Upon learning the truth concerning the true Sabbath of the Lord, fellow Bible students will ultimately ask the question, “If not from the Creator, where then did Sunday observance originate?” It is the logical next step because so many people celebrate Sunday as the “Lord’s Day” and the Bible clearly shows the Seventh-day to be the true "Lord's Day," the Sabbath. Well, I don't wish to get heavily into history but we must learn from the past or we may just repeat it and that could cost us our eternal life. In the history of mankind no form of idolatry has been more widely practiced than that of the worship of the sun. Let's look at it's origins.......

I want to talk about the power or beings that are behind the scenes of this deadly heresy known as celebrating the dead for they are definitely real. Now some people know there is a real power but they are ignorant as to the true source and so you see the results of the superstitions and deceptions of their ignorance carried out on October 31st. Some people do not believe that such powerful beings exist at all and so I want to see what God’s word says about it.

The war we are engaged in, the great controversy that rages between the forces of good and evil, has at it’s core the very subject we are about to discuss. This war started over the understanding or misunderstanding of this subject, which is vital in knowing truth from error. Everything in this struggle comes down to the truth concerning the character of God and the greatest revealing of it is found in the fourth commandment!

If it is so important that Jesus takes an oath upon the Father, then we need to understand this time period, the 1260 day prophecy. This 1260 day period of time is so important that it is mentioned over and over again in the books of Daniel and Revelation. It is even referred to by Jesus Christ himself in Matthew 24 and in Mark 13. Without this time period, many of the prophecies in Daniel and Revelation would be impossible to comprehend or interpret. So this 1260 day prophetic period is extremely important for us to understand!

God showed Daniel the future of the earth. He depicted the rise of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome by four symbolic beasts; and then He used ten horns to depict the splintering of the Roman Empire into European fragments. Then Daniel was shown an incredible scene in heaven, which involved all who have ever been created and it is this scenario that will be our subject of study in this lesson. Go here for the study tract: http://www.3asdchurch.org/biblestudy.htm

We need to look at the Ten Commandment law and study its relation to God's grace and to salvation itself. How we see the law of God has a direct bearing on correctly understanding Bible prophecy and its meaning for us who live in this time--the end times!

As we begin this study of Bible prophecy found in Daniel chapter 7, please remember that we are in search of Bible truth so we may understand what is coming upon the world prior to the return of our Lord. Sometimes the truth is a surprise to us. Even so, it is still the truth. Jesus wants us to know the truth so that we will not be deceived by the devil and lose our eternal salvation. Go here to get the corresponding tract: http://www.3asdchurch.org/biblestudy.htm

A lot of what Jesus shared of the future applied particularly to events soon to take place with respect to the Jewish nation, the city of Jerusalem, and the Temple. However, it was also given for the benefit of those who should live amid the last scenes of earth’s history. Just what are these signs He spoke of and do we see them happening today?

In a previous lesson we discovered that Jesus is the Messiah and theme of the Bible, which includes prophecy! Now we are going to look at the prophecy of Daniel chapter two and see if this theme continues. Go here for the study tract: http://www.3asdchurch.org/biblestudy.htm

To say that the second coming of Christ to gather His saints will be secret, in view of clear texts of Scripture, and in the absence of any text that even hints at His coming being secret, is to deny the Bible as the Word of God.