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Christ Triumphant: Christians Are God's Agents, February 29

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat. Isaiah 55:1. Before Christ clothed His divinity with humanity and came to our world, God sent this message through Noah, Enoch, Seth, and Methuselah. Lot bore the message in Sodom, and a race of messengers proclaimed the coming One. But at this time the message is to be proclaimed everywhere.... The feast is now spread. The last invitation to be given is to go forth to all nations to the end of the world. This is our work. The messengers are now in a more special sense to call, “Hearken diligently.” The message is to go forth from the lips of human intelligences. He who came to our world to proclaim the message was the Lord Himself. Then tell the people that Christ came in human form, that His humanity might touch humanity, and that His divinity might lay hold upon divinity. His servants are to be linked together. “Ye are labourers together with God,” He says. “Ye are God...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 10: From Confession to Consolation

Lesson 10   *February 29–March 6 From Confession to Consolation Sabbath afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Daniel 9; Jer. 25:11, 12; 29:10; 2 Kings 19:15-19; Matt. 5:16; James 5:16. Memory Text: “ ‘O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name’ ” (Daniel 9:19, NKJV). Daniel 9 contains one of the great prayers of the Bible. In crucial moments of his life, Daniel resorts to prayer in order to cope with the challenges that lie before him. When Daniel and his colleagues are about to be killed because of the mysterious dream of a pagan king, the prophet approaches God in prayer (Daniel 2). And when a royal decree forbids petitions to any God but to the king, Daniel continues to offer his daily prayers toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6). Thus, as we consider the prayer in Daniel 9, let us remember that the vision of the 2,300 evenings and mornings in Daniel 8 greatly...

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*Pertobatan Saulus part 5 - "Ia rebah ke tanah..."* Selamat hari Sabat! Hari ini kita akan melihat apa reaksi Saulus ketika cahaya yang dari langit itu mengelilinginya. Kisah Para Rasul 9:4 mencatat, *_"Ia rebah ke tanah..."_* Peristiwa Saulus rebah ke tanah mirip dengan kisah Daniel 8:17 yang terkejut dan *"jatuh tertelungkup"* saat mengetahui sebuah pengelihatan yang diberikan padanya. Daniel 10:8 juga mencatat bahwa ketika Daniel "melihat penglihatan yang besar itu, hilanglah kekuatanku." *Tuhan adalah Sahabat kita, tetapi jangan lupa bahwa Ia tetap Allah yang kekal untuk selama-lamanya. Tuhan yang disembah oleh para serafim dengan sayap yang menutupi muka mereka adalah Tuhan yang sama yang kita sembah sekarang ini.* Seperti Saulus yang rebah ke tanah secara fisik, *saat menghadap Tuhan kita juga seharusnya merendahkan diri kita* secara rohani. Bukan berarti posisi fisik tidak penting, tetapi jika kita benar-benar merasa hormat dan rendah hati...

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_Kita tdk perlu takut akan masa depan, kecuali ketika kita melupakan bagaimana Tuhan telah memimpin kita_ ⏸ *πŸ„΄πŸ„»πŸ„»πŸ„΄πŸ„½  πŸ„Ά  πŸ…†πŸ„·πŸ„ΈπŸ…ƒπŸ„΄* ⏸ πŸŒ– F E B R U A R I πŸŒ” *YESUS, KARUNIA ALLAH* *Tanggal 29, Hari Sabat* ```PELAYANAN SURGAWI KRISTUS``` πŸ“– *Ayat Inti: Ibrani 8 : 1* _*"Inti segala yang kita bicarakan itu ialah: kita mempunyai Imam Besar yang demikian, yang duduk di sebelah kanan takhta Yang Mahabesar di surga."*_ πŸ‘«πŸ‘ Selama delapan belas abad lamanya pekerjaan pelayanan ini berlangsung di bilik yang suci. Darah Kristus dipersembahkan atas nama orang-orang percaya yang menyesali dosa-dosanya, mendapatkan pengampunan dan penerimaan mereka kepada Bapa, namun, dosa-dosa mereka masih tertulis di dalam buku catatan. Sebagaimana dalam upacara lambang ada pekerjaan pendamaian pada akhir tahun, demikian juga sebelum pekerjaan Kristus untuk menebus manusia diselesaikan, ada pekerjaan pendamaian untuk memindahkan dosa-dosa dari tempat kudus. Inilah upacara yang telah dimulai pada wa...

A Call To Stand Apart: Chapter 12—How to Handle Doubts and Confusion

Many, especially those who are young in the Christian life, are at times troubled with the suggestions of skepticism. There are in the Bible many things which they cannot explain, or even understand, and Satan employs these to shake their faith in the Scriptures as a revelation from God. They ask, “How shall I know the right way? If the Bible is indeed the word of God, how can I be freed from these doubts and perplexities?” God never asks us to believe, without giving sufficient evidence upon which to base our faith. His existence, His character, the truthfulness of His word, are all established by testimony that appeals to our reason; and this testimony is abundant. Yet God has never removed the possibility of doubt. Our faith must rest upon evidence, not demonstration. Those who wish to doubt will have opportunity; while those who really desire to know the truth will find plenty of evidence on which to rest their faith. It is impossible for finite minds fully to comprehend the...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 9: From Contamination to Purification

Friday February 28 Further Thought: Below is a chart summarizing what we have looked at so far regarding the sequence of kingdoms depicted in Daniel 2, 7, and 8. What does this tell us about the cleansing of the sanctuary? Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 8 Babylon Babylon --------- Media-Persia Media-Persia Media-Persia Greece Greece Greece Pagan Rome Pagan Rome Pagan Rome Papal Rome Papal Rome Papal Rome --------- Judgment in heaven Cleansing of sanctuary Second Coming Second Coming    --------- As we can see here, there are parallels between the chapters. Not only are the nations depicted in parallel to each other, the judgment scene in Daniel 7—which arises after the 1,260 years (a.d. 538-1798) of papal Rome—directly parallels the cleansing of the sanctuary, which in Daniel 8 arises after Rome, as well. In short, this heavenly judgment in Daniel 7—the judgment that leads to the end of the world—is the same thing as the clean...

Desire of Ages: Chapter 11—The Baptism

This chapter is based on Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22. Tidings of the wilderness prophet and his wonderful announcement, spread throughout Galilee. The message reached the peasants in the remotest hill towns, and the fisher folk by the sea, and in these simple, earnest hearts found its truest response. In Nazareth it was told in the carpenter shop that had been Joseph's, and One recognized the call. His time had come. Turning from His daily toil, He bade farewell to His mother, and followed in the steps of His countrymen who were flocking to the Jordan. Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins, and closely related by the circumstances of their birth; yet they had had no direct acquaintance with each other. The life of Jesus had been spent at Nazareth in Galilee; that of John, in the wilderness of Judea. Amid widely different surroundings they had lived in seclusion, and had had no communication with each other. Providence had ordered this. No occasion was to b...

Christ Triumphant: Jesus: More of Heaven—Less of Self, February 28

These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14. I wish that I could carry your minds to the future glory, and could impress upon each the great sacrifice that had to be made to redeem the human race. It rests with you whether you will enjoy this glory.... To each one God has given talents, and if we neglect to cultivate them, we shall fail and lose eternal life. Everything has been done for us that could be done to elevate us, and if we fail on our part, then the sacrifice has been in vain so far as we are concerned. Shall we be weighed in the balances and found wanting? Or shall we be with the white-robed throng? This will depend upon our course of action. If we are in the workshop of God, He will beautify us and polish us, and we shall be fitted for the heavenly mansions. Oh, the matchless charms of our loving Saviour! There is nothing in earthly treasures; it is enough to look t...

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Pertobatan Saulus part 4.2 - Cahaya Dari Langit Melanjutkan pembahasan kemarin, poin kedua yang kita pelajari adalah: 2. Dalam memberikan cahaya terang itu, Tuhan membuat mata Saulus tidak berfungsi untuk beberapa hari. Kita tahu bahwa dibandingkan beberapa organ lain, mata tidak terlalu besar tapi memiliki bagian-bagian yang cukup rumit yang setiap bagiannya memiliki fungsi yang sangat luar biasa. Mata juga memberikan keseimbangan. Bahkan di dalam kedokteran, mata dijadikan satu jurusan spesialis yang membuktikan betapa rumit dan hebatnya mata yang Tuhan ciptakan ini. Dan karena mata ini organ yang penting, kata mata digunakan dalam sebuah idiom, the apple of my eye (biji mataku) yang artinya seseorang yang sangat penting, yang dihargai dan disayangi, seperti Tuhan yang mengelilingi, mengawasi, dan menjaga kita seperti biji mata-Nya (Ulangan 32:10). Tetapi jika mata itu penting, mengapa kita menutup mata saat berdoa? Apakah itu suatu keharusan? Alkitab tidak mengatakan demi...

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_Kita tdk perlu takut akan masa depan, kecuali ketika kita melupakan bagaimana Tuhan telah memimpin kita_ ⏸ *πŸ„΄πŸ„»πŸ„»πŸ„΄πŸ„½  πŸ„Ά  πŸ…†πŸ„·πŸ„ΈπŸ…ƒπŸ„΄* ⏸ πŸŒ– F E B R U A R I πŸŒ” *YESUS, KARUNIA ALLAH* *Tanggal 28, Hari Jumat* ```IA ADALAH RAJA KEMULIAAN``` πŸ“– *Ayat Inti: Ibrani 4 : 16* _*"Sebab itu marilah kita dengan penuh keberanian mnghampiri takhta kasih karunia, supaya kita menerima rahmat dan menemukan kasih karunia untuk mendapat pertolongan kita pada waktunya."*_ πŸ‘«πŸ‘ *Tempat kudus di surga adalah pusat pekerjaan Kristus demi manusia.* Tampat kudus itu menyangkut setiap orang yang hidup dl dunia ini. lA memperlihatkan rencana keselamatan, membawa kita kepada akhir zaman dan menyatakan isu kemenangan dalam pertikaian antara kebenaran dan dosa. Adalah sangat penting agar semua menyelidiki pokok pelajaran ini, dan sanggup memberi jawaban kepada setiap orang yang bertanya mengenai pengharapan yang ads pada mereka. Pengantaraan Kristus bagi manusia di dalam tempat yang kudus di atas adalah...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 9: From Contamination to Purification

Thursday  February 27 The Prophetic Timetable Read Daniel 8:13. What is the question asked here, and how does it help us understand the answer in the next verse? What is the timing of the 2,300 evenings and mornings? First, we must note that after Daniel is shown the ram and the goat, followed by the actions of and the damage caused by the little horn, the vision turns into a question in Daniel 8:13. This question is especially concerned with what will happen at the end of that prophetic period, as well as the duration of the entire vision. In addition, such a period cannot be limited only to the duration of the actions of the little horn, because the term vision includes everything from the ram to the actions of the little horn. So, this must be a long period of actual historical time. To the question “How long shall be the vision” (ram [Media-Persia], goat [Greece], and the little horn and its actions [Rome, pagan and papal]), the other heavenly being replie...

Christ Triumphant: Jesus: Singleness of Purpose, February 27

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Matthew 6:22. This says, “thine eye,” not some other person's eye. The rich experience that it is our privilege to have, we lose when we expect someone else to do our seeing for us, and guide us in our spiritual experience as if we were blind. We must have a single eye to God's glory, a single and persistent purpose to leave self and the preferences of others out of the question, not asking, “If I take this course, shall I increase my personal possessions, or shall I decrease them?” Great simplicity must be cherished by those who seek wisdom of God. Then their feet will not slide. “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.” ... A person who truly loves and fears God, striving with singleness of purpose to do His will, will place body, mind...

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Kita tdk perlu takut akan masa depan, kecuali ketika kita melupakan bagaimana Tuhan telah memimpin kita ⏸ πŸ„΄πŸ„»πŸ„»πŸ„΄πŸ„½  πŸ„Ά  πŸ…†πŸ„·πŸ„ΈπŸ…ƒπŸ„΄ ⏸ πŸŒ– F E B R U A R I πŸŒ” YESUS, KARUNIA ALLAH Tanggal 27, Hari Kamis PENOBATAN KRISTUS DAN HASILNYA πŸ“– Ayat Inti: Ibrani 12 : 2 "Yesus... yang sekarang duduk di sebelah kanan takhta Allah". πŸ‘«πŸ‘ Kenaikan Kristus ke surga adalah tanda bahwa pengikut-Nya harus manerima berkat yang dijanjikan. Untuk itu mereka harus menunggu sebelum mereka memasuki pekerjaan mereka. Bila Kristus melewati gerbang-gerbang surga, IA dimahkotai di tengah pemujaan malaikat-malaikat. Segera sesudah Upacara ini selesai, Roh Kudus turun ke atas murid-murid-Nya dalam kelimpahan dan Kristus sesungguhnya sudah dimuliakan, bahkan dengan kemuliaan yang dipunyai-Nya dengan Bapa-Nya dari segenap kekekalan. Kecurahan di waktu Pentakosta adalah komunikasi surga sehingga pengurapan Juruselamat telah dilaksanakan. Sesuai dengan janji-Nya IA telah mengutus Roh Kudus-Nya da...

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*Pertobatan Saulus part 4.1 - Cahaya Dari Langit* Hari ini kita akan melanjutkan bagian kedua dari Kisah Para Rasul 9:3, "...tiba-tiba cahaya memancar dari langit mengelilingi dia." Di pasal 22:6 dan 26:13 dijelaskan bahwa itu adalah "cahaya yang menyilaukan dari langit," "cahaya yang lebih terang dari pada cahaya matahari" yang terjadi pada "tengah hari bolong." Kisah ini mungkin sudah sering kita dengar. Tetapi pernahkah kita bertanya *mengapa Tuhan menggunakan media cahaya dalam menobatkan Saulus?* Cahaya yang membuatnya "tidak dapat melihat apa-apa" (Kisah 9:8). *Mengapa Tuhan tidak menggunakan media yang lain seperti penyakit atau yang lainnya?* Ada dua poin yang dapat kita pelajari. Hari ini kita akan membahas satu poin, yaitu: *1. Sehebat-hebatnya matahari yang begitu dikagumi oleh banyak orang, ada Sang Pencipta yang lebih hebat. Seterang-terangnya cahaya matahari, cahaya kebenaran Tuhan itu jauh lebih terang. Cahaya...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 9: From Contamination to Purification

Wednesday February 26 The Cleansing of the Sanctuary Read Daniel 8:14. What happens here? After the devastating attack of the horn, the announcement is made that the sanctuary will be cleansed. In order to understand this message, we must bear in mind that the cleansing of the sanctuary mentioned in Daniel 8:14 corresponds to the judgment scene depicted in Daniel 7:9–14. And since that judgment takes place in heaven, the sanctuary must be located in heaven, too. Thus, while Daniel 7 portrays God’s intervention in and relationship with human affairs from a judicial perspective, Daniel 8 describes the same event from a sanctuary perspective. The earthly sanctuary was modeled after its heavenly counterpart and served to illustrate the broad contours of the plan of salvation. Every day, sinners brought their sacrifices to the sanctuary, where the people were forgiven their confessed sins as the sins were, in a sense, transferred to the sanctuary. As a result, the sanctuary beca...

Christ Triumphant: Jesus: Changeless Throughout Eternity, February 26

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8. The power of Christ, a crucified Saviour, to give eternal life should be presented to the people. We should show them that the Old Testament is as verily the gospel in types and shadows as the New Testament is in its unfolding power. The New Testament is not a new religion, and the Old Testament is not an old religion to be superseded by the New. The New Testament is only the advancement and unfolding of the Old. Abel was a believer in Christ and was as verily saved by His power as were Peter and Paul. Enoch was a representative of Christ as surely as was the beloved disciple John. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. To him was committed the message of the second coming of Christ. “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of th...

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_Kita tdk perlu takut akan masa depan, kecuali ketika kita melupakan bagaimana Tuhan telah memimpin kita_ ⏸ *πŸ„΄πŸ„»πŸ„»πŸ„΄πŸ„½  πŸ„Ά  πŸ…†πŸ„·πŸ„ΈπŸ…ƒπŸ„΄* ⏸ πŸŒ– F E B R U A R I πŸŒ” *YESUS, KARUNIA ALLAH* *Tanggal 26, Hari Rabu* ```IA ADALAH RAJA KEMULIAAN``` πŸ“– *Ayat Inti: Mazmur 24 : 7* _*"Angkatlah kepalamu, hai pintu-pintu gerbang, dan terangkatlah kamu, hai pintu-pintu yang berabad-abad, supaya masuk Raja Kemuliaan".*_ πŸ‘«πŸ‘ Waktunya sudah tiba bagi Kristus untuk naik ke takhta Bapa-Nya. Sebagai seorang pemenang Ilahi IA sudah hampir kembali dengan tanda kemenangan ke istana surga. Sekarang dengan kesebelas murid Yesus menuju ke bukit itu. Ketika mereka melalui gerbang Yerusalem, banyak orang memandang dengan heran kepada rombongan kecil itu, yang dipimpin oleh Seorang yang beberapa minggu sebelumnya telah dihukum dan disalibkan oleh penghulu-penghulu. Dengan tangan yang direntangkan untuk memberkati, dan seakan-akan menjamin penjagaan-Nya yang melindungi, naiklah IA perlahan-lahan dari antar...

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*Pertobatan Saulus part 3 - "Dalam Perjalanannya ke Damsyik..."* Setelah kita mempelajari latar belakang Saulus, hari ini kita akan mulai mempelajari Kisah Para Rasul 9. Pada saat itu Saulus masih berkobar-kobar dalam mengancam dan membunuh para pengikut Tuhan. Tetapi para pengikut Tuhan tidak putus asa dalam penganiayaan itu, sebaliknya "mereka yang tersebar itu menjelajah seluruh negeri itu sambil memberitakan Injil (Kisah Para Rasul 8:4)." *Salah satu kota yang menerima kebenaran adalah Damsyik, oleh karena itu Saulus pergi kesana untuk menangkap pada pengikut Tuhan* (Kisah Para Rasul 9:1-2). *Namun, _"dalam perjalanannya ke Damsyik, ketika ia sudah dekat kota itu," perjalanannya harus terhenti, karena "tiba-tiba cahaya memancar dari langit mengelilingi dia_* (ayat 3)." Singkat cerita *cahaya itu membuat Saulus buta* (ayat 8). Mari kita mendalami bagian pertama di ayat 3. Saat itu Saulus berjalan ke *Damsyik, sebuah kota di negara Siria yang t...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 9: From Contamination to Purification

Tuesday   February 25 The Attack on the Sanctuary Read Daniel 8:10–12. What kind of activity is the little horn depicted as doing here? In Daniel 8:10, the little horn attempts to replicate, at the spiritual level, the efforts of the builders of Babel (Gen. 11:4). The terms “host” and “stars” can designate God’s people in the Old Testament. Israel is designated the host or armies of the Lord (Exod. 12:41). Daniel also depicts God’s faithful people as shining like the stars (Dan. 12:3). This is obviously not a literal attack on the heavenly bodies, however, but a persecution of God’s people, whose “citizenship is in heaven” (Phil. 3:20, NKJV). Although thousands of Christians were murdered by pagan emperors, the focus now is on the vertical activities of the little horn. Thus the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy must be linked with papal Rome and its persecution through the ages. Also, Daniel 8:11 talks about a “Prince,” who is elsewhere mentioned in Daniel as “M...

Christ Triumphant: In the World But Not of It, February 25

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Corinthians 6:17. Because iniquity abounds, the love of many is growing cold, but shall we cover our light on account of this? The prevalence of greatest iniquity should be the time of the greatest earnestness of the people of God. As you see the love of many waxing cold, you should work to show Christ to the world. The law and the gospel are interwoven as warp and woof. Here mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and peace have kissed each other. We want to come to God's standard. He has a law governing human intelligences, and it is for our happiness to observe it. We are to love God. Love leading to disobedience is the inspiration of the devil; love leading to obedience is the inspiration of Heaven. “Come out from among them, and be ye separate,” says the Lord, and again, “Cleanse yourselves.” But how are we to know that we hav...

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*Pertobatan Saulus part 2.2 - Siapakah Saulus?* Sebagai lanjutan dari renungan kemarin, kita akan membahas 2 aplikasi lain yang dapat kita petik dari kisah Saulus. *2. Berani untuk mengakui kesalahan dan meminta maaf.* Kisah pasal 26 adalah ucapan Saulus setelah pertobatannya. Ia tidak malu menceritakan kisah masa lalunya untuk menjadi pelajaran bagi orang lain dan menyaksikan tuntunan Tuhan dalam pertobatannya. Aplikasi bagi kita, mungkin kita bukanlah seorang penganiaya, tetapi sama seperti Saulus, *kita juga pasti sering melakukan kesalahan dan menyakiti orang lain. Saat Roh Kudus menyadarkan kita akan kesalahan-kesalahan kita, janganlah keraskan hati, tetapi bertobatlah dan berani mengakui kesalahan dan meminta maaf kepada orang lain.* *_“Karena itu hendaklah kamu saling mengaku dosamu dan saling mendoakan…”_* (Yakobus 5:16) *3. Panjang sabar dan pengampunan Allah bagi kita.* Kisah Saulus yang sadar akan dosa-dosanya adalah sebuah kisah bagaimana Allah, melalui Roh Kudus, bekerja d...

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_Kita tdk perlu takut akan masa depan, kecuali ketika kita melupakan bagaimana Tuhan telah memimpin kita_ ⏸ *πŸ„΄πŸ„»πŸ„»πŸ„΄πŸ„½  πŸ„Ά  πŸ…†πŸ„·πŸ„ΈπŸ…ƒπŸ„΄* ⏸ πŸŒ– F E B R U A R I πŸŒ” *YESUS, KARUNIA ALLAH* *Tanggal 25, Hari Selasa* ```IA TELAH BANGKIT``` πŸ“– *Ayat Inti: Matius 28 : 6* _*"IA tidak ada di sini, sebab lA telah bangkit, sama seperti yang telah di katakan-Nya. Mari, lihatlah tempat IA berbaring".*_ πŸ‘«πŸ‘ Suatu gempa bumi menandai saat ketika Kristus meletakkan hidup-Nya, dan gempa bumi yang lain pula menyaksikan saat ketika IA mengambilnya kembali dalam kemenangan. IA yang telah menaklukkan kematian dan kubur, keluar dari kubur dengan langkah seorang pemenang, di tengah guncangan bumi, kilat yang memancar, dan guruh yang bergemuruh.  Kristus keluar dari kubur dalam keadaan dipermuliakan, dan pengawal Roma melihat Dia. Mata mereka terpaku pada wajah-Nya yang belum lama berselang sudah mereka olok-olok dan tertawakan. Dalam Oknum yang dipermuliakan ini mereka memandang orang tahanan ya...

Sabbath School for Adults: Lesson 9: From Contamination to Purification

Monday February 24 The Rise of the Little Horn Read Daniel 8:8–12 carefully. In which directions is this little horn  moving, and why is this important to understand? After depicting four horns spreading to the four winds of heaven, the biblical text says that from one arose a little horn. The question here is whether this horn or power comes from one of the four horns, which, as we saw yesterday, represents the four generals of Alexander—or one of the four winds. The grammatical structure of the text in the original language indicates that this horn comes from one of the four winds of heaven. And since this power arises after the Grecian Empire and its four offshoots, a common understanding is that this horn is Rome, first pagan and then papal. “This little horn represents Rome in both its phases, pagan and papal. Daniel saw Rome first in its pagan, imperial phase, warring against the Jewish people and the early Christians, and then in its papal phase, continuing dow...

Christ Triumphant: Will We Look for Safety After It Is Too Late? February 24

The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Genesis 7:11. The antediluvians were warned, but the record states that they knew not until the Flood came and took them all away.... They saw Noah and his wife and their sons and their wives passing into the ark; and the door was closed upon them. Only eight persons entered that refuge from the storm, and for a week they waited for the rain to come.... Daily the sun rose and set in a clear sky, and daily there came to Noah the temptation to doubt. But the Lord had said that the Flood was coming, and Noah rested in this word. At the end of seven days clouds began to gather. This was a new sight, for the people had never seen clouds.... Thicker and thicker gathered the clouds, and soon rain began to fall. Still the people tried to think that this was nothing very alarming. But soon it seemed as if the windows of heaven had been opened, for the rain poured down in torrents. For ...

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Pertobatan Saulus part 2.1 - Siapakah Saulus? Hari ini kita akan melihat beberapa fakta tentang Saulus sebelum pertobatannya. • _Orang Ibrani asli, dari suku Benyamin_ (Filipi 3:5) • _Pertama kali disebutkan saat martir Stefanus dilempari batu dan mati_ (Kis. 7:28) • _Tidak bercacat dalam mentaati hukum Taurat, tetapi adalah seorang Farisi dan penganiaya jemaat_ (Filipi 3:5-6) • _Berusaha membinasakan jemaat yang mengikut Yesus_ (Kis. 8:3) Kisah awal perjalanan Saulus bukanlah kisah yang menyenangkan untuk didengar dan mungkin kita melihat banyak ketidakadilan yang terjadi. Tetapi apa sebenarnya yang membuat Saulus melakukan hal itu? Kisah 26:9-10, "Bagaimanapun juga, aku sendiri pernah menyangka, bahwa aku harus keras bertindak menentang nama Yesus dari Nazaret. ... Aku bukan saja telah memasukkan banyak orang kudus ke dalam penjara, setelah aku memperoleh kuasa dari imam-imam kepala, tetapi aku juga setuju, jika mereka dihukum mati." Dari pengakuan ...

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