Daily Lesson for Friday 6th of September 2024

Read Ellen G. White, “On the Mount of Olives,” Pages 627–636, in The Desire of Ages.

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Many things are happening in the world that are very disturbing. People truly are frightened about what is unfolding. How can we, as Seventh-day Adventists, with a kind of “inside track” on events, use these things to point people to the hope we have in Jesus and the promise of His coming?

“Because we know not the exact time of His coming, we are commanded to watch. ‘Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching.’ Luke 12:37. Those who watch for the Lord’s coming are not waiting in idle expectancy. The expectation of Christ’s coming is to make men fear the Lord, and fear His judgments upon transgression. It is to awaken them to the great sin of rejecting His offers of mercy. Those who are watching for the Lord are purifying their souls by obedience to the truth. With vigilant watching they combine earnest working. Because they know that the Lord is at the door, their zeal is quickened to co-operate with the divine intelligences in working for the salvation of souls. These are the faithful and wise servants who give to the Lord’s household ‘their portion of meat in due season.’ Luke 12:42. They are declaring the truth that is now specially applicable. As Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses each declared the truth for his time, so will Christ’s servants now give the special warning for their generation.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 634.

Discussion Questions

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24c-10-further-thought-the-last-days/

Key Thought: Mark 13 clarifies that the prophecy goes from the time of Jesus to the time of the end, the second coming. He also teaches how to prepare for the coming trials.
September 7, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Mark 13:1-13.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How did the disciples respond to Jesus’ statement about the temple, and how did He respond to them?
3. Personal Application: What has been your own experience with the trials that come from following Jesus? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of you relatives states, “I haven’t had any trials for being a Christian. God has protected me and kept me from trials because I have been a faithful believer. How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Mark 13:14-18, Daniel 9:26,27.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What else does Jesus give in figuring out what the “abomination of desolation” refers to?
3. Personal Application: How cann we learn to trust Him and the Bible in all its predictions? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Isn’t the prince who is to come the antichrist who causes the sacrifices and the oblations to cease in Jerusalem after the rapture to take place and the Jews rebuild the temple?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Mark 13:13.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this refer to?
3. Personal Application: How should Jesus’ warning against the false prophets and false Christs that has been partially fulfilled already increase our trust in the word of God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “What hope do the Christians have during the persecution? What warning does He give them at the close of the time of trouble?.” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Mark 13:24-32.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What great event is described here?
3. Personal Application: Why is there confusion as to the dual application of this prophecy? Does “this” generation fit the destruction of Jerusalem, while “that” generation refers to those living at thye end of time? 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/10-the-last-days-teaching-plan/