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Adventist Heritage. I. Introduction. World Religions:. Christianity (37%) Islam (23%) Hinduism (15%) Buddhism (8%) Chinese Religions Tribal Religions Judaism. I. Introduction. 2. What is the Christian Church?.
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I. Introduction World Religions: • Christianity (37%) • Islam (23%) • Hinduism (15%) • Buddhism (8%) • Chinese Religions • Tribal Religions • Judaism
I. Introduction 2. What is the Christian Church? The Christian Church is a community of believers that accept Jesus Christ and receive Him as their own personal Savior and Lord.
I. Introduction 3. Who is the leader? Ephesians 5:23
I. Introduction 4. What is the task of the church? Matthew 28:19-20
Matthew 28:19-20 “… Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing… teaching…”
II. Heralds of the Second Coming of Jesus 1. Manuel de Lacunza y Diaz 1731-1801
II. Heralds of the Second Coming of Jesus 1. Manuel de Lacunza y Diaz
II. Heralds of the Second Coming of Jesus 2. Edward Irving (1792-1834)
Partial Translationin French Lewis Way Irving translate the book into English Ben Ezra is identified as Lacunza Similarities between Lacunza and Irving
3. The Millerite Movement William Miller (1830-1844)
The extension of the movement • USA 50,000 to 100,000 • 1 million of spectators
1818 – The Doctrine of the Second Coming • Thousand years before the 2nd Coming was a mistake. • Jewish return to Palestine has no biblical support. • Jesus comes personally. • God’s kingdom establish at the 2nd Coming.
1818 – The Doctrine of the Second Coming • Fire purification • Renovated earth • Resurrection of the just by the 2nd Coming • Resurrection of wicked after 1,000 years
1818 – The Doctrine of the Second Coming • We are living on the last days • Prophetic times, 2nd Coming by the year 1843
31 DC 70 Weeks 27 DC 34 DC 457 AC Jesus Baptism 2300 days (years) The order of Artaxerxes The prophecy of Daniel 8 and 9 1844
The Great Disappointment - Oct. 22, 1844 “We cried, and cried till the sunrise”. Hiram Edson
Two Interpretations The calculus of the period was wrong • 2300 days would be in the future • Miller, Himes, Litch, Bliss, Hale
Two interpretations The event was wrong • Storres, Bates, White, Jacobs, Marsh
Millerism divided in three groups • “Evangelical Adventists” • The fanatics • The group that originated the SDA
III. The Remnant Church • What are the characteristics of the remnant? (Rev 14:12; 12:17; 19:10) • Obedience to the commandments • Faith in Jesus • Spirit of Prophecy
B. The Spirit of Prophecy - 2 Chron. 20:20 - 1 Thess. 5:20-21
IV. The Seventh-day Adventist Movement A. The socio-cultural and religious context of its appearance 1) The democratic spirit2) Denominationalism3) The 2nd great American revival4) The great movement of the 2nd coming
IV. The Seventh-day Adventist Movement 1) Protestantism2) Millerism3) Puritanism4) Christian Connection5) Methodism6) Restoration movement7) Common sense philosophy B. Roots of the Adventist Theology
1) PROTESTANTISM:The Authority of the Scriptures • The Principle “sola escritura”. • Anabaptists • The first Seventh-day Adventists recognized the authority of the Scriptures: • Foundation to the doctrines • Broke traditions that do not harmonized with the Bible • Opposed to formulate a creed
2) MILLERISM:The imminence of the Second Coming • Christ’s Second Coming • World awakening about the Second Coming • The Seventh-day Adventists heritage from the Millerits their emphasis on the eminent, premillenial and visible coming of Jesus
3) PURITANISM:The observance of the Sabbath • The puritans developed a rigid observance of the weekly rest (Sunday) • The Seventh-day Baptists • The Seventh-day Adventists
4) CHRISTIAN CONNECTION:The anti-trinitarianism • No biblical concept that confound the distinct personalities of the Father and the Son • These ideas were gradually disappearing of the Adventist community between 1890 and 1940
5) THE METHODISM:The concept of salvation • The concept of salvation were related to the doctrine of predestination. • “Libre Albedrio” • Ellen White was Methodist before starting follow the Millerite movement.
F. RESTAURATION MOVEMENT:The concept of restoration of the truth • The ideal of restoring Christianity to its early purity • The Seventh-day Adventism arose as a restoration movement of the biblical truth • “Present Truth”
7) THE COMMON SENSE FILOSOPHY:The understanding of the truth • All human beings can know and defend the truth. • William Miller 3. “People Theologians” - systematic study of the Bible, followed by prayer and the Holy Spirit illumination.
IV. The Seventh-day Adventist Movement Definition of the Doctrines – 1844 a 1847 - The progressive revelation - The doctrine of the sanctuary - The doctrine of the SabbathThe Seventh-day Baptists First Church – William Farnsworth Joseph Bates and the Sabbath C. Formation of the Adventist Doctrinal System
The Seventh-day Baptists • From England to America • Rachel Oakes • William Farnsworth
Joseph Bates and the Sabbath • Capt. Joseph Bates – “Mr. Sabbath” • March 1845 read Preble article about the Sabbath “Within a few days I decided to keep the fourth commandment.”
The famous “Sabbath Bridge” Between New Bedford and Fairhaven A friend salutes Capt. Bates, “What is new?” The answer: “The new is the seventh-day is the Sabbath.”
V. The First Leaders - Joseph Bates- James and Ellen White- The gift of prophecy
JOSEPH BATES • Capitan Joseph Bates • Sabbath • Temperance • Abolitionist
JOSEPH BATES • Accepted soon return of Jesus • Conditional Immortality • The Sabbath • March 1845, article of Thomas M. Preble • The visit to Frederic Wheeler and Cyrus Farnsworth. • The Sabbath Bridge - “What is the news?”
JOSEPH BATES • The theology of the sanctuary through the article of Crosier and the visit to Hiram Edison • Gift of Prophecy of Ellen G. White, in Topsham - Maine.
THIAGO AND ELLEN WHITE • The second coming as Millerites. • The conditional immortality before 1844. • The sanctuary – article of Crosier. • The Sabbath - Joseph Bates, fall 1846. • Ellen White – first vision Dec. 1844, James accepted in beginning of 1845
Ellen G. Harmon (1827 – 1915) 1827 - Gorham, Maine