Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 2:52; Matt. 4:23; 1 Cor.
6:19, 20; Ps. 24:3, 4; Acts 8:4–24; 1 John 3:1–3.
Memory Text: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you
completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians
5:23, NKJV).
The book of Revelation speaks of two major “globalizations” prior
to the second coming of Christ. Revelation 13 describes the glo-
balization of error, when “all the world” will marvel and follow
the beast from the sea (Rev. 13:3, 7, 8, 12, 16, NKJV). Revelation 14
highlights the globalization of truth, when the “everlasting gospel” will
be preached “to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people” (Rev. 14:6, 7,
NKJV). During those “distressing times” (2 Tim. 3:1, NRSV), “every
wind of doctrine” will be blowing (Eph. 4:14, NKJV), and people will
“turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths” (2 Tim.
4:4, NRSV). “Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul
and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his decep-
tions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter
creates a bond of sympathy with Rome.”—Ellen G. White, The Great
Controversy, p. 588.
Until these final events unfold, we must remain firm in our belief in
all the truth that we have, which includes the nature of humanity and of
death, as we seek to be guided by the Holy Spirit with the purpose of
being ready for Christ’s glorious appearing.
