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Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 11 – Ruth and Esther. It’s the fastest hour of the week!
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11 June 2025 | The past few decades have seen countless conversations about what deconstruction looks like. How does one reassemble a system of beliefs or values after distancing themselves from their childhood faith? How does our sense of who we are change when we no longer identify exclusively with the church community in which […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-jody-washburn-after-deconstruction-healing-and-wholeness-after-letting-go-of-high-control-religion/
What is money? Cryptocurrencies push the question up in our faces. The “crypto” in cryptocurrency means “hidden” – obscured. But in a way, all money is cryptocurrency. What is a dollar, really? Ultimately a dollar is worth what people believe it is worth—it has little intrinsic value in itself. Now that we have a president […] Source: https://atoday.org/god-money/
When a woman in Armenia experienced repeated delays with her government documents, her impatience turned into anger toward God. But what seemed like frustration was actually part of God’s plan. The delays allowed her to attend an evangelistic series, where she discovered Bible truth and decided to be baptized into the remnant church. This testimony shows how God’s timing is always for the best. Be inspired by her journey of faith, and don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe for more powerful stories. #AWR360 #ChristForEurope Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RZbBH52LN6w
Daily Lesson for Thursday 12th of June 2025
There is an unfortunate tendency among some Christians to dwell on the hard things of Bible prophecy. We see that trying times lie ahead, and the study of prophecy can become fear-based, focusing on hardship instead of the promised resolution to the story. While God does not sugarcoat the future, and He is honest about the events that will transpire between now and the close of the great controversy, it is important always to read the story to the end.
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There is a general pattern in prophecy in which God reveals the truth about the mess created by our human rebellion, and He shows us the consequences. But then He always holds out hope. Some have looked at the predictions of a final crisis—the “time of Jacob’s trouble”—with fear and trembling. Undoubtedly, the closing moments will not be easy ones for God’s people. But just as the prediction of hard times is reliable, so is the promise of deliverance.
In Revelation 12:1-17, the devil pursues Christ’s bride with hateful vengeance, but God intervenes to save her. The story of Esther also has a beautiful queen playing a central role in the drama, and God uses her powerfully to save His people.
God raised up His remnant church for a specific moment in history. As the 1,260 days of the Dark Ages drew to a close, God brought His bride out of hiding (compare with Revelation 12:14) to carry His final message of mercy—the three angels’ messages—to the world. We are here “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14).
Esther discovered she was not alone in facing the persecution being unleashed on her people by Haman: she found favor from the king, and her people were ultimately delivered. Neither are we alone as we enter the final moments of earth’s history—the King is on our side, and God’s people will be delivered, as well.
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Things worked out well, at least in this story, for God’s people. It doesn’t always happen that way, though, does it? Why, then, must we always take a long-term view of things in order to maintain the hope that we have in Christ? |
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