Spirit of Prophecy

Steven Gerald Daily, more commonly known as Steven Daily or Steve Daily, was born in Santa Rosa, California. He grew up in an Adventist home and studied at Adventist institutions, such as Rio Lindo Adventist Academy, Pacific Union College, Loma Linda University, and Andrews University. In 1985 h...

George Knight’s latest book is Prophets in Conflict: Issues in Authority . In “A Word to the Reader” at the start of the book, he says, “In 2017, I published Adventist Authority Wars, Ordination, and the Roman Catholic Temptation. The thread that unites that book with the present one is the te...

The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary is, as the title indicates, a small and handy reference tool for basic information about the life and writings of Ellen G. White. It is a welcome resource that helps to better understand some of the terms and concepts she used. It includes basic terms of refe...

This paper takes “a fresh look” at the Litch-Smith-White perspective on the fifth and sixth trumpets of Revelation. It is argued that valuable insights may be obtained, and faith may be strengthened in Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega, from the final book of the Bible that deals with the end-times.

This article provides a general overview of end-time biblical eschatology as described by Ellen White. After highlighting (1) some major end-time philosophical and religious challenges, the discussion deals specifically with White’s views of (2) the great cosmic controversy between good and evil; (3) the cataclysmic “signs” of Christ’s Second Coming; (4) the conditional imminence of His appearing; (5) the end-time scenario that culminates with that glorious event; and (6) God’s absolute and final victory over sin and all impenitent sinners, eradicating them completely and forever from the universe. A clear understanding of White’s eschatological expositions can help us to better appreciated God’s triumphant leading of human affairs and loving care for each one of us.

The purpose of this presentation is to analyze eschatological events mentioned by the gift of prophecy manifested in Ellen G. White: the United States and its identification as the second beast of Revelation 13, the union of all the churches, the Sabbath as the sign of God as opposed to the mark of the beast, and how these events have been confirmed throughout history to this day

This presentation explores the correlation between Ellen G. White’s great controversy vision and health vision in the context of the Civil War. It argues that the prevailing social, political, and religious conditions within nineteen-century American society and the spiritual decline among Sabbatarian Adventists laid the ground for the injection of a new prophetic vision at a time of paradoxical crisis. Furthermore, it maintains that such visioning unfolded the visualization of God’s missional purpose for Christian life in the progressively changing world.

Adventist education’s cognitive and spiritual aspects are inseparable in the social and eschatological dimensions. Therefore, the main focus of this presentation is based not only on Adventist education in the light of Ellen G. White’s writings, but also on the analysis of the nature and function of the broad perspective of Adventist education at home, school, and church that everyone must face in order to blend theoretical knowledge with practical challenges of one’s daily life and eternal realities. As an example of this urgent need to focus on the comprehensive Adventist education, the Sabbath issue is discussed in light of soon approaching global eschatological events.

On the one hand, Ellen G. White spoke of the possibility to hasten Christ’s second coming and that God’s people had delayed that event. On the other hand, she mentioned that the time of Jesus’ coming is near and that the Father knows the time, implying that “God’s purposes know no haste and no delay. The paper analyzed her particular statements on the subject, tries to solve the tension between those seemingly contradictory remarks, and outlines implications for our spiritual life and our expectations of the second of Christ.

This presentation presents and evaluates two different approaches to the issue of the delay of the second coming. Some Adventist theologians believe that Jesus has not yet come because He is waiting for His people to consecrate and testify diligently; in this view God’s people are responsible for the delay. In contrast, other Adventist authors suggest that Jesus will return only when He decides it, and there is nothing that can be done to hasten or delay the time of His coming. Both positions are evaluated, concluding that neither biblically solves the problem of the delay of the second coming, since neither elaborates its views from the biblical presuppositions of the divine omniscience and providence—two key presuppositions to elaborate a biblical answer to this issue. Finally, a working proposal about the delay/hastening of the second coming is presented.