The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, 2 vols.

Publisher:

Review & Herald

, 1996

Overview

The encyclopedia was first published in the 1960s, revised in 1976, and revised again in 1996 when the material expanded so much that it was divided into two volumes. The articles can be divided into six main categories: Church History, Church Organization and Operation, Institutions, Biographies, Beliefs and Practices, and Miscellaneous Topics. Definitions are required to explain various names or phrases of organizations, methods, and activities–such as church school, Ingathering, Bible studies, pathfinder Clubs, and Medical Cadet Corps.

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“FALLING OF THE STARS. A phrase used of ‘falling stars,’ or meteor showers, especially of the great shower of Leonid meteors seen in America Nov. 12–13, 1833, the most spectacular star shower on record. (The Leonids were visible in the Eastern Hemisphere in major showers of lesser magnitude in 1866 and again in the Western in 1867.) These meteors, because of their preeminence and their timing, were taken by many Millerites and by Seventh-day Adventists as fulfilling certain Bible prophecies of signs in the natural world heralding the last days (Matt. 24:29; Rev. 6:13). For eyewitness descriptions and astronomical explanations of the Leonids see SB, Nos. 730–746.” (source)

“the ‘daily’ represents Christ’s priestly mediation in the heavenly sanctuary” (source)

“On the basis of the year-day principle, these 2300 prophetic days represent as many literal years. According to Dan. 8:9–14, this was a period at whose close the sanctuary was to be ‘cleansed.’ Seventh-day Adventists understand that the 70 weeks (490 literal years) of Dan. 9:24–27 were to be cut off from the 2300 years, and that the two periods of time were to begin simultaneously with ‘the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem’ (v. 25). Three such decrees were issued by the Persian kings Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, respectively (Ezra 6:14).” (source)

“The goal of the Sabbath school is the discipling of people for Christ. The four basic objectives of the Sabbath school are faith development, fellowship, community outreach, and world mission.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia
• Series: Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• Publisher: Review & Herald
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• Resource ID: LLS:900.1.2018
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:53:47Z