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🕊️ Exodus Lesson 5: The Passover | Sabbath School Study (July 28, 2025) 🖼️ AI-generated image: Israelites marking doorposts and preparing lamb for Passover (Exodus 12) Date: Monday, July 28, 2025 Weekly Theme: Lesson 5 — Passover 🩸 The Passover Just before the great deliverance from Egypt, God didn’t give Moses logistical instructions about the escape — He gave commands about worship. Before anything else, they were to prepare for the Passover, a sacred act that placed redemption at the center of their identity. Every household was to prepare a lamb. No part of it was to be wasted. If a family was too small, they were to share. Blood from the lamb was to be placed on the doorposts — a visible sign of faith and obedience. 📖 Exodus 12:13–14 (KJBPNV) “‭And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you... And this day shall be to you for a memorial... by an ordinance forever.” The Hebrew word...

🖼️ AI-generated image: Moses warning Pharaoh about the death of the firstborn (Exodus 11) Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025 Weekly Theme: Lesson 5 — Passover ☠️ One More Plague The final blow was coming. One last plague — not just to punish, but to make a divine point: Yahweh is just, patient, and merciful — but He is also holy. Moses delivered the most devastating warning yet, knowing full well that Pharaoh’s pride would cost innocent lives. 📖 Exodus 11:4–6 (KJBPNV) “‭And Moses said, Thus says Yahweh, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die… And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.” There’s something chilling about divine justice when it finally arrives. God gave Pharaoh time — even three days of literal darkness to reflect. But Pharaoh chose resistance. God’s justice is not cruel; it’s grounded in truth and love....

🩸 Exodus Lesson 5: Passover | Sabbath School Study (July 26, 2025) 🖼️ AI-generated image: representation of the Passover in Exodus 12 Date: Sabbath, July 26, 2025 Weekly Theme: Lesson 5 — Passover 🩸 When God Passes Over: A Matter of Life and Death Have you ever found yourself in a moment where your next decision didn’t just affect you — but everyone around you? That was Pharaoh’s moment. Egypt’s destiny, Israel’s deliverance, and even the future of his own household all hung in the balance. This wasn’t just a battle of wills. It was a final call. A divine invitation to surrender. But Pharaoh’s refusal — despite plague after plague — brought unimaginable sorrow, not just on himself, but upon an entire nation. God doesn’t force our hand. He calls, warns, and waits. And He gives us what we need to choose right: 📖 1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJBPNV) “‭But of him are you in the Messiah Yahshua, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and ...

🌍 Faith in Action: Kokila's Silent World Inside Story – July 25, 2025 📸 Image Source: SSNet.org - Sabbath School Quarterly (Lesson 4, 3Q 2025) No one in town had ever converted to Christianity, and townspeople burned with anger when Kokila’s father and four other families decided to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Kokila was 9, and her life changed forever. Kokila’s mother had died when she was a baby, and she lived with her father, four older sisters, and an older brother in southern Asia. Her father, an impoverished farmer, was barred from working in the field after he started keeping the Sabbath. He and the other Sabbath-keepers were also forbidden from buying food in local shops. On top of that, town leaders warned that anyone who spoke to the Sabbath-keepers would have to pay a heavy fine. As a result, neighbors refused to talk to Kokila and her family. Kokila, once surrounded by friends, lost them all. She found herself in a strange and silent world. ...

🧱 Exodus Lesson 4: Further Thought | Sabbath School Study (Friday, July 25, 2025) 🖼️ AI-generated image: symbolic reflection of the aftermath of Egypt’s plagues and Pharaoh’s hardened heart Date: Friday, July 25, 2025 Weekly Theme: Lesson 4 — The Plagues 🪔 Further Thought As we conclude this week’s lesson, we reflect on the spiritual depth of the plagues—beyond their physical impact. Each judgment was a call from Yahweh for repentance, a rejection of idolatry, and an invitation to know Him as the true and living Elohim. Yet Pharaoh resisted until the very end, blinded by pride and hardened in rebellion. 📚 Ellen G. White offers this powerful insight in Patriarchs and Prophets : "His [God’s] people were permitted to experience the grinding cruelty of the Egyptians, that they might not be deceived concerning the debasing influence of idolatry. In His dealing with Pharaoh, the Lord manifested His hatred of idolatry and His determination to punish c...

🌩️ Exodus Lesson 4: Hail, Locusts, and Darkness | Sabbath School Study (July 24, 2025) 🖼️ AI-generated image: symbolic representation of the seventh, eighth, and ninth plagues in Exodus Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025 Weekly Theme: Lesson 4 — The Plagues 🌪️ Hail, Locusts, and Darkness As the seventh, eighth, and ninth plagues fell upon Egypt, we see Yahweh directly confronting some of Egypt’s most revered deities. These were not random events, but targeted judgments—each one exposing the powerlessness of false gods and the ultimate authority of the Creator. 📖 Exodus 9:23 (KJBPNV) “‭And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Yahweh sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and Yahweh rained hail upon the land of Egypt.” ☁️ The hailstorm challenged Nut , the Egyptian sky goddess, and Osiris , god of crops. The fire that mingled with the hail devastated Egypt’s food sources and declared Yahweh’s dominion over weather, life, ...