The books of Daniel and Revelation can be hard to understand. Some shy away from them due to fear and confusion. Should we be preaching the prophecies from these books? Join this Bible Q & A episode as Pastor James Rafferty and Shelley Quinn give us advice from the Word of God on these books and more. Send us your Bible Questions! By email: BibleQA@3abn.org By text: (618) 228 3975 QUESTIONS COVERED: 1. I find that in the recent past, pastors in our country have been urging us not to preach the prophecy of Daniel and Revelation in evangelistic campaigns. The reason is the prophecies scare non adventists and they say the prophecies attack Sunday keepers. Most of us joined the SDA church because of the clarity of the Bible that we got by studying prophecy. Won’t this make our church just like any other church? If the message is in the Bible as the present truth, are these pastors being led by the Holy Spirit to refuse prophecy education? If this should be the case, do we need to share any more books such as ‘The Great Hope’, ‘The Great Controversy’, ‘When God Said Remember’ etc. which dwell greatly on Daniel and Revelation, to non Adventists? Should we preach the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation? 2. In the days when lambs were slaughtered and burned for the forgiveness of sin, I have never found where women slaughtered a lamb for their sins. Did the women have to confess their sins to a man, whether husband or father and then the man called on the sins to be forgiven by God? I thought that the only one that we confess our sins to was to God directly. Were women allowed to slaughter lambs for the forgiveness of sin? 3. If you have a child who is LGBTQ+ and has a partner that they want to bring over for socializing, should we, as Christians, have them in our home or even eat with them? Does the Bible speak on this? From Billie, Washington | text (James) What is the best way to interact with an LGBTQ+ family member? 4. How do we understand serious mental illnesses like Schizophrenia? Are they biochemical disorders or are they demonic/spiritual? ) 5. What is the best gift to give God when we worship Him? 6. Could you please explain what Jesus meant in Matthew 8:22 & Luke 9:60 where it reads; "Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead" but go thou and preach the kingdom of God." Can you explain Matthew 8:22 & Luke 9:60? 7. Why is the Angel of the Lord sometimes capitalized and other times lowercase? 8. Is Mary Magdalene the same Mary of Martha and Lazarus? Prove it from the Bible, please. 9. Should children be baptized before the age of 12? 10. After the fall do we have a choice to do good or evil? I understand there's no alternative in Heaven to good works. SUBSCRIBE https://bit.ly/3ABN_Subscribe DONATE https://bit.ly/3ABN_Donate FREE MONTHLY MAGAZINE https://bit.ly/3ABN_Magazine FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/3abn.org/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/3abn_official/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/3abn WEBSITE https://3abn.org/ TDYQA240024 #Bibletopics #BibleQ&A