Category: Sabbath Preparation And Observance

Kind Words Never Lost

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32

“It should be our aim to bring all the pleasantness possible into our lives, and to do all the kindness possible to those around us. Kind words are never lost. Jesus records them as if spoken to Himself. Sow the seeds of kindness, of love, and of tenderness, and they will blossom and bear fruit .” Manuscript 33, 1911/ 6BC 1118.2

By God’s grace, may each one of us enjoy a peaceful Sabbath Day experience.

“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24

“Never a prayer is offered, however faltering, never a tear is shed, however secret, never a sincere desire after God is cherished, however feeble, but the Spirit of God goes forth to meet it. Even before the prayer is uttered or the yearning of the heart made known, grace from Christ goes forth to meet the grace that is working upon the human soul.”
Christs Object Lessons Page 206.1

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3

“The demands upon God are even greater upon the Sabbath than upon other days. His people then leave their usual employment, and spend the time in meditation and worship. They ask more favors of Him on the Sabbath than upon other days. They demand His special attention. They crave His choicest blessings. God does not wait for the Sabbath to pass before He grants these requests.”
DOA  207

Friend,
What might be keeping you from asking thus, on this very Sabbath?…
By God’s grace, have a joyous, restful Sabbath-Day experience.

YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES 
June 30th – July 6th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8

SABBATH AFTERNOON: The book of Acts is about the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It captures the journey to Spiritual maturity from Jesus training His disciples to them going out and spreading the message after His ascension. The universality of the gospel is a central theme, we are before God all the same, His fallen creation, sinners who have access to salvation through Him.

SUNDAY: The story of Christ, our Messiah in the old and new testament was not about an earthly king. The prophecies speak to His coming, His death and resurrection which must precede His second coming. Even His disciples had hoped for political careers on Earth.

MONDAY: The greatest promise to the disciples was the key to their earthly mission; receiving the gift of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit would be key to them being able to spread the message of Christ locally, regionally and internationally. They were like us tasked to take the Word of God to all the nations.

TUESDAY: Jesus has throughout His ministry spoken of His second return. While in His ascension those who observed Him go, should go and share what they witnessed, His return will however, be witnessed by all… (Acts 1:9-11).

WEDNESDAY: In the end time many will pretend to know when Christ will return. Christ did not reveal the time of His coming (Acts 1:7, 8, 11), He however, reveals that it must be ever before us in our thoughts, actions and choices.

THURSDAY: Paul became an apostle because he met Christ on his Damascus road… We are all on a road with Christ, what we experience should allow us to offer a witness to others to help them. We are like the disciples, messengers to Christ. Humans tend to get divided based on a long list of things that means nothing to Christ who sees us all as humans, as His creations , as equals before Him.

PREPARATION DAY: The simple fact is that every Christian is called to be a witness to others of Christ. This focus should be embodied in our ever thought and action. The point is not for us to just know about Christ. But to take the next step in becoming witnesses and messengers of Christ.

 

CREDITS/EDITS 
Source: SOL Ministries Bermuda (SDA)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

THE RETURN OF OUR LORD
June 23rd – 29th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:27

SABBATH AFTERNOON: Our Creator, Father and God will return to us in the end (John 1:1-3). According to 1 Cor. 15:52 not only will it be sudden but visible to all and the rewards of redemption or condemnation will be assigned in the end.

SUNDAY: The theme of the second coming of Jesus is evidenced in both Old and New Testament scripture. A fuller appreciation of the plan of salvation is amplified in the light of the crucified and risen Savior. The promises of the Second Coming will be dreaded by the devil and his followers but bring joy and tribulation to the children of God.

MONDAY: Many cultures and doctrine hold fast to the falacy that the Messiah would come and make them great over Earthly kingdoms. Daniel 2 speaks to the rise and fall of four great world empires and many nations and leaders seem to hold the view that they will bring about eternal greatness. But scripture is clear that this old corrupted Earth will destroyed and replaced with a new one that will never be tainted and will last forever.

TUESDAY: Paul choose not to have a myopic view of the his Earthly journey including his suffering. The reference to Jesus coming into the world to save sinners in 1 Tim.1:15 reflects his faith in the assurances of the promise of the Second Coming.

WEDNESDAY: While many have varying views on Christ’s return, it is clear from scripture that it will not be hidden or quiet. The return of our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus will be such a climatic end to the world as we know it. When it happens, everyone will know it, too. What Christ’s redemptive plan accomplished for us at the first coming will be made perfectly clear at the second.

THURSDAY: One of the most profound statements that Jesus made while on Earth spoke to his power over all, even death. “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live” (John 11:25). Leaves nothing to the imagination and is exemplified in His raising Lazarus from death leaving no doubt as to His role in saving us from the wages of sin once we surrender to Him.

PREPARATION DAY: The hope in the second coming is real because Jesus gave His life for ours (Mark 10:45). In Earthly transactions we never buy our items and leave them in the store. Similarly Jesus is coming back to get us because He paid for us in full through His perfect sacrifice. Let us look towards that day with gladness for we have a hope in the risen Christ.

 

CREDITS/EDITS 
Source: SOL Ministries Bermuda (SDA)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

BABYLON AND ARMAGEDDON
June 16th – 22nd, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Revelation 17:5

SABBATH AFTERNOON: Though Babylon occurs 6 times in the Revelation, however, does not refer to the ancient power that oppressed God’s people but the current & future political and religious partnerships that will repeat the oppression of those who choose to keeps God’s entire law.

SUNDAY: Revelation speaks to the spiritual fall of this modern Babylon under full control of the devil. Those who stand for God will be attacked and oppressed by Babylon but it will not prevail in the long-term.

MONDAY: The oppressor of the church (Babylon) will represent a coming together of political & church’s that teach corrupt doctrine and become a force of evil. It will become necessary to bow to or join the corrupted or face economic sanction & persecution. Satan will work through all avenues to have people believe lies and false doctrine in contravention of God’s entire law.

TUESDAY: Both Christains and secular people believe the end will come. While movies paint varied pictures, we are assured that the end will be the showdown between the forces of God and Satan and his fallen army. In the end all will have to stand and give account for their deeds even those of Babylon.

WEDNESDAY: It is that in the end the battle between God & the fallen is based on worship. People have turned away from worshipping the Creator and instead placed focus, worship, resources in service of other false gods.

THURSDAY: As in olden days, consistently humankind have chosen to follow a devil who constantly opposes the Creator of us all. Elijah had to prove God before the unbelieving masses. As always God showed up to show He is God supremely. The evil always seems to outnumber the good but be reminded that God has never lost in battle to the devil.

PREPARATION DAY: The battle of Armageddon will be a battle for the mind and heart of mankind. The great war at the end is about worship and allegiance to the Creator our God or giving His due worship, love and followership to the devil who has always envied his Creator. We must seek to protect our minds and avenues to it from the corrupting influences and traps that have been set by the evil one. The Lamb of God has never lost to the devil so let us seek God with our hearts.

(SOL Ministries Bermuda)

CREDITS/EDITS 
Source: SOL Ministries Bermuda (SDA)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

GOD’S SEAL OR THE BEAST’S MARK?
June 9th – 15th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.” Revelation 15:3

SABBATH AFTERNOON: The ears of the Prophet of Patmos “caught the shout of the redeemed” singing “the song of Moses and the Lamb” in vision (Rev. 15:2). The ransomed are those who did not worship the beast or had his mark. Heresies about the mark of the beast are many. The study tries to annul this confusing ideas and how to avoid the mark of the beast— “by receiving the seal of God”.

SUNDAY: The Sabbath and circumcision stood as a sign that identified God’s people in the Old Testament (Gen. 17:9-11). Paul argues that physical circumcision is done away with baptism in the New Testament. It began with Abraham and meant renewal of the heart (Lev. 12:3; Deut. 30:6; Rom. 2:28, 29; 6:3, 4; 1 Cor. 7:19; Gal. 5:6; 6:15). The Sabbath began with creation and Paul posit that it is essential in identifying God as the Creator and challenging Satans attempt at pushing evolution (Exod. 31:13, 17; Ezek. 20:12, 20; Mark 2:27; Heb. 4:9).

MONDAY: All souls will take sides through their behavior, choices and action between God and Satan. There are those who are stamped with God’s seal and those who are stamped with the beast’s mark (Rev. 13:17; 14:9, 10; 16:2). This mark stands for false worship (worship prescribe by man but not aligned to God’s clear requirements) (Dan. 7:25; Rev. 12-14). While all who have God’s seal (Rev. 14:12; Exod. 20:11) rejoice in heaven, those who had the beast’s mark will receive God’s wrath.

TUESDAY: The Sabbath day is the seal of God (Eph. 1:13, 14; 4:30; 2 Tim. 2:19; Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1). It signifies ownership and protection from God. A seal or mark on the forehead means a definite choice to obey God or Satan. But the mark on the hand means siding with the beast to escape its persecution or to preserve worldy position or possession (Rev. 13:17, 15)

WEDNESDAY: The mark of the beast points to a false Sabbath—Sunday worship a put forward by man but not supported biblically. “Satan is now using every distraction or deviation in this sealing time to keep the minds of God’s people from obeying His full commandments including the seventh-day Sabbath which points to God as the Creator and not to evolution in the way the devil wants to lead the world (Dan. 7; Rev. 13; 14:9, 12; Exod. 20:11). But no one has the mark of the beast yet (Rev. 13:15). It’ll be given at the final test when it becomes a life-or-death, obedience or defiance of God’s laws, worship of God or allegiance to worship influenced by the devil and his agents.

THURSDAY: A mark is placed upon the righteous (Rev. 14:12). The Sabbath instituted in Eden was kept by our first parents, Jesus, and the apostles. It’s found at the heart of God’s law and identifies God by name, His power, and authority (Exod. 20:8-11; Heb. 4:9, 10). Jesus who created the world (John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:1, 2) rested even in the tomb (John 19:30). He blessed the Sabbath at Creation and at the Cross.

PREPARATION DAY: The seal of God is not a visible mark seen by human eyes. Instead, it is settling into and complete acceptance of God’s Truth, both intellectually and spiritually. Those who possess God’s seal are saved by God in the end just as a mark placed over the doors of the Hebrew homes saved their firstborns. Obeying the Sabbath is a sign of loyalty to God. At the end, we will either have God’s seal of obedience ot the beast’s (devil’s) mark of disobience to God.

 

CREDITS/EDITS 
Source: Brother Steve Lawrence (SDA, Bermuda)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

AMERICA AND BABYLON
June 2nd – 8th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT*: “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.” Daniel 12:1

SABBATH AFTERNOON: “The time is not far distant when the… mark of the beast will be urged upon us”, and Satan plans to mimic the traits of God to delude men. The false trinity—Satan (the dragon), the sea beast, and the land beast will work together to persecute many in the endtime. Daniel 7 depicts the sea beast as a composite of a leopard, a bear, and a lion. Papal Rome is the little horn power from the fourth beast (Rev 13:1-10).

SUNDAY: Protestant believes the symbols in Revelation 13:1-10 points to the papacy. The papacy succeeded the seat and power of ancient Roman empire and started to oppress God’s people in A.D. 538. In 1798, the papal power was terminated when pope Pius VI was taken as captive by the French army (that’s the deadly wound). Rome today exercise both political and religious power (deadly wound healed).

MONDAY: Just at the time the papacy lost its power (Rev, 13:11, 12), another beast unlike the sea beast which arose from water (masses of people) arises from the earth (uninhabited part of the world). This power (“lamblike”) didn’t overthrow any kingdom but grew (GC, p. 440) peacefully and received attention. This images with no doubt points to the United States of America. USA will unite with papacy to persecute.

TUESDAY: As Daniel and his friends were urged to worship a “golden image” or face a fiery furnace, so will Christians be urged to worship the beast or face persecution (Dan. 3:5; Matt. 4:8-10; Rev. 13:15). The seat of false worship is Babylon—all who posses the pride of Lucifer, like the Tower of Babel builders (Rev. 14:9-11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4; Isa. 14:14; Gen. 9:8-11). Many died because of false worship (Dan. 4:30; 5:3, 4).

WEDNESDAY: Babylon known for its great idolatry and sins was felled. All who heeded to the message of warning and fled from her were saved (Jer. 51:6, 7, 53, 57; Zech. 2:7; Rev. 17:5, 6; 18:2, 3), so will all who flee from the spiritual Babylon be saved (compare the pure woman in Rev. 12 & the harlot on the scarlet beast in Rev. 17). God calls his faithful still in Babylon to come out of her (Rev. 12:3, 13:1-3, 17:3, 14:9-11; 18:1-4).

THURSDAY: We’re saved to save. The call “come out of her, my people” is a one that tasks all Christians already saved from Babylon to lead those who are still in it to God. The world is filled with sin and this call “is the last that will ever be given to the world”. (Rev. 18:1-4). Adventists identified America as the second beast power as far back in 1851 (Rev. 13:11-15). No one has the “mark of the beast” now, “more needs to unfold”.

PREPARATION DAY: “Satan is working as never before. He is striving to act as director of the Christian world”. He failed when he attacked God’s law in heaven, and has now directed his attack to those who keep the law of God (Rev. 12:17, 14:12). “Just as he was defeated in heaven, he will be defeated here on earth”. It is his plan to deceive and delude men to break the law of God—either all or just one (James 2:10).
EGW – The Great Controversy, p. 582.

Credits/Edits
Source: Brother Steve Lawrence (SDA, Bermuda)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV
*Substituted for verbatim: “Focus Text”

END-TIME DECEPTIONS
May 26th – June 1st, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:9

SABBATH AFTERNOON: All falsehood and all falsifying originated from Satan. “He who utters falsehood and practices deception” started his apostasy in heaven. He deceived angels in heaven, man in Eden
and still carries his scheme of deception today, and will seek to deceive many “at the end of the millennium” (Rev. 20:8; GC, p. 495). Only with Jesus can we defeat this crafty rival (Deut. 4:4).

SUNDAY: Myriads of people of which some Christians are part assert that the “cosmic controversy” is a mere theory. They posit that, God is similar to “Darth Vader of ‘Star Wars’ fame or the like”, who is at the helm of scientific fiction and that Satan doesn’t exist. Yet, Satan is real and seeks to control many minds at this end time (Rev. 2:13; 24; 12:3, 7-9, 12, 17; 13:2; 20:2, 7, 10, 2 Cor. 2:11).

MONDAY: Satan has disguised himself as “an angel of light” spreading falsehood through delusive teachings (2 Cor. 11:13-15; 2 Thess. 2:9, 10; Rev. 12:9; 20:10; Matt. 24:5). But this “false christs and prophets” are just one of many deceptive arsenals of Satan. “It is written” is the watchword to overcome the two great errors of today — Sunday Sabbath & immortality of the soul (GC, p. 588).

TUESDAY: “The doctrine of the natural immortality of the soul is one error with which the enemy is deceiving man.” It is an error forged by the devil to tell people that they don’t need Jesus. Fables about the dead who talked with a divine being/relatives, and came back to life are widespread that it has a scientific name — near-death experiences (NDEs, see Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 115:17; 146:4, 1; 1 Cor. 15:16-18; Dan. 12:2).

WEDNESDAY: The Sabbath commandment is the only one among the Ten which points to God as the Creator of the universe. By the theory of evolution (it says all living things preexisted and advance with time), the devil seeks to denude the Sabbath its importance. Another alludes that the world was created not in literal days but in a 3-4 billion years period (read Gen. 1:1-2:3).

THURSDAY: The Godhead — known as the trinity is depicted in Bible. But in these last days, the devil has a “false trinity” —  the dragon, the sea beast, and the land beast (Rev. 13). The dragon (falsified as God the Father) gives power to the sea beast (falsified as Christ, Rev. 12:17; 13:1, 2; 13:2-5, Matt. 28:18), and the land beast like the Holy Spirit “promotes the interests of the sea beast” (Rev. 13:11-17; John 16:13, 14; Acts 2:3).

PREPARATION DAY: Charles Darwin, the originator of the evolution theory found it difficult to grasp how a loving God could allow evil and suffering to exist. He planned to seek for answers to his questions outside the Bible. Howbeit, the Seventh-day Adventist Church just came in time to refute his claims in “the mid-to-late 1800s”. He failed to know that all was perfect until sin stained the earth. – EGW, Education, p. 26.

Discussion Questions
📌 Why do so many Christians reject the idea of a literal Satan? What does this view teach us about how dangerous it is to reject the clear teaching of the Bible?

📌 What can you say to a person who claims that his of her neardeath experience shows that we go on living after death?

📌 What other reason could there be for why those who believe in evolution would be so much more susceptible to deceptions in the last days?

Credits/Edits
Source: Brother Steve Lawrence (SDA, Bermuda)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

WORSHIP THE CREATOR
May 19th – 25th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,” Revelation 14:6

SABBATH AFTERNOON: Present truth is the truth applicable to a present time (1 Pet. 1:12). The “present truth” to the fallen pair was that a Savior would come through her (Gen. 3:15). Over the ages, this promise was re-echoed to Abraham (Gen. 18:18) and was later fulfilled (Mark 10:45). God’s “last message of warning and mercy is to enlighten” us about His return—this is our “present truth” (Rev. 14:6-12).

SUNDAY: The gospel is a “universal blessing, pouring forth its treasures on” all. The first angel’s message is a statement of universal truth—hence, can be called “the Great Commission”. It’s to be shared to the whole world (Rev. 14:6; Matt. 24:14, 28:19). Sin is universal, hence, the gospel must also be universal. “Every nation” has sinned and needs Jesus to be saved (Gal. 3:22).

MONDAY: The heirs of God are sinners who have “washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb”. In themselves they are faulty, and “have nothing to offer” like the thief on the cross (Luke 23:42). Jesus did not rebuke him (Matt. 5:20; 27:44). Only the grace of God can “obtain for us a passport into heaven”. The gospel is “everlasting”, it has power to give us eternal life.

TUESDAY: Embedded in the “everlasting gospel” is godly fear. “The life in which the fear of the Lord is cherished will” glorify God. Thus, fearing God and glorifying Him are linked to each other. This is the “present truth” to be carried to all. Those who “fear” God obeys His “command to the very letter”. This fear leads us to Christ (Gen. 22:12; Exod. 20:20; Job 1:9; Eccles. 12:13, Matt. 5:16).

WEDNESDAY: “The Lord alone is the judge of man’s work, and He will give to each his just reward” (Rev. 14:7). In Him, justice and mercy “have kissed each other”. Thus, although we’ve “all sinned” and have to die, God is able to save us like the thief on the cross. Yet, we are saved not by our merits, but by the merits of Christ imputed on us (Matt. 12:36; Eccl. 12:14; Rom. 2:6, 8:1; 1 Cor. 4:5, 6:11; 5T, p. 471).

THURSDAY: The first angel bids us to spread the gospel to the world and “fear God and give glory to Him”because God is our Creator (Rev. 14:6, 7). By constant worship, we learn to depend on God. The Sabbath reminds us of our Creator—God. The issue of worship is crucial, those who receives the mark of the beast and obey the false Sabbath instead of the Creator’s rest day shall face God’s wrath (Rev. 14:8-11).

PREPARATION DAY: The call to worship the Creator in Revelation 14:7 and the call to obey the Sabbath in Exodus 20:11 are linked to each other. Author John Baldwin posit that, God’s deliberate listing of some of His created things specifically “fountains of water” is for a purpose. It points us to the flood in Noah’s time to remind us about God’s justice and mercy. Hence, we ought to keep in mind a pending end time.

Discussion Questions

📌 Isaiah 53:6 reads: “All we like sheep have gone astray.” The word in Hebrew used in this text for “all of us” is cullanu. In the same text, Isaiah says that the Lord laid upon Jesus “the iniquity of us all.” The word for “us all” here, too, is cullanu. How does this show us that no matter how great the sin problem is, the solution to it is more than sufficient to solve it?

📌 What other lessons can we learn from the story of the thief on the cross? Suppose the thief received a pardon and was brought down from the cross and survived. How different a life do you think he would have lived? What does that answer tell us about the power of Christ to change our lives?

 

Credits/Edits
Source: Brother Steve Lawrence (SDA, Bermuda)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV

THE “CHANGE” OF THE LAW
May 5th – 11th, 2018

MEMORY TEXT: “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” Daniel 7:25

SABBATH AFTERNOON: The crisis that is soon to befall our world all revolves around the issue of “the law of God”. “God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh day” and made it holy to be a day of worship. But Satan has made God’s law, especially the seventh-day Sabbath, “an object of special attack”. God’s remnants obey the Creator whilst the unjust obey creatures (Rev. 13, 14).

SUNDAY: God’s remnants, even men closest to Christ had their wars against sin. Such is the story of every Christian. In our own selves we cannot escape from the pit of sin (Rom. 8:1; 7:15-25). Amidst the defect of God’s people, “Christ does not turn away from” them when they surrender their lives to Him. Apostle Paul found his answer in Jesus when he cried out to be delivered from sin.

MONDAY: God’s law is a revealer of sin and the price of death the sinner has to pay. Yet, it offers no remedy of solving the problem (read Rom. 7:15-25). “Without the law we have no knowledge of what sin is”. “Not one command has been annulled, not a jot or tittle has been changed” (Rom. 7:7). “The law does not produce death; sin does (Rom. 7:13, 6). We need Jesus to be saved.

TUESDAY: Amongst God’s law, it’s the Sabbath commandment that the apostate claim to be “done away with” or replaced by the first day—Sunday. Yet this claim has no biblical support. Hence, several texts in the NT has been misinterpreted (read John 20:19-23; Acts 20:6, 7; 2:46; 1 Cor. 16:1-4). These texts has no prove that Sunday has replaced the seventh-day Sabbath. The law is immutable.

WEDNESDAY: Christ Himself who made the Sabbath worshipped on the Sabbath day, including His disciples. He rested on the Sabbath when alive and even in the tomb (Luke 4:14-16; 23:55, 56). The women who had been with Jesus knew about the Sabbath and rested when He died (Luke 23:56; John 14:15). The Apostles kept the Sabbath also after His ascension to heaven (Acts 13:14, 42-44; 16:12, 13).

THURSDAY: Just as God does not change, so is His law (including the Sabbath, Jam. 2:10-12). Amongst the four great kingdoms that ruled the world was the Roman Empire (Daniel 7). A little horn (identified as the Papacy) that arose from it intended to change God’s law. Under the Papal rule, the seventh-day Sabbath was replaced with Sunday (compare Rev. 13:1-17 & Dan. 7:1-8, 21, 24, 25).

PREPARATION DAY: Satan after failing to conquer heaven seeks to conquer the earth. In the last days of earth’s crisis, he is embittered against God’s remnants who keeps His law (Rev. 12:7; 13:2, 4). Satan who claims not only to be God but above God demands worship due to the Creator. Hence, he attacks the Sabbath (Gen. 2:1-3) commandment which points to God as the Creator.
– Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 53, 54.

Keyword
NT- New Testament

Captions
SUNDAY- The Promise
MONDAY- The Law and Sin
TUESDAY- From Sabbath to Sunday?
WEDNESDAY- The Seventh Day in the New Testament 
THURSDAY- The Attempted Change of the Sabbath

Discussion Questions
📌 What is the problem with those who talk about the reality of sin and yet argue that God’s law has been done away with? What great inconsistency can you point out in that line of reasoning?

📌 What has been your own experience with those who argue for Sunday instead of Sabbath? What arguments did you use, and how effective were they? How can you deal with the common argument that keeping the seventh-day Sabbath is an attempt at salvation by works?

📌 As we talk to others about the Sabbath and as we prepare for end-time events, why is it important to make it clear that the challenges regarding the “mark of the beast” have not yet happened?

Credits/Edits
Source: Brother Steve Lawrence (SDA, Bermuda)
Format: Edited for presentation and to reflect KJV