Daily Lesson for Wednesday 4th of June 2025

Just prior to the destruction of Sodom, there is a curious story that takes place on the plains of Mamre. God, accompanied by two angels, appears to Abraham. When Abraham sees them, he invites the heavenly visitors to a meal, and it is at this point that God promises that Abraham and Sarah will have a son who would lead to the Messiah. Jesus, indeed, came from the line of Abraham (compare with Galatians 3:16). Then the story suddenly turns to the matter of the wicked cities of the plain.

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God does not owe us an explanation, but He chooses not to veil His motives and plans from the human race. “Surely the Lord God does nothing,” the prophet Amos tells us, “unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7, NKJV).

Before God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah, He declares that the only right thing to do is inform Abraham of what is about to happen, about what he can soon expect to be witnessing.

God lingers with Abraham while the two angels go to the wicked city to call out those who will heed their warning. One cannot help but think of the prophetic angels who perform the same task in the last days, calling those of God’s people who live in Babylon to come out of her (Revelation 14:6-12, Revelation 18:1-4). As the final warning is being issued, God discusses with Abraham what is about to happen, and He willingly subjects Himself to the patriarch’s questions.

“ ‘Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked,’ ” Abraham comments, and then asks, “ ‘Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?’ ” (Genesis 18:25, NKJV). Abraham is not only examining the case of Sodom, but he is also examining the character of God. Likewise, before the end comes, God opens the books of heaven (Revelation 20:4,11-15) and allows us to investigate the evidence before He finally brings fire down on the earth. That is, we will have a thousand years to get a lot of questions answered that, for now, remain unanswered.

<–Tuesday Thursday–>

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Daily Lesson for Tuesday 3rd of June 2025

There is another key Old Testament story to which Peter makes direct reference when describing last-day events: the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The cities of the plain were legendary for their wickedness and became the first example of population centers destroyed by fire from heaven.

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The warning offered to the last-day people of this planet through the account of Sodom and Gomorrah is plain: eventually, the wicked will also be destroyed by fire, as described so clearly in Revelation 20:1-15. Sin is remarkably deceptive in that it blinds us to the state of our own hearts, veiling our transgressions under a layer of self-approval, while the wickedness perpetrated by others often remains obvious to us. In the same chapter that God talked about how much love He had poured upon His nation, He also has to warn the nation that, while it did not commit the very same sins (Ezekiel 16:47), it has actually become more wicked than Sodom.

Israel had been “playing the harlot” (Ezekiel 16:41), committing spiritual adultery. Imagine the surprise of God’s people when they heard that they were more wicked than people who were legendary for their wickedness.

This is nothing new, not just with ancient Israel but with all humanity. In Romans 1:18-32, Paul presents a long list of human evil that could have been written based off of today’s newspapers. Paul’s description of Gentile sin was not intended to create feelings of superiority among the Jews but so that God’s people finally could understand the seriousness of their own sins. Nathan did the same thing when he spoke to David: he told the story of a rich man who stole a lamb from a poor man. This story “greatly aroused” David’s anger (2 Samuel 12:5, NKJV), because the injustice seemed obvious; even then, it took Nathan’s declaration, “You are the man!” (2 Samuel 12:7, NKJV) to make David see himself in the story.

It is important to remember that the Bible is not primarily addressed to the outside world but to God’s own people. When we see the heinous sins of others described in a passage such as Revelation 13:1-18 or 17, it is a warning that we, too, can fall into the same trap.

<–Monday Wednesday–>

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Daily Lesson for Monday 2nd of June 2025

Peter reminds us that many will be unprepared for Christ’s return because they “willfully forget” (2 Peter 3:5, NKJV) what happened at the Flood. Today, even though the world has a collective memory of a great deluge (an astonishing number of global cultures tell the story of a devastating flood, from the ancient Greeks to the Mayans), the story of Noah is today perhaps one of the most ridiculed of the Bible’s accounts. As predicted, the world is willfully setting the story aside as a myth, no matter how clearly and explicitly it is depicted in the Old Testament and referred to numerous times in the New Testament.

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There is another important lesson for God’s last-day remnant people that emerges from careful study. Hebrews 11:7 tells us that Noah “prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith” (NKJV).

Imagine preaching for more than a century with nothing to show for it but your own family in the ark. If Noah had been a modern evangelist, we might be tempted to write him off as a failure: decades of preaching and what would appear to be no results.

Fortunately, at the moment, many parts of the world are very responsive to the three angels’ messages. Evangelistic outreach—the preaching of our unique remnant message—is proving incredibly effective in many places, and many are coming to know the Lord. We have not yet reached the point where there are no results, although we have been told the moment is coming when “probation will close, and the door of mercy will be shut. Thus in the one short sentence, ‘They that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut,’ we are carried down through the Saviour’s final ministration, to the time when the great work for man’s salvation shall be completed.”—Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 428.

Until then, we have a work to do as a church.

<–Sunday Tuesday–>

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25b-10-noahs-evangelism/

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.

 We are given great encouragement in the introduction (Sabbath afternoon) to this week’s studies when we see that Christ is the centre and foundation “of all our prophetic endeavours”: 
Hymn 235 – Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation and 
Hymn 348 – The Church Has One Foundation.

Rather than being with the people who are questioning “Who is able to stand?”  (Sunday), we are able to be found 
Standing On The Promise – Hymn 578 and that we 
Trust And Obey – Hymn 590. The story of Noah then unfolds encouraging us to be prepared for the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus because 
We Know Not The Hour – Hymn 604. With all of this in our minds we can truly say 
I Know Whom I Have Believed – Hymn 511.

To help encourage more people in our poor old world to know and understand our gracious God, and our wonderful Saviour, Jesus, let us 
Go, Preach My Gospel – Hymn 378. Let us be found 
Working, O Christ, For Thee – Hymn 582 and 
Work For The Night Is Coming – Hymn 375.

Wednesday and Thursday remind us that 
The Judgment Has Set – Hymn 416, with the ending on Thursday reminding us 
Jesus, Your Blood And Righteousness – Hymn 177 – “His perfect righteousness alone gets His people through judgment.”

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 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 : The Christian account is the first account of history. It also reveals the end time events. God is over all and has promised to return and end the conflict.
June 7, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Genesis 6:1-8, Matthew 24:37-39.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What were the moral conditions that led to the flood? What parallels do we see between the two time periods.
3. Personal Application: How can we learn not to be discouraged if our efforts don’t seem to be bearing much fruit for the moment? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “I think we are in the last days. Billy Graham said years ago that if the Lord didn’t come soon, He’d have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. People are so corrupt and full of bizarre behavior that is against nature itself.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 18:17-32.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this reveal about the character of God and the way He palns to deal with evil on our planet?
3. Personal Application: How do we balance our responsibility to win people and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why do the saved spend a thousand years in heaven to see why the lost are lost?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Daniel 7:9,10,13,14,22,26,27.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is the primary focus in the judgment? What is the verdict rendered at the end of the process? What does this tell us about the plan of salvation?
3. Personal Application: How would you feel if you found out in the 1000 years that one of your relatives or friends could have been saved if you had put forth more of an effort to reach them?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why does God allow he lost to be raised under the devil’s control for a short while? What reason would this be necessary before God set everything right?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Matthew 24:36-44.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What lessons does Jesus tell us we should be drawing from the story of Noah?
3. Personal Application: How do we deal with the delay or tarrying time that seems to be so long before the second coming? 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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