Seventh-day Adventists follow most of the beliefs
of conventional conservative Christianity:
- Creation
- The fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden
- Original sin
- The virgin birth
- The divinity of Christ
- The nature of the Trinity
- Belief in Satan as a rebellious created being
- The inerrancy of Scriptures as they were originally
written
- The resurrection of Jesus
- Salvation by the atonement of Christ, etc....
However, we differ on a number of other beliefs.
WRITINGS OF ELLEN G. WHITE
Ellen White is recognized by the SDA church
as having received the gift of prophecy. The
written works by Ellen White , "are a continuing
and authoritative source of truth which provide
for the church comfort, guidance, instruction,
and correction."
IMMORTALITY
We believe that a person is not naturally immortal.
When a person dies, they remain unconscious
until they are resurrected. Eternal life is
a gift which God gives only to righteous Christians;
the rest will be ultimately destroyed. Thus,
we do not believe that a person goes to heaven
or hell immediately upon death.
JESUS' RETURN
The second coming of Christ is imminent. Believers
should be ready at all times to be removed from
earth to be with God in heaven. Righteous Christians
who had previously died will be resurrected
at that time and taken to heaven. For the following
1000 years, only Satan and his angels will be
living on earth. A second resurrection will
occur at the end of that period. The righteous
will then return to a cleansed earth, and establish
the New Jerusalem. The unrighteous who died
before the Second Coming will be resurrected
and be consumed by fire and by God, along with
Satan and his angels. The universe will then
be free of sin and sinners. Hell exists as a
lake of fire where the unrighteous are "burned
up, utterly destroyed, and cease forever to
exist". Hell does not exist as a place
of eternal torment.
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