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Many Sabbath School class teachers either preach a sermon to their class or deliver a monologue on the whole lesson, going through it "day-by-day." The most rewarding sessions involve the members in discussion. These questions here are intended to stimulate the active participation of the members in your class. Of course pertinent information imparted by the teacher is also very valuable, for which there are many resources in print and on the internet. This site seeks to provide a resource for discussions.

If you are a member and not a teacher and your class is boring, try asking questions such as these in your class.

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Lesson 5 (Jan 26-Feb 1), The Seven Seals

The Opening of the First Seal

  1. What did the apostles accomplish that makes the early church eligible for the description in the opening of the first seal? In what way did they fulfil symbolism of white as purity? Of aggression represented by a bow? And of victory a crown?
  2. What did the early church do that can be labelled as conquering? What percentage of people converted would be expected to claim that a land was "conquered?"
The Second and Third Seals
  1. Why is so much bloodshed associated with religions? Why do religious people kill each other instead of reasoning calmly?
  2. Why does God allow His people to be killed?
  3. Why is black associated with evil, death, and things negative? Is there anything in the world positive associated with black?
  4. How does a kilo of wheat and three kilos of barley for a day's wages represent a famine?
The Scene of the Fourth Seal
  1. Why does God allow death of innocent people by sword, famine, and wild animals?
  2. If you had the keys of Hades and Death how would you use it? Whom would you want killed? What would that accomplish?
  3. What were the reasons for the Dark Ages in history?
The Opening of the Fifth Seal
  1. How is the killing in the fifth seal different from the killing in the fourth seal?
  2. When are "saints" given white robes? 
  3. Are good people ever expected to kill bad people, or are they to leave it to God?
The Opening of the Sixth Seal
  1. Since there have been so many huge and destructive earthquakes, how do we know which one is a fulfilment of this prediction?
  2. What might be the reasons why signs are given in one generation and the second coming happens several generations later?
  3. Why do the wicked ask the rocks and mountains to fall on them?