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Book Review "The Apocalyptic Vision and The Neutering of Adventism"

The book discusses the author's view on the importance of understanding early Adventism's apocalyptic vision for modern church members. It emphasizes how Adventism was different from other Christian churches in its doctrines about prophecy. The book also talks about the 1888 General Conference session that focused on reformation, and Ellen White's statement about properly proclaiming the commandments of God and faith of Jesus being equally important.

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Book Review "The Apocalyptic Vision and The Neutering of Adventism"

The book discusses the author's view on the importance of understanding early Adventism's apocalyptic vision for modern church members. It emphasizes how Adventism was different from other Christian churches in its doctrines about prophecy. The book also talks about the 1888 General Conference session that focused on reformation, and Ellen White's statement about properly proclaiming the commandments of God and faith of Jesus being equally important.

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PATH 601-01 PREACHING BIBLICAL PROPHECIES

BOOK REVIEW

“The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism"


By George R. Knight

Summary

The book with the title "The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism" written by
George R. Knight tell us the author's point of view about the validity and relevance of
understanding of early Adventism's apocalyptic understanding for the seventh day Adventist
church member that live at twenty-first century. The author emphasizes the importance for the
church member of Adventist to understanding the apocalyptic vision in its historical context at
the time of the pioneer of the church and its relevance for the member of Adventism today.

Adventist church were different from another church of Christianity, especially when talking
the doctrine about prophecy, and that situation make some effect that led to a disjunction
between Adventism and another church of Christianity.

But then, the reformation begin to take place in Adventist at the 1888 General Conference
session at Minneapolis, Minnesota. The session really focus on one text at the book of
Revelation that says: “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (Rev. 14:12, KJV).

At that session, there are two group in the 1888 that struggle to discuss, especially when they
were talking about different aspects of the central text in Adventist history. G. I. Butler and
Uriah Smith as the leader at the conference, focused on the part about keeping the
commandments. To them that was the main topic in Adventism that they have to understand.

At that time, James White had established the traditional Adventist understanding of
Revelation 14:12, when he gave three main point from the text. That God’s people at the last
event of the world have to:

(1) patiently waiting for Jesus to come,


(2) keeping all of the Lord’s commandments; and
(3) keeping the faith of Jesus, which he included such things as baptism and the Lord’s
Supper
Soon after the that meetings Ellen White made one of her most powerful statements on
Revelation 14:12. “The third angel’s message,” she mention “is the proclamation of the
commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Christ. The commandments of God have been
proclaimed, but the faith of Jesus Christ has not been proclaimed by Seventh-day Adventists as
of equal importance, the law and the gospel going hand in hand.

Since 1848 the people who were becoming Sabbatarian Adventists had a message that gave
them power and direction to their evangelism, and they began to gather as a church. And as the
result, between late 1848 and early 1853 the movement grow fast from about 100 members to
some 2,500. Talk about church growth, the grow so fast because they had a message, and they
understand about it.

When the member of the church understanding the prophetic in the balanced and in the right
way, that understanding will empowered them to grow and give a dynamic force of evangelism
for the church to share it to another people while they are waiting for the second coming of Jesus
Christ.

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