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The entrance of sin in the world had brought pain in heaven but God had taken the initiative to rescue a fallen human race. Paul in his letter to the Hebrews had presented Jesus as the promised “SON”.
Inspiration says,
“Christ is the door to the fold of God. Through this door, all His children, from the earliest times, have found the entrance. In Jesus, as shown in types, as shadowed in symbols, as manifested in the revelation of the prophets, as unveiled in the lessons given to His disciples, and in the miracles wrought for the sons of men, they have beheld "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29), and through Him, they are brought within the fold of His grace. Many have come presenting other objects for the faith of the world; ceremonies and systems have been devised by which men hope to receive justification and peace with God, and thus find the entrance to His fold. But the only door is Christ, and all who have interposed something to take the place of Christ, all who have tried to enter the fold in some other way, are thieves and robbers. {DA 477.3}
Outline of the Study
Sunday: In These Last Days
Jer. 23:20; Num. 24:14-19; Isa. 2:2, 3; Dan. 8:17; 12:4
Monday: God Has Spoken to Us by His Son
Heb. 1:1-4, 10; 6:20; Rev. 3:21
Tuesday: The Radiance of God’s Glory
Heb. 1:3; Exo. 24:16, 17; Ps. 4:6; 36:9; 89:15
Wednesday: Through Whom He Made the Universe Isa. 44:24; 45:18; Neh. 9:6; Heb. 1:2, 3; Col. 1:17
Wednesday: Through Whom He Made the Universe Isa. 44:24; 45:18; Neh. 9:6; Heb. 1:2, 3; Col. 1:17
Thursday: Today I Have Begotten You Heb. 1:5; 2Sam. 7:12-14; Ps. 2:7; Lk. 1:31, 32
Thursday: Today I Have Begotten You Heb. 1:5; 2Sam. 7:12-14; Ps. 2:7; Lk. 1:31, 32
Friday: Further Study
This week’s SS Lesson will gaze at the prophetic truth about the promised declared “SON” of God as the hope of the human family.
Memory Text
“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
(Hebrews 1:2, 3)
Prayer Thought
"We declare unto you glad tidings," the apostle continued, "how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee.” {Ps. 2:7}… {AA 172.1}
Sunday: In These Last Days
Jer. 23:20; Num. 24:14-19; Isa. 2:2, 3; Dan. 8:17; 12:4
“In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.” (Jeremiah 23:20)
God reveals His secrets in every Age, Daniel 2:28 says, “But there is a God in heaven that revealeth king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the LATTERS DAYS.
In past ages the Lord God of heaven revealed His secrets to His prophets, and this He does still. The present and the future are equally clear to Him, and He shows to His servants the future history of what shall be.
The Omniscient looked down the ages and predicted through His prophets the rise and fall of kingdoms hundreds of years before the events foretold took place.
The voice of God echoes down the ages, telling earth’s inhabitants what is to take place. Kings and princes take their places at their appointed time. They think they are carrying out their own purposes, but in reality they are fulfilling the word God has given through His prophets. . . . {CTr 327.2}
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Consider the following
The expression “latter days” (or “last days”) usually refers to an indeterminate moment in the future (years or even centuries from the present) [Deuteronomy 4:30; Daniel 2:28].
However, this expression is used in Acts 2:17, Hebrews 1:2, and 1 Peter 1:20 to refer to Paul and Peter’s time. Therefore, the “last days” began during the first coming of Jesus.
The death of Jesus determined the future of this world, although the end is still to come. What the Father started in the first coming of Jesus will be completed in His second coming.
In the last days: Jesus resurrected è We are new creatures è The kingdom of God is among us.
In the end time: We’ll be resurrected è God will make a new creation è The eternal kingdom will be established.
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Monday: God Has Spoken to Us by His Son
Heb. 1:1-4, 10; 6:20; Rev. 3:21
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son […]” (Hebrews 1:1-2)
The whole Bible is a revelation, for all revelation to human beings comes through Christ and all centers in Him. God has spoken unto us by His Son, whose we are by creation and by redemption. Christ came to John, exiled on the isle of Patmos, to give him the truth for these last days, to show him that which must shortly come to pass. Jesus Christ is the great trustee of divine revelation. It is through Him that we have a knowledge of what we are to look for in the closing scenes of this earth’s history. . . . {CTr 367.2}
Satan was seeking a dispute with Jesus concerning His being the Son of God. He referred to His weak, suffering condition and boastingly affirmed that he was stronger than Jesus. But the word spoken from heaven, "Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased" (Luke 3:22), was sufficient to sustain Jesus through all His sufferings. I saw that Christ had nothing to do in convincing Satan of His power or of His being the Saviour of the world. Satan has sufficient evidence of the exalted station and authority of the Son of God. His unwillingness to yield to Christ's authority had shut him out of heaven. {SR 199.1}
It is through the Son of God that we claim the promises that He has left on record for us. Here we have come out, and are keeping His commandments because we see it is His requirement… The Word of God declares plainly and positively, 'Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples. . . . These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.'" {1SAT 44.3}
Consider the following
God had spoken through the prophets for 1,000 years, from Moses to Malachi. Then, just silence.
After about 400 years of silence, God spoke through His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Word of God that the prophets shared in the Old Testament was finally completely clear. Jesus Christ fulfilled God’s promises, and new promises were given.
We are all to calmly depend upon God as we look upon the obstacles and stubborn unbelief and consider all the risks that must be ventured, and then listen to the voice of Jesus: “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Yes, Christ is a conqueror. He is our Leader, our Captain, and we can advance to victory. Because He lives, we shall live also.—Letter 51, 1895. {CTr 136.5}
Tuesday: The Radiance of God’s Glory
Heb. 1:3; Exo. 24:16, 17; Ps. 4:6; 36:9; 89:15
“who [Jesus] being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person […] sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,”
(Hebrews 1:3)
The brightness of Christ's glory had been too intense for his mortal eyes; and when it was removed, the blackness of night settled upon his vision. He believed that this blindness was a punishment from God for his cruel persecution of the followers of Jesus. In terrible darkness he groped about, and his companions, in fear and amazement, "led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus." {AA 117.3}
Jesus is the brightness, the light that comes from the glory of the Majesty (God the Father). He is also the image of His person (John 14:9).
Consider the following
To His faithful followers, Christ has been a daily companion and familiar friend. They have lived in close contact, in constant communion with God. Upon them, the glory of the Lord has risen. In them, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ has been reflected. Now they rejoice in the undimmed rays of the brightness and glory of the King in His majesty. They are prepared for the communion of heaven; for they have heaven in their hearts. {COL 420.3}
What is glory? Generally, the glory of God is shown when God appears in a veiled way. His glory and His presence go together (Exodus 16:10; 1 Samuel 15:29; 2 Chronicles 5:14; Psalms 26:8; Ezekiel 1:28).
Isaiah said this about Jesus’ work: “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (Isaiah 40:5). God has revealed Jesus as the Light of the world (John 1:18; John 17:26).
Wednesday: Through Whom He Made the Universe
Wednesday: Through Whom He Made the Universe
(Isa. 44:24; 45:18; Neh. 9:6; Heb. 1:2, 3; Col. 1:17)
(Isa. 44:24; 45:18; Neh. 9:6; Heb. 1:2, 3; Col. 1:17)
“I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens ALL ALONE, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself.” (Isaiah 44:24)
For instance, when speaking of the One Who created all things, we necessarily must call Him by the English word, Creator, instead of by the Slavic word, Sutvaritel, or by the Greek word, Plasten. Thus, as it is proper in English to say Creator or Father, when addressing the One Who created all things, then, to be consistent, it must also be proper in English to call Him God, rather than to call Him by the Jewish title, Elohim. {TN11: 5.1}
To the Jew, the words, Elohim, Elowahh, Elahh, and El mean Mighty One, Creator, the same as the word, God, in common acceptation, means to the Anglo-Saxon; the word, Otheos, to the Greek; the word, Bog, to the Slav; Gott, to the German; Gud, to the Scandinavian; Dios, to the Spaniard, and Allah, to the Turk. {TN11: 5.2}
Therefore, the words Elohim and its variants God, Theos, Bog, Gott Gud, Dios, Allah, Lord and so on, are, loosely, counterparts in their respective languages, the general signification of all of them being, in a broad sense, the same as that of the English name, lord, which is a title of respect given to a husband, to a nobleman, to an owner, to a proprietor, or to a certain official personage. {TN11: 6.1}
"By Him were all things created," Paul wrote, "that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist." "And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in His sight." {AA 471.3}
Consider the following
Jesus is introduced as Creator and Sustainer in Hebrews 1:2-3. In the Old Testament, God was introduced as the only Creator and Sustainer of the universe (Isaiah 44:24, Nehemiah 9:6).
Therefore, Jesus is more than the “brightness” of God. He is God Himself. God is able to create, and nothing was created (Colossians 1:16) or exists (Colossians 1:17) without Him. Jesus not only created us but also sustains us. Every breath, every heartbeat, and every moment of our existence is found in Him, Jesus, the foundation of all created existence.
The Father wrought by His Son in the creation of all heavenly beings. “By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” . . . The Son, the anointed of God, the “express image of his person,”“the brightness of his glory,”“upholding all things by the word of his power,” holds supremacy over them all. . . . {CTr 7.5}
Thursday: Today I Have Begotten You
Heb. 1:5; 2Sam. 7:12-14; Ps. 2:7; Lk. 1:31, 32
“For to which of the angels did He ever say: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You’? And again: ‘I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son’?” (Hebrews 1:5)
Jesus Initiative to Suffer for Humanity
The Garden of Eden, with its foul blot of disobedience, is to be carefully studied and compared with the Garden of Gethsemane, where the world’s Redeemer suffered superhuman agony when the sins of the whole world were rolled upon Him. Listen to the prayer of the only begotten Son of God, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” And the second time He prayed saying, “O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.” {CTr 24.3}
A Divine Life Given as Substitute to Man Salvation
Human beings have severed their connection with God, and their souls have become palsied and strengthless by the deadly poison of sin. But there was a time when the proclamation sounded through the heavenly courts, “I have found a ransom! A divine life is given as humanity’s ransom. One equal with the Father has become humanity’s substitute.”. . . {CTr 32.2}
Everlasting Life A Blessing from the Begotten Son
God gave His only begotten Son to the human race, that people might become partakers of the divine nature by accepting the remedy for sin and allowing the divine grace of Christ to work in their lives. . . . Fallen humans, by laying hold of the divine power brought within their reach, can become one with God. Everlasting life is the blessing that Christ came to give to the world. {CTr 32.3}
Consider the following
How can Jesus be Creator and creature (begotten) at the same time?
Hebrews 7:3 affirms that Jesus is eternal and was not created.
He was named “son” after being incarnated as a person (Luke 1:32; John 1:14). However, the term “begotten” does not refer to the incarnation of Jesus.
Onesimus and the Corinthians were begotten by Paul (Philemon 1:10; 1 Corinthians 4:15). In the same manner, Jesus was begotten or “adopted” by the Father as Son when He was resurrected and seated at His right hand (Romans 1:3-4). This way Jesus fulfilled His messianic work as a King from David’s seed (2 Samuel 7:12-14).
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Friday: Meditation
God is not against man. Jesus the Son, does not need to persuade the Father to accept mankind. The Father also loves fallen man and is fully involved with the Son in the plan of salvation. Yet in that plan, the work of the Son was to die in man’s place, and to offer His blood on man’s behalf. This work of the father was to serve as the Righteous Judge, accepting the merits of Jesus as righteousness for the repentant sinner. In this lesson we will study what Jesus is now doing in man’s behalf and how each of us may personally benefit from His intercession.
Questions to Ponder
How complete was Christ’s relationship with His father?
a. Christ and His Father were one. John 10:30
b. The Son did nothing by Himself. John 5:19-30
How did Christ maintain His close relationship with His Father?
a. He made fellowship with God and prayer for strength in His regular pattern of life. Luke 12:39-45.
What happened with Christ as a result of abiding in His Father’s love?
a. He was able to keep His Father’s commandments. John 15:9
What is the impact of Christ’s obedience on the believer?
a. Christ’s obedience becomes the believer’s obedience, and thus he is counted righteous before God. Rom. 5:19; Rom. 8:3, 4.
b. Christ’s immeasurable display of love constrains the believer to love Him in response. 2Cor. 5:14
When a person is constrained by the love of Christ, what will He do?
a. He will experience obedience through faith. Rom. 1:5
b. He will keep the Lord’s commandments through love. John 14:15
Where does the Bible record the ten general principles of God’s will for us?
a. Exo. 20:3-17
From the Pen of Inspiration
“As a personal being, God has revealed Himself in His Son. Jesus, the outshining of the Father’s glory, ‘and the express image of His person’ (Hebrews 1:3), was on earth found in fashion as a man. As a personal Saviour He came to the world. As a personal Saviour He ascended on high. As a personal Saviour He intercedes in the heavenly courts […]
Christ, the Light of the world, veiled the dazzling splendor of His divinity and came to live as a man among men, that they might, without being consumed, become acquainted with their Creator.”
Testimonies for the Church, book 8, cp. 43, p. 265
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