Closer To Heaven
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4 June 2025 | What makes something wrong? In his favorably reviewed book The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt challenges both the wisdom of the ages and our current ideas. Though a secular evolutionary psychologist, he argues that when we make moral decisions, instincts often triumph over reason. Haidt then presents real consequences for politics: for […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-malcolm-russell-how-do-we-choose-whats-right-in-a-weird-culture/
Faith often leads to unexpected opportunities. For a young teen, her decision to honor the Sabbath became a testimony to her classmates and professors. After attending the Christ for Europe series, she fulfilled her dream of being baptized at youth camp. Similarly, Yuri, a 31-year-old from Ukraine, was led to a life-changing decision through an encounter with a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, which sparked his journey into Bible studies and baptism. Witness how God leads people of all ages to stand firm and walk in truth. Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe for more stories of hope and faith. #AWR360 #ChristforEurope Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nknZYyrBGg
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4 June 2025 | As reported by BakersfieldNow on May 11, The Bakersfield Police Department’s bomb squad was dispatched to the Adventist Health Specialty Bakersfield on Sunday following the discovery of a small destructive device inside the building. According to the police, a security guard found the device and promptly removed it from the premises. […] Source: https://atoday.org/bomb-squad-called-to-adventist-health-specialty-hospital-in-california/
Daily Lesson for Thursday 5th of June 2025
The description of judgment found in Daniel 7:1-28 gives us a glimpse behind the veil—to an awe-inspiring opportunity to see how God is resolving the problem of sin while still redeeming those who wish to live in a covenant relationship with Him.
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There is little question that the human race is judged by God. Ecclesiastes 12:14 assures us that “God will bring every work into judgment” (NKJV), and Paul reminds us that we do not need to judge each other, because “we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ” (Romans 14:10). God, of course, does not need records to know who is saved or lost, but angels—who have been examining the plan of salvation all along (1 Peter 1:12)—would naturally have questions. They were witnesses to the rebellion of Satan and saw a third of heaven’s angels expelled from heaven (Revelation 12:4)—and now God is bringing us into His presence. God opens the books and allows the saints to see everything.
The story of Abraham’s pleading for Sodom and Gomorrah—a type of the judgment—offers us some important insight into judgment. The sins of Sodom were obviously being investigated; God mentions that the wickedness of the city had given it such a reputation that the outcry against it was great (Genesis 18:20). But it was not only Sodom and Gomorrah that were investigated prior to their destruction. God also opened the door for Abraham to study whether or not God was acting righteously in His decision to destroy the wicked.
Meanwhile, who appears amid the heavenly judgment, in Daniel 7:1-28, but “the Son of man,” Jesus (Daniel 7:13; see also Matthew 20:28), whose appearance is the only reason why this judgment is “made in favor of the saints of the Most High” (Daniel 7:22, NKJV). His perfect righteousness alone gets His people through judgment.
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Imagine standing in judgment with all your secrets exposed before our Holy God. What is your only hope at that time of judgment? (See Friday’s study.) |
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