Key Thought : As we see the heavenly sanctuary and judgment day, we realize the significance of God’s law and the Sabbath in the heart of God’s law.
June 1, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Matthew 5:17,18; Eccl 12:13,14; I John 5:3.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is the relationship between God’s law and His character?
3. Personal Application: What reasons do you have for wanting to keep God’s commandments? Are you trying to do the impossible? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “We don’t have to keep the commandments anymore. We are under grace, not under the law. If you are trying to obey the law, you are a legalist.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Revelation 14:6,7; 4:11, Genewsis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How does the Sabbath like the Creation story and the law of God together?
3. Personal Application: How is the Sabbath a symbol of redemption and righteousness by faith? Share your thoughts.(Note: See Ezekiel 20:12 and 20:20.)
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why do you keep the Old Jewish Sabbath? Don’t you know the old covenant has been done away with and we are under the new covenant of grace? The Sabbath was a shadow that Jesus eclipsed with His resurrection on Sunday.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:12,17; 13:7; 14:7,9-11.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why is Satan so angry with God’s end-time people?
3. Personal Application: What key theme occurs in all these verses? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “The world seems to be dramatically changing. How can we be vigilant so that these events don’t catch us unprepared?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Revelation 14:12.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What are the two identifying characteristics of those who refuse to worship the beast? Why are both important?
3. Personal Application: How is God preparing your faith today for what is coming in the future? 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 Thursday 30th of May 2024

In Revelation 14:7, the first angel cries with a loud voice, “ ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water’ ” (NKJV). Heaven’s appeal is for us to give our supreme allegiance and heartfelt worship to the Creator in light of impending judgment.

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The second angel declares, “ ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’ ” (Revelation 14:8, NKJV). Babylon represents a fallen apostate religious system that has rejected the message of the first angel in favor of a false system of worship. That’s why Revelation 14:9-11 warns against worshiping “the beast and his image.” Two opposing choices are presented here—worship of the Creator or worship of the beast. Every person on planet Earth will make their final, irrevocable decision over who has their total allegiance—Jesus or Satan.

God will have an end-time people who are loyal to Him in the face of the greatest opposition and fiercest persecution in the history of the world. Through the gift of Christ’s righteousness, they will live grace-filled, obedient lives. Worshiping the Creator stands in direct opposition to worshiping the beast and is expressed in keeping the commandments of God. This final conflict over allegiance to Christ or allegiance to the beast power centers in worship, and at the heart of this great controversy between good and evil is the Sabbath.

These committed followers of the Savior will not only have faith “in” Jesus but will also have the faith “of” Jesus. The faith of Jesus is a faith so deep, so trusting, so committed, that all the demons in hell and all the trials on earth cannot shake it. It is a faith that trusts when it cannot see, believes when it cannot reason why, and hopes when it cannot understand. This “faith of Jesus” is itself a gift we receive by faith. It will carry us through the crisis ahead. When the final crisis breaks and we face an economic boycott, persecution, imprisonment, and death itself, the faith of Jesus will carry us through earth’s final hours until Jesus returns.

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Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter’s author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson.

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View an in-depth discussion of The Foundation of God’s Government in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris.  
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Daily Lesson for Tuesday 28th of May 2024

Creation speaks of our value in God’s sight. We are not alone in the universe—some speck of cosmic dust—nor are we a genetic accident. In other words, the common scientific scenario of life’s origins, which has been picked up by the news media and popular culture, presents a view of our origins that is in every way incompatible with the biblical account.

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We are here because Jesus created us. And He is worthy of our worship not only because He created us but also because He redeemed us. Creation and Redemption are at the heart of all true worship. Therefore, the Sabbath is vital to understanding the plan of salvation. The Sabbath speaks of a Creator’s care and a Redeemer’s love.

At the conclusion of Creation week, God rested in the beauty and majesty of the world He had made. He also rested as an example to us. The Sabbath is a weekly pause to praise the One who made us. As we worship on the Sabbath, we open our hearts to receive the special blessing He placed in that day only, and in no other day.

The Sabbath points us to a Creator who loved us too much to abandon us when we drifted from His purpose for us. The Sabbath is an eternal symbol of our rest in Him. It is a special sign of loyalty to the Creator (Ezekiel 20:12,20). It is a symbol of rest, not of works; of grace, not of legalism; of assurance, not of condemnation; of depending upon God for salvation, not on ourselves. True Sabbath rest is the rest of grace in the loving arms of the One who created us, the One who redeemed us, and the One who is coming again for us.

The message of Revelation 14:1-20, God’s end-time message for the world, calls people to rest in His love and care each Sabbath. It calls us to remember the One who created us and give Him glory. Keeping the Sabbath also is a connecting link between the perfection of Eden and the glory of the new heavens and the new earth to come. It reminds us that one day the splendors of Eden will be restored.

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