The Sunday School Lesson for June 23, 2013 is shared from Isaiah 65:17-21, 23-25 (Devotional Reading Isaiah 42:1-9).
Isaiah 58-66, the restoration of Zion, the felicity of the Israelites admitted to be its citizens,and the condemnation and overthrow of the enemies of Jehovah.
The destiny of faithful and faithless Jews (Isaiah 65:1-25).
Isaiah 65:17-18
Verses 17,18 ... External Nature; The Heavens; Old & New Heavens
Verse 17 ... Eschatology/Last Things; The Last Judgment; The New Heavens & the New Earth
Verse 18 ... 'glad' & 'rejoice" ... Real 'peace' will only come via of Jesus/Yeshua
(Psalm/Tehillim 137 - Reference Scripture in Sunday School Book)
Isaiah 65:19-21
Verse 19 ... External Nature; The Heavens; Old & New Heavens
Verses 20,21 ... The Outward Man; The Body In Old Age; Promised
Verse 20 ... for the child shall die an old man; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
(Genesis 5:5; 9:29; 11:10-32; 25:7; 50:26)
Isaiah 65:23-25
Verse 23 ... Works Of God; God's Providence In Moral Discipline; Their Children Blessed
Verse 24 ... God Knows Our Needs & Answers Prayer
Verse 24 ... Duties To God; Prayer; Efficacy of Prayer, God Promises to Hear Prayer
Verse 25 ... Eschatology/Last Things; The Millennium; Universal Peace
Millennium .. period of 1,000 years
Isaiah 42:1-9
God's Servant: his mission (Isaiah 42:1-4)
The ministry of deliverance (Isaiah 42:5-9)
Isaiah 42:1-9
Verses 1,4 ... Other Nations; The Conversion of The Gentiles; General Predictions
Verses 2,3 ... Jesus Christ; Prophecies Concerning Christ; Meekness
Verse 5 ... Works Of God; Creation; Mammals & Man
Verses 6,7 ... Jesus Christ; Prophecies Concerning Christ; Figurative Prophecies, Light .... Jesus Christ; Christ's Humanity; Christ Compared with the Father, In Dignity
Verse 8 ... God; Anthropormorphic & Anthropopathic Representatives Of God; Seeks His Own Glory
Anthropormorphic ... attribution of a human form
Anthropopathic ... having human feelings
Verse 9 ... God; Attributes Of God As Person,Foreknowledge
Monday - June 17, 2013 - The Handiwork of God - Psalm/Tehillim 19:1-6
Psalm/Tehillim 19 ... Didactic Psalms: Showing the excellence of God's law
Didactic .. Instruct
Tuesday - June 18, 2013 - The Guidance of God - Psalm/Tehillim 19:7-14
Psalm/Tehillim 19:7 ... Everlasting Life & Heaven Promised
Psalm/Tehillim 19:8,11 ... The Upright Are Blessed & Prospered (Prosperity means different things to different individuals)
Wednesday - June 19, 2013 - No One Is Righteous - Romans 3:9-20
Romans 1:8-11:35 ... practical Christian duties. Written in the spring of 58 A.D. from Corinth, during a stay of three months in Greece, by the apostle Paul.
The failure of the world (Romans 1:18b-3:20)
The Gospel For The World: The Righteous - By - Faith Shall Live (Romans 1:18b-8:39)
Thursday - June 20, 2013 - Sin, Death, Sacrifice, & Salvation - Romans 5:6-14
The joys of faith-righteousness (Romans 5:1-11)
Shall live the righteous (Romans 5:12-8:39)
Friday - June 21, 2013 - New Things Springing Forth - Isaiah 42:1-9
Saturday - June 22, 2013 - God Makes All Things New - Revelation 21:1-7
The New Heaven & New Earth (Revelation 21:1-8)
The vision of final triumph (Revelation 17:1-22:5)
Revelation main theme, "I come quickly," & its objective is to awaken in the believer the response, "Amen: come, Lord Jesus."
Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Topical Reference Bible, Zondervan Commentary, The International Teacher's Encyclopedia/Concordance KJV Precious Promise Bible, Reader's Digest Oxford Complete WordFinder & Merriam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary
