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AdventistMember of any of a group of Protestant churches that arose in the U.S. in the 19th century and believe that the Second Coming of Christ is close at hand. Adventism was founded during a period marked by millennialism by William Miller (1782–1849), a former U.S. army officer, who asserted that Christ would return to separate saints from sinners and inaugurate his 1,000-year kingdom on earth sometime in the year before March 21, 1844. After that date passed, Miller and his followers set a new date, Oct. 22, 1844. The “Great Disappointment” was followed by a Mutual Conference of Adventists in 1845. Those who persisted concluded that Miller had misinterpreted the signs and that, though Christ had begun the “cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary,” he would not appear until he had completed that task. These Millerites founded the Seventh-Day Adventists in 1863; other Adventist groups include the Evangelical Adventists and the Advent Christian Church. Seventh-Day Adventists observe Saturday as the Sabbath and avoid eating meat and using narcotics or stimulants. Adventist a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Fundamentalism, here distinguished by its adherence to
dispensationalism, has generally maintained an ahistoricality regarding
the grammar and milieu of New Testament adventism to such an extent that
ancient Old Testament battles with ancient weapons, such as horses,
clubs, swords, and spears, are turned into impending battles with modern
weaponry, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles and
nuclear-equipped MiG fighters.
While a recent film based on this fictionalized theology was not well
received, the film Rapture of several years ago told a chilling story of
emotionally needy people caught up in dangerous forms of adventism. The European beginnings of Adventism parallel
to a remarkable degree the beginnings a generation earlier of Baptists
on the continent. |
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