Prepared by William Earnhardt for Sabbath School class, Sabbath, June 10, 2023.

Main Theme: God’s people will be loyal to Jesus because they love Him because He first loved them.

Read in Class: Revelation 14:12. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: What two characteristics do we discover in this passage about God’s last-day people? Why are both important?

Apply: How faithful are you in the little things? What might that tell you about how you will be when the real trial comes? (See Luke 16:10).

Share: Your friend tells you the church focuses too much on commandment keeping instead of faith. How would Revelation 14:12 help you answer your friend?

Read in Class: Revelation 13:1-3 and Revelation 14:4. Define the common thread of these passages

Study: Where does the beast come from, and who gives the beast his authority? What contrast do you see in these verses?

Apply: “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved“ (Matt. 10:22, NKJV). How ready are you to endure to the end?

Share: Your friend asks you what the Biblical meaning of “blasphemy” is? What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Revelation 13:4-5 and Revelation 13:13-17. Define the main idea of these passages.

Study: What identifying marks of the beast power do we discover in these verses? What will God’s end-time people face in the final crisis?

Apply: Read Galatians 6:7-9. Though this is not written in the context of last-day events, why is the principle there so relevant to issues over the mark of the beast, and how we can stand faithful?

Share: Your friend asks if the mark on the hand or forehead is literal or symbolic? What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Matthew 27:45-50. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: What does this teach us about what Christ had experienced on the cross? What did Jesus mean by asking God why He had forsaken Him, and how does this scene help us understand what it means to have “the faith of Jesus”?

Apply and share: Your friend asks how you have shown the faith of Jesus in your own life? How has the faith of Jesus helped you get by even in the worst of times? What do you tell your friend? See When the Faithfulness of Jesus carried me Through.