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Lesson 7 *February 9-15




The Seven Trumpets







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Read for This Week’s Study: Rev. 8:1-13; Num. 10:8-10; Ezek. 10:2; Rev. 10:1-11; Dan. 12:6-7; Rev. 11:1-13; Leviticus 16.

Memory Text: “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” Revelation 10:7

In the scene of the fifth seal, we saw that the cry of God’s oppressed people reflects the cry of the faithful of all ages. These faithful ones were portrayed as souls under the altar, crying to God for justice and vindication, saying: “How long, O Lord?” (Rev. 6:10). The voice from heaven urged them to wait, because the day was coming when God would judge those who harmed them. Revelation 6:15-17 pictures Jesus returning to this earth and bringing judgment upon those who did evil to His faithful followers.

The scene of the fifth seal represents the experience of God’s suffering people throughout history, from the time of Abel until the time when God will finally judge and avenge “the blood of His servants” (Rev. 19:2, NKJV). God’s suffering people must remain firm and believe that God hears the prayers of His people.

The vision of the seven trumpets shows that, throughout history, God already has intervened on behalf of His oppressed people and has judged those who harmed them. The purpose of the seven trumpets is to assure God’s people that heaven is not indifferent to their suffering.

The seven trumpets do not deal with all of this world's history, but only from when John wrote until the end. All seven trumpets are warning to Rome from when Pagan Rome persecuted Christians until our day when Rome and her fellows (apostate Protestantism) persecute true Christians. The first and second woes, which are the fifth and sixth trumpets, were Islam attacking Eastern Rome, Constantinople because Rome would not turn from her false religion and turn to God. We would not expect the last trumpet to be any different than the first six. The warning will continue to be against the chief false religion, and the third woe we would not expect to be different from the first and second woes. Islam was allowed to attack Rome, so it is today. 

And, we must add a new thought, Rome has her friends that are doing much of the work for her (Babylon). And, there is a two horned beast that aids Rome and makes an image to her. Do we expect that America will be spared? Not if God spared not Sodom and Gomorrah. So, we see that God has already began to loose the winds and America has been attacked by Islam. According to the Bible things will not get better for apostate Babylon and America. America is no longer a Protestant nation. Many in America do not want God's help, they are opposes to Bible truth. America has rejected to a great degree God. And, many of those who profess to be Protestants, are no longer Protestants. They have joined hands with the Roman Church. Thus, God no longer will protect America from her enemies.



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Sunday         February 10

The Prayers of the Saints

Revelation 8 opens with a picture of seven angels standing before God, ready to blow their trumpets. Before the trumpets are blown, another scene is inserted. Its purpose is to explain the theological meaning of the trumpets.

Read Revelation 8:3-4 along with the description of the daily services in the temple in Jerusalem given below: a Jewish commentary on the Bible explains that at the evening sacrifice the lamb was placed upon the altar of burnt offering, and the blood was poured out at the base of the altar. An appointed priest took the golden censer inside the temple and offered incense on the golden altar in the Holy Place. When the priest came out, he threw the censer down on the pavement, producing a loud noise. At that point, seven priests blew their trumpets, marking the end of the temple services for that day.

 8:3   And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 
 8:4   And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 
 8:5   And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 


One can see how the language of the evening service is used in Revelation 8:3-5. It is significant that the angel receives incense at the “golden altar which was before the throne” (Rev. 8:3). The incense represents the prayers of God’s people (Rev. 5:8 ). Their prayers are now being answered by God.

Revelation 8:3-5 provides important information regarding the trumpets in Revelation:

    The seven trumpets are God’s judgments on rebellious humanity in response to the prayers of His oppressed people.
    The trumpets follow the death of Jesus as the Lamb and run consecutively throughout history until the Second Coming (Rev. 11:15-18)


Again, the seven trumpets are warnings, then judgments upon Rome. They speak of the times after the death of Christ and after the writing of the Book of Revelation by the Apostle John. It was Pagan Rome, Papal Rome both Eastern and Western Rome (Byzantine Empire), and today Rome and apostate Protestantism (Babylon). Notice the last three trumpets are called "woes." What do they have in common?


Read Revelation 8:5 along with Ezekiel 10:2. How does Ezekiel’s vision of hurling fire upon apostate Jerusalem elucidate the nature of the trumpets in Revelation?

 8:5   And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 

 10:2   And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in in my sight. 


The angel fills the censer with fire from the altar and hurls it down to the earth. Significantly, this fire comes from the very altar on which the prayers of the saints were offered. The fact that the fire comes from that very altar shows that the seven trumpet judgments fall upon the inhabitants of the earth in answer to the prayers of God’s people and also that God will intervene in their behalf in His appointed time. The throwing down of the censer also may be a warning that Christ’s intercession will not last forever. There will be a close of probationary time (Rev. 22:11-12).

When Jesus leaves the heavenly sanctuary, there will be no more intercessor for guilty man. Prayers will still be heard and answered, but not for forgiveness of sins.  It is confusing to offer suggestions when we need to teach the truth. The seven trumpets are judgments against false religion. They help us to understand that God's justice is not to be separated from His mercy. Both met at the cross. Satan would have us believe God cannot be both merciful and just. But, God is both and demonstrated this with the death of His Son.
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Monday         February 11

The Meaning of the Trumpets

In portraying God’s interventions on behalf of His people, Revelation uses the imagery of trumpets in the Old Testament. Trumpets were an important part of the daily life of ancient Israel (see Num. 10:8-10 and 2 Chron. 13:14-15). Their sound reminded people of the worship in the temple; trumpets were also blown in battle, at harvesttime, and during festivals.

Blowing trumpets went hand in hand with prayer. During worship in the temple or during the festivals, the trumpets “reminded” God of His covenant with His people. They also reminded people to be ready for the “day of the LORD” (Joel 2:1). During battle, the trumpet sound gave key instruction and warnings and called upon God to save His people. This concept is the backdrop for the trumpets in Revelation.

Read Revelation 8:13 and Revelation 9:4, 20, 21.

8:13   And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! 

 9:4   And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 
 9:20   And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 
 9:21   Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. 

 

Who are the objects of the judgments of the seven trumpets?

There is a battle between Christ and Satan, between good and evil. After the crucifixion of Christ by His own people, Israel suffered the destruction of her nation. She was cut off 3 1/2 years after Christ was murdered, and her nation was destroyed by Rome in AD 70. Persecution of Christians began during the lives of the early disciples. Pagan Rome was warned to turn from her sins, but she did not. Rome has been the great enemy of truth ever since. First, pagan Rome, then religious Rome. And, at the end, Papal Rome and Apostate Protestantism join hands (Babylon) to battle in the last fight between truth and error, between Christ and Satan. Thus, the seven trumpets are warnings to Rome, the enemy of truth.


The events triggered by the trumpets in Revelation denote God’s intervention in history in response to the prayers of His people. While the seals concern primarily those who profess to be God’s people, the trumpets herald judgments against the inhabitants of the earth (Rev. 8:13). At the same time, they are warnings for those who dwell on the earth to bring them to repentance before it is too late.

The seven trumpets cover the course of events from John’s time until the conclusion of this earth’s history (Rev. 11:15-18). They are blown while intercession goes on in heaven (Rev. 8:3-6) and the gospel is being preached on earth (Rev. 10:8-11:14). The judgments of the trumpets are partial; they affect only one third of creation. The seventh trumpet announces that the time has arrived for God to assume His rightful rule. The seven trumpets apply approximately to the same periods covered by the seven churches and the seven seals:

    The first two trumpets herald judgments upon the nations that crucified Christ and persecuted the early church: rebellious Jerusalem and the Roman Empire.
    The third and fourth trumpets portray heaven’s judgment against the apostasy of the Christian church in the medieval period.
    The fifth and sixth trumpets describe the warring factions in the religious world during the late medieval and post-Reformation periods. These periods are characterized by characterized by increasing demonic activity that ultimately draws the world into the battle of Armageddon.

The fifth and sixth trumpets are warnings to Eastern Rome (Constantinople). The fifth trumpet reveals the seige of the city and the sixth trumpet reveals the fall of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Rome) and the end of the Ottoman Empire who brought Rome down. The seventh trumpet reveals the warnings to Babylon and the judgments which come upon her which includes the same enemy that warred against Eastern Rome, Islam. We have seen the beginning of that judgment with the fall of the Trade Towers on 9/11.

In the year 1840, another remarkable fulfillment of prophecy excited widespread interest. Two years before, Josiah Litch, one of the leading ministers preaching the second advent, published an exposition of Revelation 9, predicting the fall of the Ottoman empire, and specifying not only the year but the very day on which this would take place. According to this exposition, which was purely a matter of calculation on the prophetic periods of Scripture, the Turkish government would surrender its independence on the eleventh day of August, 1840. The prediction was widely published, and thousands watched the course of events with eager interest.

At the very time specified, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian nations. The event exactly fulfilled the prediction.  Great Controversy 1888, pg 334,35.


We are without excuse for not teaching this correctly. Here we have it confirmed the fifth and sixth trumpets involved Islam bringing down Constantinople (Eastern Rome, the head of the Roman Empire) and then the end of the Ottoman Empire on the exact day prophesied by the fifth and sixth trumpets.


No question, history is bloody and full of pain and sorrow. How should this sad reality help us realize just how wonderful what we have been promised through Jesus really is?

How thankful we are that God has revealed the future before it happens in Scripture. The sounding of the seventh trumpet ought to cause us to fall on our faces and plead for help. The end is so very near and we are not ready.
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Tuesday        February 12

The Angel With an Open Book

The sixth trumpet brings us to the time of the end. What are God’s people called to do during this time? Before the seventh trumpet sounds, an interlude is inserted, explaining the task and experience of God’s people at the end time.

And how do we know if we are in that time period if we have not calculated what was given to us in the sixth trumpet using a day for a year?


Read Revelation 10:1-4. What is happening here?

“The mighty angel who instructed John was no less a personage than Jesus Christ”. - Ellen G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 971. He places His feet on the sea and the land, signifying His universal rule and that what He is about to proclaim has worldwide significance. He shouts with the roar of a lion. A lion’s roar symbolizes God’s voice (see Hos. 11:10, Rev. 5:5).

John is not allowed to write down what the thunders have said. There are things concerning the future that God has not revealed to us through John.

Read Revelation 10:5-7. Compare this passage with Daniel 12:6-7. What words do they have in common?

When the Angel states that there will “be time no longer” (Rev. 10:6), the Greek word chronos shows that He refers to a period of time. This points back to Daniel 12:6-7, where an angel states the persecution of the saints will last for a time, times, and half a time, or 1,260 years (A.D. 538-1798) during which the church was persecuted by the papacy (compare Dan. 7:25). Since in Daniel and Revelation a prophetic “day” symbolizes a year (Num. 14:34, Ezek. 4:6), 360 “days” equal 360 years, and three and a half times (or “years”) equals 1,260 “days” or years. Sometime after this prophetic period, the end would come.

The statement that time will be no longer refers to the time prophecies of Daniel, particularly the 2,300 prophetic days of Daniel 8:14 (457 B.C.—A.D. 1844). After this period, there will no longer be prophetic time periods. Ellen White states: “This time, which the angel declares with a solemn oath, is … prophetic time, which should precede the advent of our Lord. That is, the people will not have another message upon definite time. After this period of time, reaching from 1842 to 1844, there can be no definite tracing of the prophetic time. The longest reckoning reaches to the autumn of 1844”. - Ellen G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 971.

What does this statement from Ellen White tell us about why we must avoid all future date setting?

This is all very true, but what has this to do with time setting prior to 1844? When using a year for a day in the fifth and sixth trumpet as did Josiah Litch, we come to see the correct interpretation of both the fifth and sixth trumpets, the first and second woes. The Ottoman Empire came to its end in 1840. Thus, we are able to see that if the first two woes involved Islam being used to bring judgments upon Rome, then it makes sense that Islam would be used to bring judgment upon Babylon which is active in America in these last days. And, it ties in with the last verse in Daniel chapter 11 which also involves the new Ottoman Empire which is centered in Turkey.

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Wednesday        February 13

Eating the Scroll


Read Revelation 10:8-11. Eating in the Bible is used to describe the acceptance of a message from God in order to proclaim it to the people (see Ezek. 2:8-3:11, Jer. 15:16). When received, the message is good news; but when it is proclaimed, it sometimes results in bitterness as it is resisted and rejected by many.

We can surely say this in regards to the message to the Laodicean Church given in the third chapter of Revelation. When the message is given, and rejected or resisted it brings reproach upon the Word of God, the church of God, and upon Christ. We end up being in the world much longer than need be.


John’s bittersweet experience in eating the scroll (representing the book of Daniel) is related to the unsealing of Daniel’s end-time prophecies. John here represents God’s end-time remnant church that is commissioned to proclaim the everlasting gospel (Rev. 14:6-7) at the close of Daniel’s time prophecy (Dan. 7:25) or 1,260 days/years.

The context indicates that John’s vision points to another bittersweet experience at the conclusion of the prophetic 2,300-year period. When, on the basis of Daniel’s prophecies, the Millerites thought that Christ would return in 1844, that message was sweet to them. However, when Christ did not appear as expected, they experienced a bitter disappointment and searched the Scriptures for a clearer understanding.

John’s commission to “prophesy again” to the world points to Sabbath-keeping Adventists, raised up to proclaim the message of the Second Coming in connection with the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation.

Read Revelation 11:1-2. What is John ordered to do?

This passage continues the scene of Revelation 10. John was commanded to measure the temple, the altar, and the worshipers. The concept of measuring in the Bible refers figuratively to judgment (Matt. 7:2). The temple that was to be measured is in heaven, where Jesus ministers for us. The reference to the temple, the altar, and the worshipers points to the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:16-19). This day was a day of “measuring” as God judged His people. Thus, Revelation 11:1 refers to the judgment that takes place prior to the Second Coming. This judgment concerns exclusively God’s people - the worshipers in the temple.

It would be good to further elaborate on this "judgment" which so many in the church outwardly reject.


Revelation 11:1 shows that the heavenly-sanctuary message lies at the heart of the final gospel proclamation, which includes the vindication of God’s character. As such, it gives the full dimension of the gospel message regarding the atoning work of Christ and His righteousness as the only means of salvation for human beings

Yes, without the righteousness of Christ, which reveals His grace, we could not be saved, transformed. But, His righteousness is perverted to deceived many into believing they are saved when in fact they are not. His grace must be received into the heart.  The heart must be made new, cleansed from sin, if we are to be saved (converted).


Keeping in mind how central blood was to the Day of Atonement ritual (see Leviticus 16), how can we always keep before us the reality that the judgment is good news? Why is this truth so important?

Many are called, but few choose to accept the sacrifice by blood. So, for whom is judgment good news?

Of those who boast of their light and yet fail to walk in it Christ says, “But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum [Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted unto heaven [in point of privilege], shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.”—The Review and Herald, August 1, 1893. [The bracketed comments are by Ellen White.]

Most professing Christians, including a multitude in His church will be lost and face judgment at the end of the thousand years. Is this good news for them? And, for whom is it good news? If I think I am saved, maybe I'm in danger of thinking it will be for tomorrow even though tomorrow has not come. It is a most solemn time in this anti-typical Day of Atonement. It may be just a little too soon for the Laodicean Church to start rejoicing and partying over the "good news" of being judged.


“I beheld,” says the prophet Daniel, “till thrones were placed, and One that was Ancient of Days did sit: His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool; His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him: thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.” Daniel 7:9, 10, R.V.....
 
Thus was presented to the prophet’s vision the great and solemn day when the characters and the lives of men should pass in review before the Judge of all the earth, and to every man should be rendered “according to his works.” The Ancient of Days is God the Father. Says the psalmist: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.” Psalm 90:2. It is He, the source of all being, and the fountain of all law, that is to preside in the judgment. And holy angels as ministers and witnesses, in number “ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,” attend this great tribunal.

There is a record also of the sins of men. “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Says the Saviour: “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36, 37. The secret purposes and motives appear in the unerring register; for God “will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts.” 1 Corinthians 4:5. “Behold, it is written before Me, ... your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 65:6. 

Every man’s work passes in review before God and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness. Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered with terrible exactness every wrong word, every selfish act, every unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin, with every artful dissembling. Heaven-sent warnings or reproofs neglected, wasted moments, unimproved opportunities, the influence exerted for good or for evil, with its far-reaching results, all are chronicled by the recording angel.
 
The law of God is the standard by which the characters and the lives of men will be tested in the judgment. Says the wise man: “Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14. The apostle James admonishes his brethren: “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:12.  Great Controvery, pgs. 481, 482.
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Thursday        February 14

The Two Witnesses

Read Revelation 11:3-6. In what ways do the two witnesses reflect Zerubbabel and Joshua in their royal and priestly roles? See Zech. 4:2-3, 11-14.

The idea of two witnesses comes from the Jewish legal system, which requires at least two witnesses to establish something as true (John 8:17). The two witnesses represent the Bible - both Old and New Testaments. The two cannot be separated. God’s people are called to proclaim the full Bible message to the world - “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27, NKJV).

The witnesses are pictured as prophesying in sackcloth during the prophetic period of 1,260 days/years (A.D. 538-1798). Sackcloth is the garment of mourning (Gen. 37:34); it points to the difficult time when the truths of the Bible were buried, and covered over, by human traditions.

Read Revelation 11:7-13. In your own words, describe what happened to the two witnesses at the end of the prophetic 1,260 days/years.

The beast that kills the two witnesses arises from the very abode of Satan. This killing of the witnesses applies historically to the atheistic attack on the Bible and the abolition of religion in connection with the events of the French Revolution. The antireligious system established in France possessed the moral degradation of Sodom, the atheistic arrogance of Egypt, and the rebelliousness of Jerusalem. What happened to Jesus in Jerusalem now happens to the Bible by this antireligious system.

The resurrection of the witnesses points to the great revival of interest in the Bible in the aftermath of the French Revolution, which resulted in the rise of the Second Advent movement with its restoration of Bible truth, the establishment of Bible societies, and the worldwide distribution of the Bible.

Yes, there was a world-wide distribution of the Bible. But, let's look at the what had been happening since 538. Who was it that deceived the world and the church that required a revival of the truth? It was the same power that the seven trumpets warned as they deceived and persecuted those who were seeking Bible truth. Rome is the arch enemy of Christ not only today, but from the birth of Jesus and the days leading up to today. Rome has been and still is attempting to deceive the world. Today, the world is wondering after her.

As we consider the actions of France, what led the French to hate the religion of the Bible? Do we think that Bible religion had been misrepresented? By whom?


Right before the end, the world will witness one final global Bible proclamation (Rev. 18:1-4). This final message will  provoke opposition empowered by the demonic entities working miracles to deceive the world and draw worshipers of the beast into a final battle against God’s faithful witnesses (see Rev. 16:13-16, Rev. 14:12).

Yes, what beast? What is her name? Is it not the arch enemy of truth? Rome joined by Apostate Protestants and America the two horned beast.
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Friday        February 15

Further Thought: The seventh trumpet (Rev. 11:15-18) signals the conclusion of this earth’s history. The time has come for God to reveal His power and reign. This rebellious planet, which has been under the dominion of Satan for thousands of years, is about to come back under God’s dominion and rule. It was after Christ’s death on the cross and His ascension to heaven that Christ was proclaimed to be the legitimate ruler of the earth (Rev. 12:10-11). Satan continues to wreak all the havoc he can, knowing that his time is short (Rev. 12:12). The seventh trumpet heralds that the usurping powers have been dealt with and that this world has finally come under Christ’s rightful rule.

Before the trumpet can sound the coming of Christ, there are other warnings that must be sounded. God will not allow Babylon to go un-warned. There are many in apostate churches that need to understand their danger and what will soon happen to Rome and the apostate Protestants. The seventh trumpet is not heralding that the enemy has been dealth with, but is warning the enemy of what is coming if she does not turn from her evil ways. How do we know which is correct? Is the last trumpet a warning or is it heralding that Rome has been dealth with?

Look at the title given to the last trumpet. It is called a woe. Why? Because those who refuse to turn will suffer a great woe when the judgments of God fall upon them. The Bible spells it out in detail what will happen. Woe unto all who reject the last message of warning and join with Babylon. Fire and brimstone are the Lord's arsenal at the end of time.


The seventh trumpet outlines the content of the remainder of the book: (1) The nations were angry: Revelation 12-14 describes Satan as filled with anger (Rev. 12:17), who with his two allies - the sea beast and the earth beast - prepares the nations of the world to fight against God’s people. (2) Your wrath has come: God’s answer to the anger of the nations is the seven last plagues, which are referred to as God’s wrath (Rev. 15:1). (3) The time for the dead to be judged is described in Revelation 20:11-15. (4) And to reward God’s servants is portrayed in Revelation 21 and 22. (5) To destroy those who destroy the earth: Revelation 19:2 states that end-time Babylon is judged because it destroyed the earth.

Here we read that she made the world reject the true God. "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." Rev. 14:8.



The destruction of Satan, his hosts, and his two allies is the final act in the drama of the great controversy (Rev. 19:11-20:15).

Discussion Questions:

    At times we find that preaching the gospel can be a bitter experience (Rev. 10:10); our words are rejected and mocked, and we ourselves can be rejected and mocked. Sometimes preaching can even stir up opposition. What Bible characters can you think of who faced such trials, and what can we learn from their experiences for ourselves?

All who live a righteous life will suffer persecution. Why does not  all of professing Christianity not see persecution today?


    Reflect on the following statement: “Again and again have I been warned in regard to time setting. There will never again be a message for the people of God that will be based on time. We are not to know the definite time either for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit or for the coming of Christ”. - Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 188. What problems do you see with drafting overly detailed prophetic charts of the final events after 1844? How can one safeguard against the pitfalls that charts like these may bring?

Walk in the light of God's love and counsel.
Jesus receives His reward when we reflect His character, the fruits of the Spirit......We deny Jesus His reward when we do not.