Daily Lesson for Tuesday 13th of May 2025

Cherubim, either as living beings (Ezekiel 10:8) or the gold symbols of them (Exodus 25:18), appear all through the Old Testament. They are often depicted as standing immediately next to God’s throne, radiating His glory to the universe. Cherubim also are embroidered into the curtain before the Holy of Holies (Exodus 26:1). In the book of Psalms, God’s supreme power over creation is poetically pictured as God being borne through the air by cherubim (Psalms 18:10). God commanded that the ark of the covenant be topped by two solid gold cherubim with their wings extended toward one another (Exodus 25:18-20).

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Ezekiel is presented with an impressive display of God’s power. It is a confusing scene to begin with, matching the predicament that God’s people found themselves living with at the moment: the chosen people not in the land of promise but in Babylonian captivity. As Ezekiel ­studies the scene placed before him, he looks up and sees God’s throne above it all.

Notice the important similarities with other “throne” visions. The living creatures that Ezekiel witnesses have the same faces as the living creatures in John’s vision: a lion, an eagle, an ox, and a man.

The mysterious creatures with four faces are not specifically named in Ezekiel’s initial description; later, in another throne room scene (see Ezekiel 10:1-21), they are called “cherubim,” and we also find the burning coals from Isaiah’s vision of the seraphs. They share the faces of the living creatures mentioned in John’s vision.

Whenever we see God’s throne—whether in the typical ark of the covenant, which served as God’s meeting place with Moses (Exodus 25:22), or the breathtaking visions of the prophets—the cherubim are always there. They are intimately tied to the throne of God. All of God’s creatures were designed to reflect His glory—whether we are talking about the human race made in His image or the angelic beings who are posted immediately next to His glorious throne.

<–Monday Wednesday–>

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25b-07-like-burning-coals-of-fire/

To learn of the “Allusions, Images and Symbols” in Bible Prophecy we are really in great need of saying to God
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272 so we are able to learn with His abundant help. This will be our theme for this, the second quarter of Bible Study, 2025.

 Our Memory Text tells of Isaiah wishing to do God’s work, and we can sing this heartily in 
Hymn 330 – Take My Life, And Let It Be as we look through the scriptures this week. Sabbath afternoon’s introduction to the week of study closes with God’s loving character, which is found in 
Hymn 79 – O Love Of God, How Strong And True!

Sunday continues with 
Hymn 330 – Take My Life, And Let It Be all because God says 
So Send I You – Hymn  578.

The throne room scene on Monday shows “our role as forgiven sinners” giving us a prayer hymn 
Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive – Hymn 299.

We keep learning more about angels this week, and 
Hymn 425 – Holy, Holy, Is What The Angels Sing helps us to understand a little more about our angels. The question at the end of Tuesday gives us another wonderful hymn in 
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! – Hymn 73.

Learning more about The Fall Of Lucifer (Thursday) we are very much encouraged to sing 
Worthy, Worthy Is The Lamb – Hymn 246.

Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless others.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Key Thought: God is the foundation of every good thing because He is the Creator of all good things. God’s throne is in heaven and He has jurisdiction over the earth and all He created.
May 17, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 6:6-8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What were the consequences of this meeting and why is it important?
3. Personal Application: Have you submitted to Christ in knowing cleansing and forgiveness enough to allow yourself to want to be used to share the gospel with others? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, How can we witness to people without appearing to be aggressive and pushy in our sharing? Some groups are very pushy and it turns a lot of people off. So how can we approach and share in a non-aggressive manner?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:21-24, Ezekiel 1:4-14.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What job were the cherubim tasked with and why?
3. Personal Application: How holy are you in comparison to God? What does this tell us about our need of the gospel? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “I don’t understand the imagery here concerning the vision. Can you explain what this is describing? How does this help us in understanding God or His work?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Numbers 2:3; 2:10; 2:19; 2:25.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What were the four dominant tribes of the tabernacle? What were the standard flag for each one of these tribes?
   (Note – Reuben – Man, Judah – Lion, Ephraim – Ox, Dan – Eagle.)
3. Personal Application: How can we draw closer to the presence of God in our lives? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “How does Elijah come before Christ’s second coming? John the Baptist came before Jesus the first time. If John was a burning and shining lamp, what will God’s people be described as as a forerunner of Christ?” How would you respond to your neighbor?
   (Note – Read Revelation Chapter 14:1-6) Their message? (Revelation 14:6-14)

4. Have a volunteer read Ezekiel 28:11-17, Daniel 14:12-14.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. If Satan and one-third of the angels were kicked out of heaven, what kind of honor would it be for us to take their places in heaven? Does that mean we become angels when we go to heaven?.
3. Personal Application: What role do we have as a church and as individuals in letting people know about what Christ has done for them? 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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Daily Lesson for Monday 12th of May 2025

As soon as our first parents were expelled from the Garden, God offered the hope of Messiah (Genesis 3:15). Then He established a powerful symbol at the gates of Eden: two cherubim with a brilliant flashing light between them. It should not be lost on us that this scene so closely resembles the ark of the covenant, a symbol of God’s throne (Exodus 25:18).

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While the cherubim were certainly given the responsibility to keep sinners from accessing the tree of life (Genesis 3:22), they also were a symbol of hope, of promise, that one day humans would be restored to Paradise. “The Garden of Eden remained upon the earth long after man had become an outcast from its pleasant paths. The fallen race was long permitted to gaze upon the home of innocence, their entrance barred only by the watching angels. At the cherubim-guarded gate of Paradise the divine glory was revealed. Hither came Adam and his sons to worship God. Here they renewed their vows of obedience to that law the transgression of which had banished them from Eden. . . . But in the final restitution, when there shall be ‘a new heaven and a new earth’ (Revelation 21:1), it is to be restored more gloriously adorned than at the beginning.”—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 62.

The wording in Genesis 3:24 is also interesting: the Bible indicates that God “placed” the cherubim to the east of Eden, and the original Hebrew word used is shakan, the root word for the sacred “tabernacle” (see Exodus 25:9, Numbers 3:26), where the presence of God dwelt among His people. Though the common term Shekinah, for the presence of God, does not appear in the Bible, it, too, is based on this word often translated “tabernacle.” A literal translation of shakan could read, “God tabernacled cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden.”

In the Bible, cherubim are associated with the presence of God (see 1 Chronicles 13:6, Psalms 80:1, and Isaiah 37:16), in particular with His throne, which is the place where His name is proclaimed. We should not fail to notice that the 24 elders who attend God’s throne in Revelation 4:1-11 and 5 sing His praises and declare His right to rule as the One who created all things (Revelation 4:11). This can help us understand the throne room scene and our role as forgiven sinners in relationship to our Maker.

<–Sunday Tuesday–>

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 11th of May 2025

Years ago, a church decided to renovate an outdated basement to create a new fellowship hall. One of the first things they did was to install new lights, believing that they would make the space seem more beautiful. Once they were installed, however, the space looked even worse, because bright lights have a way of revealing flaws.

Isaiah’s stunning vision of God’s throne left him painfully aware of his shortcomings. “ ‘Woe is me,’ ” he lamented, “ ‘for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts’ ” (Isaiah 6:5, NKJV). We would feel the same if we were suddenly escorted into the presence of the Lord. The light is bright enough to remove all of our excuses. In God’s presence, we sense that we are lost. Isaiah was in for the surprise of a lifetime.

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Isaiah was purged of his sin when a seraph took a coal from the altar and touched his mouth with it. This was likely the altar of incense, where intercession was made by and for God’s people (see Revelation 8:3-4). His sins were forgiven, and he was now considered fit to stand in God’s presence—but, more than that, he was also commissioned to represent God to the world.

Interestingly enough, the word “seraph” means “the burning one.” Notice Jesus’ description of John the Baptist’s ministry in John 5:35—“ ‘He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light’ ” (NKJV). Though, of course, John himself was a sinner in need of grace and salvation, his ministry pointed to the only One who could bring grace and salvation.

Jesus came as the perfect representation of the Father’s glory—and God sent a prophet, a sinner, who performed a similar task as one of heaven’s seraphim.

<–Sabbath Monday–>

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