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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 8, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 48.

Schedule for Week Ending December 18, 1909

Day	Date	Morning	Evening
Su.	Dec. 12	Hosea 9, 10, 11	Revelation 3
Mo.	Dec. 13	Hosea 12, 13, 14	Revelation 4
Tu.	Dec. 14	Joel 1, 2, 3	Revelation 5
We.	Dec. 15	Amos 1, 2, 3	Revelation 6
Th.	Dec. 16	Amos 4, 5, 6	Revelation 7
Fr.	Dec. 17	Amos 7, 8, 9	Revelation 8
Sa.	Dec. 18	Obadiah	Revelation 9

Suggestive Notes

Our morning lessons begin with Hosea 9 and close with Obadiah, covering the remainder of Hosea, all of Joel, Amos, and Obadiah.

Joel probably lived about 800 years before Christ. His prophecy is somewhat older than those of Amos and Hosea. There are some striking coincidences between his predictions and those of Amos. The prophecy of the last days, however, is local only in the illustrations he uses. Local conditions are typical of calamities which are to precede the great day of Jehovah, and the time of war and trouble which closes earth’s history. There are earnest entreaties in it to the people of God, calling them to fasting and prayer to avert calamity.

The meaning of the word “Amos” is probably “burdened.” So he was burdened for his people. He himself was a shepherd of Tekoa in Judea, and prophesied at Bethel in the reigns of Uzziah king of Judah and Jeroboam II king of Israel. The priests accused him of treason, and expelled him from the northern kingdom, to which many of his prophecies referred. He foretells the downfall of apostasy, and points forward from that to the last days, when there shall be a famine of the Word. The prophecy is full of striking illustrations from shepherd life.

“Obadiah” means “a servant of God.” He was a contemporary of Jeremiah, and his principal prophecy is against the Edomites, because of their exultation over the fall of Jerusalem about 580 B.C.

Our evening lessons begin with Revelation 3 and close with Revelation 9, covering the remainder of the prophecy of the seven churches, the seven seals, the great sealing work, and a portion of the prophecy on the seven trumpets. These we can not use space in this department to explain.