verse: “The reason why the Thessalonian Christians can have hope as they grieve for the dead members of their church is that God ‘will bring’ them, that is, he will resurrect these deceased believers and cause them to be present at Christ‘s return, such that they will be ‘with him.’ The implication is that these deceased believers will not be at some kind of disadvantage at the parousia of Christ but will be ‘with him’ in such a way that they share equally with living believers in the glory associated with his return.” — Jeffrey A. D. Weima, 1-2 Thessalonians, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014), p. 319.
If the souls of the righteous dead were already with the Lord in heaven, Paul would not need to mention the final resurrection as the Christian hope; he could have just mentioned that the righteous were already with the Lord. But, instead, he says that “those who sleep in Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 4:14, NKJV) would be resurrected from the dead at the end of time.
The hope in the final resurrection brought comfort to the grieving Thessalonians. The same hope can help us face with confidence the painful moments when the cold grip of death takes our loved ones from us.
Amen!
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Southern Adventist University Archeologists Assist in Huge Discovery
14 November 2022 | Southern Adventist University archaeologists Yosef Garfinkel, Michael G. Hasel, and Martin G. Klingbeil teamed up with students and employees from Southern Adventist University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to uncover a tiny ivory comb with the oldest sentence written in the world’s first alphabet. According to Smithsonian magazine, archaeologists unearthed […] Source: https://atoday.org/southern-adventist-university-archeologists-assist-in-huge-discovery/
Acusaciones de malversación de fondos en Asociación de Panamá
El tesorero de la Asociación Metropolitana de Panamá, el Sr. Ovidio Abdiel Guerra, fue destituido de su cargo tras ser acusado de malversación de fondos. En una reunión de Zoom celebrada el domingo 11 de septiembre de 2022, el presidente de la Asociación, Eluvinio Castrellón, explicó la salida del tesorero a los Ancianos de las […] Source: https://atoday.org/acusaciones-de-malversacion-de-fondos-en-asociacion-de-panama/
