Judgment

In 1888 Ellen White wrote, “The subject of the sanctuary and the investigative judgment should be clearly understood by the people of God” (GC 488). Yet, many Seventh-day Adventists today have only a limited or distorted understanding of this important doctrine. In addition, critics claim that th...

George Knight’s warning in his new book, The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism, of Adventism’s progressive loss of vision and consequent slide to impotence in fulfilling our mission is on target, and so is his biblically-balanced call to recapture holy urgency that focuses on an...

The 1843 chart was used by the Millerites with good success, but not everything on the chart is correct. One of the issues concerns the 2520 years. Please note, Judah was not taken into captivity in 677 BC; King Manasseh (687–643 BC) was taken to Babylon for a period of time, but he was restored ...

Introduction Seventh-day Adventists believe that they have been called to proclaim the everlasting gospel to every nation, tribe, language, and people, in the context of the messages of the three angels in Revelation 14:6-12. These messages are God’s final appeal to the human race before the Seco...

Most people do not want to appear in court. Although some criminals manage to go unpunished by earthly tribunals, they will not escape God’s judgment (2 Tim. 4:1). The final “reward” is inevitable. I. The Context In Revelation 19 Christ’s second coming is described in symbolic terms (v. 6-11). Th...

Of all the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church the doctrine of the pre- Advent judgment in heaven beginning in 1844 has been questioned more than any other. This questioning has come from scholars and others both outside and inside the church. From outside the church, Walter R. Martin i...

Seventh-day Adventists believe that the judgment in Daniel 7 is a pre-Advent, investigative judgment. Does this concept find its roots in Scripture or is it an Adventist fiction? The Investigative Judgment Concept in Scripture Right from the beginning of God's dealing with sinners in Genesis 3 a ...

John T. Anderson is a business man who used to work as a pastor in southern California. This book is the result of his personal study of the subject of the investigative judgment as he searched for answers to questions raised by the critics of the doctrine. He provides for us a readable discussio...

A. Introduction Justification is an image, used to interpret the significance of Christ's death, taken from the court of law. Two passages (2 Cor 5:18-21; Rom 5:8-9) bring together reconciliation and justification by faith. The two terms are almost synonymous; but they express different ideas. Th...

I. Introduction The Bible mentions several heavenly books in which the experiences and acts of human beings are recorded. Here we will explore the significance of those records and their particular function. It will become clear that human practices of record keeping employed in Israel and in oth...