The Third Angel’s Message: Part 1

The challenges of this text become less if we keep in mind the pattern of demonic action ("the dragon acts") and divine reaction ("God reacts")—...
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The Second Angel’s Message: Part 2

The message of the second angel shows that Babylon encompasses a religious-political entity, an economic-political entity, and a cosmic reality—...
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The Second Angel’s Message: Part 1

Babylon must not be reduced to a simple code or steno-symbol for Rome since John uses the name "Babylon" to evoke a whole range of scriptural meaning...
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Twelve Things the Book of Revelation...

The Book of Revelation is a long letter that was not written to me. As long as I keep this in the back of mind, as I should when I’m reading any New...
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Does Adventism Need Political Thought?

In spite of itself, the Adventist Church is a political institution. Historically, Adventism has articulated its politics as driven by eschatology....
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The First Angel’s Message: Part 3

The notion of judicial review, or "investigative judgment," as it is called in Adventist theology, misses the Johannine tenor of krisis, and it falls...
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Revelation 14:6–12 and the Case for...

I believe the writer understood his message and expected his readers to do so. We should read it through their experience and understanding in around...
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Case by Casebolt: Was the Midnight Cry...

Examining S. S. Snow’s life and Ellen White’s first vision, during which she claimed that Snow’s date-setting midnight cry was divine “glorious light...
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Ten Weaknesses of Seventh-day Adventist...

Every method of interpreting biblical prophecies has strengths and weaknesses. Here are 10 things about Seventh-day Adventist historicism that strike...
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The First Angel’s Message: Part 2

Psalm 96 is the most likely background text for the first angel’s message of resounding affirmation in the book of Revelation.
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