Last Day Events final study

Slavery and then later Americas step towards imperialism

Early on, Adventists interpreted America as the Land Beast because of what social condition? (pp. 24-25)

-They pushed against expansion -They argued against Christian militarism

How did Adventists respond to the emerging imperialism of America? (p. 23)

She pointed out how he might have come in the past, and he might come long after what she says. She also talked about present truth

How did Ellen White allow for the possibility of conditional prophecy in her own lifetime? (p. 11)

It fulfills the prophesy of Rev 13:3 that the whole world will worship the beast

How does Moore feel John Paul II's funeral relates to biblical prophecy? (pp. 75-76)

It is our job to witness the coming end. ???

How does Morgan conclude that apocalyptic integrates with public witness? (p. 26)

Satan will surround us and be prepared to destroy us but just as Jacob did, we must wrestle with the lord and cling storng to him. Then he shall bless us and deliver us from Satan

How does the story of Jacob inform last-day events? (pp. 616-21)

People will be filled with the holy spirit and will be compelled to share, They will perform miracles and heal sick and perform signs and wonders.

How will a future "Pentecost" aid in giving the last message to the world? (pp. 611-12)

When Sunday worship is enforced

According to Adventist interpretation, when will people receive the mark of the beast? (p. 185)

It should involve the world

According to Butler, a prophetic message for people living in our day should involve what instead of the just the United States? (p. 12)

They must prophesy till the end of the present world

According to Butler, what must an apocalyptic people do to remain Adventist? (p. 11)?

With the introduced a bill making Sunday a national day of worship

According to Ellen White, when will national apostasy and national ruin take place in the United States? (pp. 186-87)

Disasters

According to Michael Barkun, what creates the conditions for the rapid alteration of belief systems? (p. 239)

Catholics threatened us with intemperance and lax sabbath observance

According to Protestants, on what two points did Roman Catholics threaten American civilization during the 19th and early 20th centuries? (p. 6)

The 1930s

According to Robert Handy, when did America become post-Protestant? (pp.3-4)

The sea beast accepts worship while the land beasts enforces it

Compare the roles of the Sea Beast and the Land Beast to the issue of worship in Rev 13. (p. 179)

The Sabbath and 7th day keeping will be central in the end times. Sabbath keepers will be saved, yet persecuted

What is the Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the relationship between the Sabbath and eschatology? (pp. 13-15)

The Spanish inquisition

What is the best-known example of persecution by the Little Horn against God's people? (p. 36)

Satan will impersonate Christ. We can resist it by knowing God's word. For Satan will not come in the same bold way as God, but from here or there.

What is the crowning act in the final deception, and how will God's people resist it? (pp. 624-25)

The pope had rule of secular rulers

What is the significance of Boniface VIII's papal decree Unum Sanctum? (p. 47)

A letter called the day of the lord, urging Catholics the importance of keeping Sunday holy,

What is the significance of Dies Domini? (pp. 200-201)

The condition of witnessing, either for God or for the beast

What is the spiritual condition of those (both those who support and oppose God) who live in the time of the "mark of the beast"? (pp. 177-79)

To rule the world

What is the ultimate goal of the papacy? (p. 83)

A demand of popular support from protestants and Catholics

What kind of demand did Ellen White say would lead to enforcing Sunday observance? (p. 202)

There were plenty of religious laws that fined people for doing work on the sabbath in the early colonies

What kind of laws were early on in the United States enforced regarding the Sabbath? (pp. 102-103)

Protestant

What made 19th century America different from our time and place is the fact that it could still be described as what? (p. 3)

The separation of church and state

What principle prevents Sunday laws? (p. 193)

Matthew 24:9 says they will be put to death and handed over by all nations

What text in scripture, spoken by Jesus, indicates that Jesus' disciples will be persecuted—even in America? (p. 233)

The Roman Church has never erred and never could err, the pope is the supreme judge, that he may be judged by no one, that there is not appeal from his decision, that he alone is entitled to the homage of all princes, and that he alone my depose kings and emperors.

What was Pope Gregory VII's stance on the papacy's power? [recognize the quote] (p. 45)

In the south they were held up on a religious basis but in the north they were supported in civil and ethical terms

What was the difference between Sunday blue laws in the North and in the South? (p. 7)

Christianity officially took rule over Rome.

What was the political result of General Belisarius pushing the Ostrogoths out of Rome? (p. 44)

They either ignored or supported Nazis

What was the result when Adventists in 1930s Germany identified only Roman Catholicism as a "beast"? (p. 12)

He wanted it, and they banished him for it.

What were the differences between Roger Williams and the Puritans with regards to the separation of church and state? (pp. 103-104)

This restored actual land to the papacy, and it shows that the sea beast healed from its deadly wound

What were the results of the Lateran Treaty of 1929, and how does it relate to the healing of the wound of the Sea Beast? (pp. 56-58)

Know well the will of God so that you can stand up for his purpose

What will be the only way to distinguish between the true and the false at the end? (p. 593)

It will end some day before the end times

What will happen to the United States' historic separation of church and state? (p. 99)

His last resort is to use fear, and this will be used in the end times throught Sunday laws the God followers will be afraid to break.

When Satan cannot deceive, what is his last resort, and how does this relate to the end-time? (pp. 591-92)

Maryland

Which state was originally formed as a colony to particularly welcome Catholics and promoted a generous concept of religious freedom in which people of all religions were welcome? (pp. 152-53)

The second and the fourth

Which two of the Ten Commandments have to do with worship? (p. 184)

Spanish American War

Which war engaged in by the United States marked the emergence of the U.S. as an imperial power?

General Berthier in 1798

Who captured Pope Pius VI and in what year? (pp. 50-51)

He was one of the earliest advocates for separation of church and state. He later founded Rhode Island as a religiously free state

Who was Roger Williams, and what was his significance? (p. 103)

Reagan, through clandestine methods and supporting the Polish overthrow of communism

Who worked with Pope John Paul II in overthrowing communism, and how? (pp. 67-68)

The memory of religious persecution by both Catholics and protestants was still fresh in the minds of America's citizens

Why was religious freedom so important as to be put in the Bill of Rights? (p. 107)

The move towards Sunday laws, and the imperialism in the Phillipines

In the 19th century, what events caused Adventists to believe that both Protestantism and republicanism had been repudiated? (pp. 25-26)

She was worried that the three would form an alliance that would bring about the end times

In what sense was Ellen White's concern about the union of Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Spiritualism "present truth" in her day? (pp. 9-10)

-They expressed anti-war sentiments -They pointed out and advocated against associating the church or christ with war -Published anti-imperialist stuff

In what ways did Adventists express pacificism during the Spanish-American War? (pp. 21-23)

She wrote in the present tense, and she said things like, the events now taking place.

In what ways did Ellen White write apocalyptically about critical events in her own day? (p. 9)

533 and went into effect in 538

In what year did Emperor Justinian decree that the bishop of Rome was head of the churches, and in what year did it go into effect? (pp. 44 and 37)

754

In what year did the pope first have political power as a temporal ruler? (p. 45)

Jesus

Instead of sharing biblical prophecy, what should one share with another first? (p. 265)

The Papacy

Most Adventists understand the Sea Beast of Rev 13 to be what? (p. 32)

To overthrow the law of God

What has Satan's purpose been since the very beginning, and how does it relate to the last great conflict? (p. 582)

Global Dominance

What has the Vatican historically aspired to have? (p. 244)

The United States of America and the image is Protestantism

What have Seventh-day Adventists identified the Land Beast and the Image to the Beast in Rev 13 as? (p. 96)

Salvation is available only through the Catholic Church

What is the Catholic Church's view on true Christianity and the availability of salvation? (pp. 77-78)

They have authority over rulers too and that God exercises his authority through the church

What is the Catholic political theory on the supreme authority of the pope? (pp. 78-79)

They prefer it because they think they should be in charge.

What is the Catholic political view on church-state union? (pp. 79-81)

While things now might not point exactly to end times, they can quickly change

What does Moore mean when he says "If it could happen then/there, it can happen now/here"? (p. 230)

1. Spiritual Preparation 2. Study the word of god 3. Overcome character defects 4. Physical preparation

What does Moore suggest are three ways to prepare for the coming storm? (p. 261-64)

Getting a cabin in the woods to escape to, and storing up food and money for the end.

What does Moore suggest that one should not do in preparation for the coming storm? (p. 264)

Protestant USA, Spiritualism, and the Roman Catholic Church

What does White say the end-time three-fold union will consist of? (p. 588)

The immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness

What does White say will be the two great errors during the end-time deception? (p. 588)

It is the beast, representing a major political power

What does a beast represent in biblical prophecy? (p. 96-97)

Blair presented Sunday laws to Congress

What happened in 1888, the year in which The Great Controversy was published? (p. 8)

The sea beast

The "mark of the beast" refers to the mark of which beast? (pp. 174-76)

The story in Daniel of the golden statue and the fiery furnace

The Image to the Beast in Rev 13 alludes to what story in the Old Testament? (p. 100)

US will be the persecuting power.

Understand the summary Moore gives on pp. 256-57.

As the signs of the times and eschatological end.

Victorian Protestants interpreted their changing times as signaling what? (p. 3)

1. It has global authority 2. It is an end time power 3. It is a Christian power 4. It is a nation

What are at least four characteristics that help define the identity of the Land Beast? (pp. 96-99)

First a cloud comes. The good are taken up and more...

What are some of the events that take place when Christ descends to Earth? (pp. 641-45)

They reject, calling it the most erroneous of opinions and fatal effects on the church.

What are the Catholic views on freedom of conscience and government by the people? (pp. 81-82)

1. It rose after the roman empire 2. It was different from its preceding empires 3. It subdued the three barbarian kings 4. The papacy speaks against the most high 5. They oppress God's saints 6. They tired to change the set times and laws like the sabbath 7. They fell after 1260 years

What are three claims of the papacy that fulfill Daniel's prediction of "speaking against the Most High"? (pp. 35-36)

A rainbow against the darkened sky

What celestial sign of promise provides encouragement for God's people? (pp. 635-36)

High Priest

What did "Pontifex Maximus," a title of the pope, originally refer to? (p. 72)

They saw these to be Protestantism and republicanism

What did Adventists interpret the lamb-like horns of the Land Beast as? (p. 25)

The American invasion and rule over the Phillipines

What did Adventists tie "national apostasy" and "national ruin" to in light of these events? (pp. 23-24)

He says that the goal is for a world government, but he does not support it.

What did Malachi Martin say about world government and the authority of the papacy? (pp. 91-94)

He introduced a bill making Sunday a national day of worship

What did Senator Blair of New Hampshire do in 1888 that appeared eschatologically significant to Adventists? (p. 192)

A cloud from Heaven

What do God's people recognize as the sign of the Son of Man, drawing nearer and growing more bright and glorious? (pp. 640-41)

The sealing of the 144000

What does Moore believe will be a cause of the final crisis, as indicated by his interpretation of Revelation 7? (p. 237)