by Andreas Bochmann | 17 June 2022 When I grew up in the city of West Berlin, it was still surrounded by the Berlin Wall, to “protect” Communist East Germany from all the dangers of the free world. It is this memory that flooded my mind after the General Conference (GC) session was over and […] Source: https://atoday.org/east-germany-and-st-louis/
ATSS PRESENTS: Mathilde Frey on Cain, Abel and Violence
17 June 2022 | Introduction by Mathilde Frey. The story of Cain and Abel has been invoked in the wake of mass shootings numerous times. “Cain killed Abel with a rock, and God did not take away the rock.” Yes, I have seen the billboards and the memes, and I heard this message after every mass […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-presents-mathilde-frey-on-cain-abel-and-violence/
Sabbath: Israel in Egypt
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Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 46:1-34; Romans 10:12-13; Genesis 47:1-31; Genesis 48:1-22; Acts 3:25-26; Genesis 49:1-33; Philippians 2:10; Genesis 49:29-50:21.
Memory Text: “So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly” (Genesis 47:27, NKJV).
Genesis covers the last years of Jacob and Joseph together. We see Jacob (Israel) leave Canaan (Genesis chapter 46) in order to settle in Egypt (Genesis chapter 47), and there he will die (Genesis 49:29-50:21). And yet, even in this Egyptian setting, the prospect of the Promised Land still looms large in the background (Genesis 50:22-26).
As soon as Jacob arrives in Egypt, Jacob blesses Pharaoh (Genesis 47:7-10), thus fulfilling (partially, of course) the Abrahamic promise to be a blessing to the nations (Genesis 12:3). Later, about to die, Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons (Genesis 48). Jacob also blesses his own sons (Genesis 49:1-28) and makes impressive predictions concerning each of them in the context of the future 12 tribes of Israel (Genesis 49:1-27).
The fact, however, that Israel “dwells” in exile, in Egypt as strangers, is in tension with the hope of the Promised Land. And though the book of Genesis itself ends with the children of Israel in Egypt, some of the last words of Joseph point to another place: “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob” (Genesis 50:24, NKJV).
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 25.
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Psalm 145:5
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
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Mission Spotlight for June 18
Support for the mission activities of the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been part of the Sabbath School program. This video is Mission Spotlight for this week.
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