History of Adventism Final Flashcards
Matthew 22:37-40 (Memory Verse)
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12 (Memory Verse)
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets
Three Anchors
Jesus
Community
Law of God
1844 (Key Date)
The Great Disappointment
1888 (Key Date)
Righteousness by Faith General Conference
1901(Key Date)
Reorganization General Conference
1915 (Key Date)
Death of EGW
1919 (Key Date)
Bible Conference on Role of EGW
1957 (Key Date)
Questions of Doctrine
Least likely to believe that the Bible is God’s word and free of all Error (Eschatology)
Preterist
Most Likely to reject miraculous divine intervention in Human affiars (Eschatology)
Preterism
Most likely to chart prophetic events on continuous lineup with Christ’s return. (Eschatology)
Historicism
The most popular view in conservative Christian circles today. (Eschatology)
Futurism
The dominant view among protestants at the time of the reformation (Eschatology)
Historicism
Argues for re-application and multiple applications of apocalyptic prophecy. (Eschatology)
Applied Historicism
In 1844, held by the adventist who believed Christ would come in that year. (Eschatology)
Historicism
Most likely to argue in favor of conditional prophecy. (Eschatology)
Applied Historicism
Most Liberal position (Eschatology)
Preterism
Most likely not to believe in God (Eschatology)
Preterism
The Rapture and ‘Left Behind’ people (Eschatology)
Futurism
On the basis of prophecy, looks for a rebuilt Jeruselam temple before Jesus comes. (Eschatology)
Futurism
1st Angel’s Message
The hour of Judgement is coming.
The 2nd Angel’s Message
Babylon is falling.
3rd Angel’s Message
The mark of the Beast (Sunday) vs the seal of God (Saturday)
Beginning of the great anti-typical day of atonement (Disappointment Doctrine)
1844
Beginning of the 70 weeks prophecy (Disappointment Doctrine)
457 BC
Beginning of the 2300-day prophecy. (Disappointment Doctrine)
457 BCE
Beginning of Christ’s Earthy ministry (Disappointment Doctrine)
27
Beginning of the Gospel to the Gentiles (Disappointment Doctrine)
34
“In the midst of the weak, he shall cause the sacrifice… to cease” (Disappointment Doctrine)
31
Cruxifixction of Christ (Disappointment Doctrine)
31
Going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem (Disappointment Doctrine)
457
The Great Disappointment (Disappointment Doctrine)
1844
End of the 70 weeks prophecy (Disappointment Doctrine)
34
Leviticus 16 (Key 1844 passages)
Annual Day of Atonement
Daniel 7 (Key 1844 passages)
Son of Man, Judgement
Daniel 8 (Key 1844 passages)
The only Biblical passage (8:14) to mention the 2300; dating can only be established by linking it with Daniel 9.
Daniel 9 (Key 1844 passages)
The chapter that contains the 70-week prophecy, following Daniel’s prayer for the “Sanctuary” that lies Desolate.
Matthew 25 (Key 1844 passages)
Parable of the 10 Virgins:
In historicist interpretation a road map of the Disappointment experience: Loud cry (summer of 1844), the Bridegroom coming (October 22, 1844), the shut door (the closing of opportunity after October 22).
Revelation 10 (Key 1844 passages)
In historicist interpretation, John’s swallowing of the LITTLE BOOK (Daniel), sweet in the mouth, but bitter in the belly, is an illustration of the 1844 experience: Great hope followed by great pain.
Revelation 14 (Key 1844 passages)
Three Angels’ message (judgement hour; fall of Babylon; mark of the beast)
Revelation 18 (Key 1844 passages)
The other Angels’ message, preached in connection with the second ange’s message:
Come out of Babylon because Babylon is fallen
Jesus (Pictures)
The Ideal
Matthew 5
Avalanche (Pictures)
Adaptation
Genesis 3-11
Joshua 24:2
Law Pyramid (Pictures)
Stability Romans 13:10 Deut. 4:13-14 Jer. 31:31-34 Matt. 22:35-40 Deut. 31:24-26 Matt. 19:8
Castle (Pictures)
Change
Acts 10-11, 14-16
I Cor. 8,10
Pie (Pictures)
Diversity
I Cor 1,3,12
With reference to our understanding of salvation, the TWO events that tended to move adventism toward mainstream evangelical christianity. (Epochs of Adventism)
General Conference of 1888,
Publication of questions on doctrine - 1957
The event marking adventism’s confrontation with fundamentalism (Epochs of Adventism)
Bible Conference of 1919
dealt largely with issues of “inspiration” (Epochs of Adventism)
Bible Conference of 1919
Conflict between “obedience” and “trust in Christ’s righteousness” (Epochs of Adventism)
General Conference of 1888
All Adventists gladly accepted of results; mark all that apply (Epochs of Adventism)
None of the above
He uses the descriptive methodologies (EG Source criticism and redaction criticism) without adopting the full set of rationalistic and naturalistic presuppositions that are part of the classical formulation of the method. (T/F)
True
He is totally opposed to the use of any and all aspects of the method since using part logically requires the use of all. (T/F)
False
Your Instructor believes in miracles. (T/F)
True
He endorses the method, using the descriptive methodologies on the one hand, and adopting the rationalistic and naturalistic presuppositions that accompany it on the other. (T/F)
False
Your instructor adopts an anti-supernaturalistic stance towards God’s activity in the world. (T/F)
False
Your instructor believes that finding one error in the Bible would make it no longer valid as God’s word (T/F)
False
Present Truth (C/NC)
Change
Landmarks (C/NC)
No Change
G.I. Butler (C/NC)
No Change
Uriah Smith (C/NC)
No change
E.J. Waggoner (C/NC)
Change
A.T. Jones (C/NC)
Change
Ellen White (C/NC)
Change
Courtroom - View of Jesus
Substitute
Family - View of Jesus
Teacher
Paul - View of Jesus
Substitute
John - View of Jesus
Teacher
Last Generation Theology - View of Jesus
Example
Desmond Ford - View of Jesus
Substitute
View of “Shut Door” adopted by “Sabbatarian and Shut Door” Adventists immediately following the disappointment. (1,2,3)
(1) The only ones that could be saved were those who had been through the disappointment and still believed that God’s hand was in that that experience; for everyone else, the door of salvation was shut.
M.B. Czechowski (1844, 1864, 1874, 1894)
1844
J.N. Andrews (1844, 1864, 1874, 1894)
1874
Solusi (1844, 1864, 1874, 1894)
1894
AFM
Full support - goes to unreached places
Gospel Outreach
Most “effective”
ADRA
International Relief
The four “cultures” ranked from “liberal” to “conservative.” (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Secular Mainstream
Sectarianism
Liberal Protestant Mainstream
Conservative Evangelical Mainstream
“Officially” defends the Bible as “inerrant and infallible” (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Conservative Evangelical Mainstream
“God” is most likely to be defined as a force rather than a person (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Liberal Protestant Mainstream
Questions on doctrine reflects the adventist’s interest in which one? (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Conservative Evangelical Mainstream
The National Geographic represents which one? (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Secular Mainstream
The two most likely to reject the miraculous and the supernatural (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Secular mainstream
Liberal Protestant Mainstream
Counter-Cultural (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Sectarianism
Represents the “isolationists” element in Adventism (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Sectarianism
Fundamentalism was a reaction against which two? (Sectarian or Mainstream)
Secular Mainstream
Liberal Protestant Mainstream