4. The Old Covenant
So He declared to you His Covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments. The Concept of Covenant An understanding of the concept of covenant is fundamental […]
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Category: New Covenant
3. The Abrahamic Covenant
The promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law. In our study of the Sabbath we will need […]
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March 22–28, 2025
Lesson 13: “Love Is the Fulfillment of the Law” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem with This Lesson: This lesson ignores the new covenant, equating the law with God’s character […]
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2. The Seventh-day in Genesis
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the […]
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1. Sabbath Questions
This is the first chapter of Dale Ratzlaff’s book, Sabbath In Christ. For the next 27 weeks we will be posting a chapter each Friday from this important book until […]
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Transitioning to the New Covenant
CLAY PECK | Former Adventist Pastor Originally published in the March/April 2002 print edition of Proclamation! Some of you transitioned long ago. Some of you transitioned more recently. Some of […]
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The Smoke and Glory of True Worship
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine As Nikki Stevenson and I are walking through the book of Romans in the Former Adventist Podcast, we are bumping against many deeply rooted ideas that […]
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The Law Fulfilled [Jesus Reveals His Mission in Matthew 5]
HAROLDO CAMACHO | Former Adventist Pastor The many references to the Law and the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew indicate that Matthew wrote this “Good News” with the […]
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What Are the Works of the Devil?
WILLIAM HOHMANN | Former Member, Worldwide Church of God The one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God […]
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August 10–16, 2024
Lesson 7: “Teaching Disciples: Part I” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson covers Mark 8:22 through Mark 9:50. The accounts in these verses are […]
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12. Isaiah, Revelation, and the Eternal Sabbath
JERRY RECTOR | Physician A last Sabbath argument comes from the last chapter of Isaiah. In fact, the last few chapters are devoted to the promise of heavenly redemption, the New Jerusalem, […]
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11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?
JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]
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10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]
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9. Romans On the New Covenant
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]
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Who Is Your Husband?
Understanding Romans 7 and 8 DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) I believe that Romans 7:1-6, when fully understood within the context of Romans 7 and 8, will […]
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