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END TIME:
ANGELS OF MERCY
From Cornfield to Pulpit
October 12, 2019
1 PREPARING Ellen G. White, • The Great Controversy
(Mountain View, California: Pacific Press
Publishing Association, 1888), p. 357.
A. THE SOURCE “Like the great Reformation of the sixteenth
century, the advent movement appeared in
Revelation 14:6, 7 (NIV) • “Then I saw an- different countries of Christendom at the same
other angel flying in midair, and he had the time. In both Europe and America men of faith
eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live and prayer were led to the study of the proph-
on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language ecies, and, tracing down the inspired record,
and people. He said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God they saw convincing evidence that the end of all
and give him glory, because the hour of his things was at hand. In different lands there were
judgment has come. Worship him who made isolated bodies of Christians who, solely by the
the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs study of the Scriptures, arrived at the belief that
of water.’ ” the Savior’s advent was near.”
Revelation 14:8 (NIV) • “A second angel fol- John 3:16 (NIV) • “For God so loved the world
lowed and said, ‘ “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
Great,” which made all the nations drink the believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
maddening wine of her adulteries.’ ” life.”
Revelation 14:9-12 (NIV) • “A third angel fol- Romans 1:16 (NIV) • “I am not ashamed of
lowed them and said in a loud voice: ‘If anyone the gospel, because it is the power of God that
worships the beast and its image and receives brings salvation to everyone who believes: first
its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”
too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which
has been poured full strength into the cup of Hosea 11:1, 2 (NIV) • “When Israel was a child,
his wrath. They will be tormented with burning I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. But
sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the more they were called, the more they went
the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and
rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day they burned incense to images.”
or night for those who worship the beast and
its image, or for anyone who receives the mark Revelation 3:17 (NIV) • “You say, ‘I am rich; I
of its name.’ This calls for patient endurance on have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’
the part of the people of God who keep his com- But you do not realize that you are wretched,
mands and remain faithful to Jesus.” pitiful, poor, blind and naked.”
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WHERE WE’RE GOING WITH
son together, saith the Lord: though your sins “ANGELS OF MERCY”
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as As a result of this lesson we would like the stu-
wool.” dents to be able to:
1. Understand the nature of the three angels’
(See additional passages in student material.) messages.
2. Know several of the primary participants in
B.
WHAT’S TO BE SAID ABOUT the Advent Movement.
“ANGELS OF MERCY” 3. Recognize their privilege as Seventh-day
Adventists to carry on this work.
As the end of the 2300 days prophecy ap-
proached, God used nature to point the world D. MATERIALS NEEDED
to the prophecy’s climactic event, Jesus’ re-
turn. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the Dark Beginning • (Activity A) 12 students to carry
Day of May 19, 1780; and the falling of the out the activity (add several adults to complete
stars on November 13, 1833 were all events the number, if there aren’t enough students),
Jesus’ had predicted would occur just before 12 sheets of paper, adhesive tape, an adult
His return. moderator, student audience; (Activity B) index
God also inspired adults and children alike cards.
to warn the world of its danger. In Europe,
Edward Irving and John Albert Bengel, joined Connecting • Bibles, student lessons.
by children in France and the Scandinavian
countries, heralded the Savior’s coming, while Applying • 12 students to carry out the activity
Dr. Joseph Wolff did so in Africa and the Middle (add several adults to complete the number, if
East, and Abraham La Rue in the Far East. In there aren’t enough students; however, to add
South America, the Jesuit priest Lacunza, using variety, select students from the audience this
the pen name Rabbi Ben-Ezra, announced the time), 12 sheets of paper, adhesive tape, an
Advent. In North America, from 1831 to 1844, adult moderator, student audience.
William Miller tirelessly wrote and preached
about the soon-coming event.
The established churches rejected these 2 BRIDGING
evidences of the “first angel’s message,” partic-
ularly after Jesus didn’t come on the designated
day, October 22, 1844. The churches fell into A. WHERE WE’VE BEEN BEFORE
deeper darkness, moving further away from
the Holy Spirit and Bible truth. With corrected Allow 10 minutes at the beginning of class
views of what really occurred on October 22, for students to:
Adventists continued to proclaim the second 1. Share anything that was meaningful to
angel’s message, telling faithful Christians to them in this lesson.
leave these churches, “Fallen Babylon.” Many 2. Engage in a discussion about the topic of
obeyed, uniting to preach the third angel’s mes- the lesson in connection to the belief high-
sage, which warned against receiving the mark lighted this week.
of the beast. 3. S
ay the Bible memory text either individually
Today, we still preach the three angels’ mes- or in a group.
sages, for as Seventh-day Adventists, we know 4. R
eview the “Applying” section of their Friday
they’re God’s last messages to the world before lesson (if needed).
Jesus returns.
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OTHER SABBATH SCHOOL Get set • Have the participants come to the
COMPONENTS front of the class. Tape a sheet with a pre-typed
item on each one. Have two students from the
>> Song service audience (randomly arrange) the participants.
>> Mission emphasis (find a link for
Adventist Mission for youth and adults Go • Ask the audience which pairs match.
at www.realtimefaith.net) Designate a student to match the pairs, carrying
>> Service project reports out the audience’s choices. Then reveal the cor-
rect answers.
3 BEGINNING Debriefing • Ask: How much do you need to
brush up on your early Adventist history? If
you need to, what suggestions do you have
NOTE TO TEACHER: Put together your own pro- for doing so? How similar or different were
gram with options from the categories below— the people we just described? Why might
Beginning, Connecting, Applying, and Closing. God have chosen such different professions
Please keep in mind, however, that the students and people to emphasize different features
need to have an opportunity to be interactive of the three angels’ messages in the past?
(participate actively and with one another) and
to study from the Word. B. BEGINNING ACTIVITY
A. BEGINNING ACTIVITY Get ready • Distribute index cards on which are
written the following types of messages: email
Get ready • Choose 12 participants to portray messages, text messages, voice mail messages,
historical figures active in preaching the three bottle messages adrift at sea, messages by
angels’ messages around the time our church drum, messages by Morse code or other types
began. Each of 12 sheets of paper should have of codes, messages by sign language, messages
an item from one of the columns below typed by body language, et cetera.
on it. (The items in the columns are paired cor-
rectly to serve as an answer key. Don’t make Get set • Say: These index cards hold the
the connections visible to the students.) names of different types of messages that
DESCRIPTION OF PERSON SHARING CORRECT IDENTITY
THE THREE ANGELS’ MESSAGES
This former sea captain used a small fortune to promote the Joseph Bates
Advent cause and in temperance and anti-slavery activities.
Originally a Seventh-day Baptist, this person started a chain re- Rachel Oakes Preston
action that led to many Adventists becoming Sabbath keepers.
This individual went to Europe in 1874, becoming the first official J. N. Andrews
Seventh-day Adventist missionary.
This gifted leader and preacher also started several adult and James White
children’s magazines that are still in circulation.
This African American nurse served as a missionary to India. Anna Knight
God used this layman to explain the sanctuary and to show Hiram Edson
what really happened on October 22, 1844.
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 19 6/11/19 6:03 PMwe technically sophisticated beings send ination or most Christians in general have
and receive. the same attitude? What do they run the risk
of? How can apathy or noninvolvement be
Go • Ask your students why the various types of changed?
messages on their cards are considered import-
ant. (Encourage the students to address each
type of message.) 4 CONNECTING
Debriefing • Ask: How important are these
types of messages? How do God’s types of A. C
ONNECTING TO THE
messages in the book of Revelation compare KINGDOM
to these?
Say: Let’s find and read Revelation 3:17
Say: Unlike human messages, God’s mes- together.
sages are completely trustworthy. The ones
He sends by the three angels of Revelation After having the verse read, present the fol-
14 are of greatest importance because our lowing ideas in your own words:
eternal destiny hangs on our response to
them. We shouldn’t allow anything to dis- Nineteenth-century church members enjoyed the
tract our attention from them and the im- church for the prestige and privileges it offered,
portant issues they address. but were lacking in commitment to Christ and
spiritual growth in Him.
C. BEGINNING ILLUSTRATION The words we just read accurately describe
most nineteenth-century church members. The
In your own words, tell the following story: Christians felt self-satisfied and worldly-minded,
they were in danger of being eternally lost at the
The Church Without Commitment very time they felt secure. They had the form of
A story is told of a pastor who wanted to get religion, without its power; Christ’s name, but
more members actively involved in the church. not His Spirit; unbounded industrial and material
He began doing home visitations of church mem- progress, but great spiritual and moral poverty.
bers who never attended church. He shared his They talked about being enlightened, but still
vision of having each member involved in some many of them supported slave owners’ rights to
aspect of the church—Sabbath School leaders, treat fellow humans as property. They looked to
deacons, deaconesses, elders, social commit- the approaching millennium (1900) as the start
tee members, and many other roles. One family of a thousand years of earthly plenty. In reality
replied that they appreciated his visit and his Jesus was getting ready to examine each of them
desire to get them to attend church and become to see whether or not they loved Him with all
involved in service, but they offered the pastor their hearts and their neighbors as themselves.
one excuse after another as to why it wasn’t
possible for them to make it to church. Finally Ask: How must God have felt about such a
they told him that they were comfortable being a church? (Allow the students opportunity to an-
church member and not a participating member. swer the question and express their feelings.)
They were just too busy to commit to attending
and helping at church. Say: God loves everybody and wants each
of us to repent and be ready to meet Jesus.
Debriefing • Ask: What happens when a Let’s turn to Hosea 11:8, 9 to see how He re-
church is filled with members like the one acts toward sinners. (Pause to allow students
above? What happens when a whole denom- to read the text together.) Just as God in His
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 20 6/11/19 6:03 PMgreat love gave Israel an extended chance to a channel through whom God can work?
accept Jesus as the Messiah, so He gave the (Allow the students to give their opinions.)
nineteenth-century world time to prepare
for Jesus’ second coming. And that time has In your own words share the following
extended now to the twenty-first century. ideas:
Jesus can use anyone in His work, whatever the
Ask: How did God give people in the nine- person’s age, gender, or occupation. He once
teenth century opportunity to repent? said that He could use stones to sing God’s
(Accept valid perspectives, but guide the stu- praises if people didn’t! All He wants from His
dents to understand that God used the three workers are lives dedicated to sharing the good
angels’ messages to help people prepare.) news of His grace, cooperative hands to do His
will, loving hearts to embrace struggling people,
Ask: Has proclamation of the three angels’ and resilient legs to rebound from mistakes. He
messages stopped since Jesus hasn’t come? promises to help willing earliteens develop these
(Have students turn to Revelation 14:1-12, tak- characteristics and encourages them to be the
ing turns reading it.) unique, awesome individuals that He created
them to be.
Say: These messages are for all time and
for everybody living until Jesus does come. C. CONNECTING TO LIFE
Mercifully, He hasn’t come yet because He
is giving everybody opportunity to hear the Pose the following scenario:
three angels’ voices of warning and get Melissa, a young Christian girl, takes the bus
ready. home from school. One day riding home, she is
quite tired, so she is just sitting and resting. As
B.
CONNECTING TO THE LESSON she watches the scenery go by, she overhears
ILLUSTRATION a conversation. Her attention is now on the two
people talking. They are discussing a religious
Ask someone beforehand to read or tell the topic about which day of the week is the Lord’s
story from Sabbath’s section of the lesson. day. One of them says that according to the
Bible, Saturday is the Lord’s Sabbath day, but
Ask: How was William Miller a good choice they both seem uncertain. Melissa knows the
to lead the preaching of the first angels’ truth about the Sabbath. She knows what the
message? (Accept valid responses, but guide Bible says and how to find the scriptural refer-
the students into seeing that Miller was an ex- ences.
cellent choice for the following reasons: Since
he was humble, he would depend on God and Ask: What do you think Melissa should do?
thus have success; he was prepared, hav- Should she join in the conversation? What
ing studied about Jesus’ coming for years; he should she say? How would you handle this
wanted the world to know of its danger; and situation? Which Bible texts would you use
people respected him, inviting him to hold meet- to help someone understand which day of
ing in their churches.) the week is the Lord’s Sabbath day?
Ask: Is God limited to using only ministers, Ask: How do the prophecies in Revelation
doctors, and teachers in His work? What 13 and 14 support the understanding of the
role can children and teenagers play in pro- importance of the Sabbath? What do these
claiming the three angels’ messages? Does prophecies symbolize? Allow for student re-
God expect them to be younger versions of sponses, but use the following as a guide to
adults? What are the requirements for being answer the question:
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 21 6/11/19 6:03 PMScripture presents the beast as the Roman
sin. He does not want us to worry or be fearful.
Catholic church and the dragon as Satan, the
God wants each of us to share the good news of
source of the beast’s power and characteristics.
His deliverance. He is coming soon.
The lamblike beast speaking as a dragon is the
United States. The image to the beast relates to
the period when America imitates the operation 5 APPLYING
of the Roman Catholic Church by uniting civil
and religious authorities in persecution of those
not having the mark of the beast, those honoring
A. APPLICATION ACTIVITY
God’s Sabbath on Saturday instead of Sunday.
This activity mirrors Beginning Activity A. Choose
Ask: How can this understanding help 12 participants to portray more current figures
Melissa? (Allow for student responses.) active in proclaiming the three angels’ messages.
Each of 12 sheets of paper should have one item
In your own words share the following ideas: from the columns below written on it. The items
When God sends us messages, His intent is to in the columns are paired correctly as an answer
understand His will. He wants us to turn to Him key. Don’t make these connections visible to the
in repentance after we see the seriousness of students.
our condition and the destructiveness of sin. Pin or tape a sheet of paper to each of 12
According to 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18, He tells us volunteers. Have two students from the audience
to forsake sin and corrupted organizations, com- “shuffle” (randomly arrange) the participants. Ask
ing to Him as a Father. He promises in Ephesians the audience which pairs match. Designate a stu-
5:27 that He is able to make all His children, dent to physically match the pairs, carrying out
who believe in Him, fit for heaven “without stain the audience’s choices. Then reveal the correct
or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and answers.
blameless.”
Revelation 13 and 14 are messages from a Debriefing • Ask: How much better is your
loving God wanting us to know and understand knowledge of more recent figures who
about the end of time and the final destruction of shared the three angels’ messages? What
DESCRIPTION OF PERSON SHARING CORRECT IDENTITY
THE THREE ANGELS’ MESSAGES
This boy was one of two helping to form the Seventh-day Luther Warren
Adventist young people’s society.
This individual in 1930 started the oldest continuously run radio H.M.S. Richards, Sr.
program in America.
God has used this African American evangelist to baptize thou- E. E. Cleveland
sands all over the world.
This gifted storyteller and lover of young people wrote such Arthur S. Maxwell (“Uncle Arthur”)
junior classics as Bedtime Stories and The Bible Story.
A gifted scholar and teacher, she was the first African woman Eva. B. Dykes
to complete requirements for the PhD degree in America.
With her husband, she served as a pioneering missionary in Ana Stahl
Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil.
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 22 6/11/19 6:03 PMbenefit is there to knowing our past and 6 CLOSING
more recent church history well? What part
could you play in sharing the messages of
the three angels? SUMMARY
B. APPLICATION QUESTIONS In your own words conclude with the follow-
ing ideas:
1. W
hy are the beings bearing God’s last mes- The Bible convincingly proves that God loves
sages presented as angels? us with all His heart and wants only the best for
2. D
o those of us sharing the three angels’ mes- us. Remember when He honored Abraham’s re-
sages have to be perfect to do so? quest that He spare Sodom and Gomorrah from
3. W
hy are human organizations presented as destruction if they had as few as 10 righteous
beasts in Revelation 14? persons (Genesis 18:32)? He also sent us a
4. W
hat is Babylon, and what does its wine rep- message that He “plans to prosper [us] and not
resent? to harm [us], plans to give [us] hope and a future”
5. W
hy does receiving the mark of the beast call (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV). Through the three an-
for such terrible punishment? gels’ messages God tries to prepare us for Jesus’
6. W
hy warn people when they don’t want to second coming. He wants us with Him through
hear the warning or don’t believe it? eternity and not destroyed along with evil. He
7. S
hould one be afraid of Jesus’ coming? Why or then sends us on a mission of love to proclaim
why not? the gospel of liberation to our fellow human
8. W
hy is it taking Jesus so long to come? beings. What love! What a God! Who can turn
down His last warning message, choosing de-
struction instead? And who can refuse to share
the good news of God’s messages of hope?
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END TIME:
ANGELS OF MERCY
From Cornfield to Pulpit
October 12, 2019
Sabbath as though someone were beside him. “I’m not
FOR STUDY right for the job!”
“The job” involved the farmer’s Bible studies.
»» Memory Text: “Here is the patience of the That was strange, for earlier in his life he had
saints; here are those who keep the com- rejected the Bible’s divine inspiration. He had
mandments of God and the faith of Jesus” also claimed that God was no longer involved
(Revelation 14:12, NKJV). in the world’s affairs, having left it to run by
nature’s laws after He created it.
»» Our Beliefs, no. 13, The Remnant and Its But that all changed after the War of 1812.
Mission: “A remnant has been called out to Miller couldn’t understand how he and the other
keep the commandments of and the faith of American soldiers were able to defeat a well-
Jesus. This remnant announces the arrival trained British force that outnumbered them by
of the judgment hour, proclaims salvation three to one.
through Christ, and heralds the approach of Turning to the Bible, he found the answer to
His second advent. This proclamation is sym- more than this question. He discovered that the
bolized by the three angels of Revelation 14.” Bible was divinely inspired. It led him to accept
Jesus as his Savior and join the local Baptist
»» Ellen G. White, Thoughts From the Mount of church, where he sometimes read printed ser-
Blessing, pp. 40-44 mons when the minister was absent.
Then, by 1818, his years of Bible study led
FROM CORNFIELD TO him to a shocking discovery: Jesus would come
PULPIT around 1843 and destroy the world! The world
needs to be warned, he thought. But he was sure
“What shall I do?” the Low Hampton, New he wasn’t the person for this task, although he
York, farmer puzzled. shared his views with a few Low Hampton resi-
No matter what he did lately, he could get dents.
no peace. Sleep lost its restfulness and work its As 1843 drew nearer and the almost audible
meaning. Wherever he turned, a gentle but firm voice encouraged him to preach, he began to
voice seemed to say, “You must tell the world of reconsider. “I know what I’ll do,” he now said,
its danger!” walking toward some trees. “I’ll pray about it.”
“I’m not a preacher,” he countered, unhitch- Kneeling on the rocky earth, he promised, “Lord,
ing horses from a plow and standing still in the if You’ve been telling me to preach, I’ll do it if I
August sun that day in 1831. “I’m slow of speech get an invitation to do so.” Relieved, he arose,
and haven’t gotten much learning,” he argued, thinking, It’ll never happen, since I’m not a
preacher!
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 24 6/11/19 6:04 PMA half hour later his nephew came, asking Monday
him to preach on Sunday in nearby Dresden BIBLE ANSWERS ON
because the minister would be absent! THE REMNANT AND
He angrily headed for the trees. He didn’t ITS MISSION
want to preach! Patiently, God listened to his
objections but didn’t remove the conviction. »» Read Daniel 7:9-14; 2 Peter 3:10-14;
With fear, William went to Dresden. But the Revelation 14:6-11.
congregation greatly appreciated his message.
In fact, they asked him to preach for the entire »» God loves us so much that He wants us to
week, and a revival (renewed religious inter- be ready when He comes. He has given us
est) resulted! When the new preacher returned the three angels’ messages to remind us to
home, he found written invitations asking him to worship Him, to help us know His coming
present his views about Christ’s coming to other is soon, and for us to share this news with
congregations! others. We are to watch, be ready, and be a
Clearly, God’s hand was in the matter! The witness.
former farmer, William Miller, took courage and
started a career that would prepare thousands »» In your own words, describe what the mes-
for Christ’s return, both in his time and ours. sages are that the angels have been sent to
deliver.
Sunday
RESPONDING First Message ________________________________
_________________________________________
»» Read Joel 2:1. _________________________________________
»» Mr. Runako teaches school on a tiny Second Message ______________________________
Indonesian island. One day he rushes into _________________________________________
the village, warning that a typhoon will hit _________________________________________
the island within 24 hours. He begs everyone
Third Message ________________________________
to leave for the mainland immediately. Most
_________________________________________
villagers refuse, saying they’ll ride out this
typhoon like any other. Nothing he says can _________________________________________
budge them. Tearfully, he piles his family
into a small boat, departing promptly for the »» What do these messages mean to you and
mainland. Some families, skeptical about the for your life?
storm’s arrival, leisurely cram their boats _________________________________________
with possessions, but a monster typhoon
_________________________________________
surprises them, destroying much property
and many lives.
»» What can you do to share these messages
»» How does this scenario reflect our stormy with those around you?
times? Why didn’t Mr. Runako force the vil- _________________________________________
lagers to leave? How much are we responsi-
_________________________________________
ble for others’ lives, if at all? How far should
we go in warning others of danger?
Tuesday
REFLECTING
»» Read Revelation 20:14.
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»» Like a foundation is to a building, so are the
three angels’ messages in Revelation 14:6-12
to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The A. “I beheld till the thrones were cast down
unique beliefs we have as a church are all . . .” _____
related to these messages from God. B. “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion . . .” _____
C. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new
»» In the first angel’s warning that “the hour creation has come . . .” _____
of [God’s] judgment has come,” we see the
D. “And I saw the dead, small and great,
Adventist emphasis on people’s accountabil-
ity to God for their actions and on the judg- stand before God . . .” _____
ment as a present reality, not just a faraway E. “The revelation from Jesus Christ . . .”
event. Also, with the proclamation “Worship _____
him who made the heavens, the earth, the F. “Are not all angels ministering spirits . . .”
sea and the springs of water” (NIV), we _____
understand that we are to worship the God
G. “Therefore come out from them and be
of creation (not evolution), who asked us to
separate . . .” _____
worship Him on the seventh day in memory
of His creation.
Thursday
»» The second message refers to our ongoing CONNECTING
commitment to biblical truth and our role
as a haven for those looking for a church in »» Read Daniel 7:9, 10.
which biblical truth is not ignored.
»» Review the memory text.
»» The third angel’s message reminds us of our
commitment to God’s kingdom and heavenly »» The three angels’ messages portray a war
values and our rejection of Satan’s kingdom between two kingdoms, each competing
and earthly values. for our allegiance. The first angel addresses
people living at a time of great invention and
»» As God’s agents, our assignment is to help progress.
Him rescue as many people as possible from
the eternal death prepared for Satan and his »» The self-sufficient people to whom the angel
kingdom. gives his message don’t pay any attention.
However, God fights back, for He sends
another angel, inviting people who really
Wednesday want to follow truth to leave the organiza-
BIBLE INSIGHTS tions that have chosen to be deceived by
Satan.
»» Match the text with the phrase. When you
have found all the texts, pick one to mem- »» Reluctant to have them blindly follow Satan,
orize and hide it in your heart. (Then later not realizing the consequences of their
share it with your class.) actions, He sends a final angel to warn them
of the terrible punishment they are choosing
1. 2 Corinthians 5:17, 18 (NIV) by allowing Satan to stamp them as his own.
2. Revelation 1:1 (NIV)
3. Hebrews 1:14 (NIV)
4. 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18 (NIV) »» The choice for each individual is this: Will I
5. Joel 2:1 (KJV) choose God or Satan, life or death?
6. Daniel 7:9, 10 (KJV)
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RTFLTG B4 2019 text.indd 26 6/11/19 6:04 PMFriday 4. At this age, O. A. Olsen, a future General
APPLYING Conference president, was baptized. ____
5. God called Ellen Harmon (White) to be His
»» Read 2 Corinthians 5:17, 18. messenger, giving her the first of many
visions. ____
»» Sometimes earliteens are tempted to think 6. Good King Joash was proclaimed king at
that God and religion are for older people,
this age. ____
not them. They claim that they will give their
7. Future conference president, missionary,
hearts to God after they get older.
and teacher Stephen N. Haskell started
»» Match the people with their ages. After you preaching at this age. ____
have matched them, record your feelings in 8. Already a physician by this age, J. H.
a journal entry. Kellogg became director of Battle Creek’s
PERSON EXPERIENCING EVENT Health Reform Institute. ____
9. Luther Warren was this age when he
1. J esus began His ministry by tactfully
helped to found the first Seventh-day
teaching Jewish leaders in the temple.
Adventist youth society at his home
____
church. ____
2. A
t this age, the missionary J. N. Andrews’
10. G. W. Amadon worked at the Review
daughter, Mary, was speaking French like
and Herald publishing group for 50 years,
a French girl and proofreading French
starting at this age.
publications. ____
3. P
ioneer Adventist educator Goodloe PERSON’S AGE AT TIME OF EVENT*
Harper Bell started teaching at this age. a. 19 c. 17 e. 16 g. 13 i. 20
____ b. 24 d. 7 f. 12 h. 21 j. 14
Answers: 1 (f), 2 (e), 3 (a), 4 (g), 5 (c), 6 (d), 7 (i),
8 (b), 9 (j), 10 (h)
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