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Ministry Magazine - 1844 - Is It Biblical
Ministry Magazine - 1844 - Is It Biblical
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in 1844? Some Seventh-day Adventists,
even pastors, are unconvinced that
Jesus began a final phase in His high
priestly ministry. OCTOBER 1994 Download PDF
(3) the 490 years of Daniel 9 are cut off from a longer
time span of 2300 years, and
(4) the starting date for that 2300- year prophecy is 457
B.C., then the year 1844 must be biblically authentic.
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That fact established would vindicate the claim of
Seventh-day Adventists to be a prophetic movement of
Adventism at 150
destiny.
In the aftermath of 1844,
Much is at stake as we examine these four
what caused Seventh-day
assumptions, one by one.
Adventism to become a
worldwide movement?
1. ONE APOCALYPTIC DAY What are the perils it faces
EQUALS ONE LITERAL YEAR. today?
contextual evidence.
CLARIFYING THOSE
CONFUSING DECREES
At this point some would protest that the actual
wording of the command of Artaxerxes I of 457 B.C.
makes no explicit mention of any order to rebuild the
city of Jerusalem in fulfillment of Daniel 9's starting
point. This threat to Adventist interpretation
disappears when we consider that the decree to rebuild
and restore Jerusalem was actually a combined unit of
three decrees linked as one that culminated in the year
457.
4. Ibid., p. 68f.