Studying
Genesis in the SSnet.org series Lesson 9, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to
your heart. The Topic today
is: "The blessing of a family [of Jacob with 10 sons by Leah and the other
[2] with Rachel". The Opening
Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God" The Sabbath
School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on
page 115 and for the laymen edition or Standard Edition, on page 76. The SSnet.org
site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose
your own language to see God speaking also to your heart ---The lesson
keeps saying that God's will prevail despite human error. ---Ellen White
warns in Patriarchs and Prophets chapter 49 that Satan deceives people by
saying to them, it doesn't matter how sinful they are living, God will still
love them because He does not mean literally what He said. ---Ellen White
says that is "cheap grace". She means what is dripping from the cross
is not honey but blood. Obedience and enabling grace is what she has in mind.
Not only Justification by Faith. ---Human error
by the lesson here is the overall Plan of God will not be stopped by humans in
error. There will be a faithful remnant carrying on His work. That is what is
meant. ---Dr. Doukhan
sometimes is known to side with the liberal views in the church but the
oversight committee of the Sabbath School would not allowed those views in the
Sabbath School lesson easily. Not that it can
happen. ---Clifford
Goldstein was known to be very strict a gate-keeper of truth of Adventism. ---Past lesson
writers like Jon Paulien and R. Stefanovich was struggling to get their liberal
thoughts pushed through the Sabbath School lesson since it was blocked and
adapted and changed. Goldstein who
is the Main Editor of the lessons changed it to the right. ---The sons'
names had meanings. ---Reuben had
ra'ah meaning "to see". God saw. ---Simeon had
shama' meaning "heard". God heard. ---Leah was
closed in the womb by God. ---Rachel was
opened in the womb by God ---Is Abortion
right? When God open and close wombs? ---Joseph had
'asaf meaning "taken away" and "shall add" Rachel's womb.
The block was taken away and it was opened to add.