Sabbath School Class—Life as Discovery and Hope

May 30, 2009

Larry R Evans 

Introductory Reflections 

One of my favorite songs sung by the National Christian Choir and others is a song written by Walt Harrah, “No More Night.”  The song is based on two verses found in the book of Revelation (21:5; 22:4-5).  The passage speaks of heaven when it simply says, “On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.”  “They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.  There will be no more night.  They will not need the light of a lamp or th e light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.  And they will reign for ever and ever.” Such is the experience when the presence of God exists without the threat of sin. The first verse of the song goes like this, 

The timeless theme, Earth and Heaven will pass away.
It’s not a dream, God will make all things new that day. 

Gone is the curse from which I stumbled and fell.
Evil is banished to eternal hell.

No more night. No more pain.
No more tears. Never crying again.
And praises to the great "I AM."
We will live in the light of the risen Lamb. 

In previous weeks we’ve studied love, faith, hope, sin, grace and then last week we studied our rest in Christ called the Sabbath.  It is a natural transition to move from that rest to an eternal rest with Jesus.  What a joyful study we have before us!

 Reflective Quiz 

1.   Heaven is a state of mind.  [Jn. 14:1-3; Rev. 21:1-4; Lk. 17: 20,21]  True or False? 

2.  Not everything Satan said was wrong, such as, “You shall not surely die.”  [Gen. 3:4; Ecc. 9:5,6]  True or False? 

3.  The first death is a state of unconsciousness which the Bible compares to sleep. [Ps. 13:3; Ecc. 9:5,6,10; 1 Cor. 15:51]  True or False? 

4.  The Bible teaches that the righteous enter heaven following the Second Coming not at the time of death.  [Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Thess. 4:13-18] True or False? 

5.  The Bible teaches that all will be saved.  [Matt. 25:46] True or False? 

6.  God works a miracle to keep the unrepentant alive so that they may get their just rewards in Hell.  [Jn. 3:16; 5:29; Rev. 21:1-4,8; 2 Pet. 2:6]  True or False? 

7.  We can have the assurance of eternal life now. [1 Jn. 3:2; 5:13]  True or False? 

8.  The Sadducees and Pharisees agree at least on one thing – the nature of heaven.  [Matt. 22:23-28; Acts 23:6-8]  True or False? 

9.  Though the universe is large God promises we can look forward to the time of not being separated from our loved ones.  [Rev. 21:1,4]  True or False? 

10.       We will recognize one another in heaven. [Lk. 24:36-43; Jn 20:10-20]  True or False? 

11.       When we get to heaven we will worship one day every week. [1 Tim. 1:17; Rev. 5:9-14; 21:22-27]  True or False? 

Concluding Reflections 

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