*October 25 - 31: Atonement Announced

LESSON 5*October 25 - 31 Atonement Announced SABBATH AFTERNOON

Read for This Week's Study:

Gen. 3:15, 22:1-18, Exod. 32, 34:6–10, Dan. 9.

Memory Text:

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5, NIV).

Key Thought:

To show the different ways that God, centuries before the Cross, had announced His plan of salvation.

Once the Lord had provided a solution to the deadly reality and power of sin, He immediately announced the good news to fallen human beings. (The first missionary in cosmic history was not a creature but the Creator Himself!) The Lord also made sure that this promise, that of redemption, was kept fresh and alive in their minds because He wanted His people to be ready when, through the person of Jesus, the promise would become a reality. Throughout the history of His people in the Old Testament, God created institutions and laws directly tied to His plan of salvation and that illustrated its workings. By means of the sacrificial system, the priesthood, and even the king (himself a symbol of the Messiah), they could anticipate the supreme sacrifice, the coming of the true High Priest, and the reign of the messianic King through whom God’s saving purpose would be realized.

*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, November 1.