Recommended reading for Sabbath School Lesson 6, "Playing God" February 6 2021.
Read for This Week’s Study: Isaiah 13, Isa. 13:2–22, Isaiah 14, Isaiah 24–27.
Memory Text: Isaiah 25:9 NKJV “ ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation’.”
"Isaiah 25:9 - BEHOLD - Q1 2021 Sabbath School MEMORY TEXT Lesson 6" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2_zj-ePgM&feature=emb_logo
ISAIAH 14:4-21 KJV (the reading is from verse 12).
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12a How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
12b how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13a For thou hast said in thine heart,
13b I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
13c I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14a I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
14b I will be like the Most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isa+14&version=NKJV
In Ezekiel chapter 28 is also foretold of Lucifer's fall,
"11 The word of the Lord came to me:
12 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[b]
Your settings and mountings[c] were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eze+28&version=NIV
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1) Music “No.8 Requiem” by Esther Abrami from YouTube’s Audio Library.
2) Gravestones: Photo by Steven Vermeulen from Pexels
3) Male silhouette: Photo by Akwice from Pexels
4) Graveyard Crocuses: Purple Crocus in Bloom during Daytime · Free Stock Photo (pexels.com)
5) "Creepy artwork made of various metal nails" by Hugo Ceneviva Free Stock Photo (pexels.com)
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8) Bed of Flowers · Free Stock Photo (pexels.com).
9) Other background graphics from Microsoft PowerPoint 2019.