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Teachings of Seventh Day Adventism

Affirmations

The Bible is inspired and the word of God.
Trinitarian: The Father, Son, Holy Spirit are all one God in three persons.
Jesus is God and has always existed with the Father.
The Holy Spirit is a person.
Jesus' sacrifice was vicarious.
Salvation is by grace, not works.
Jesus rose from the dead physically in his glorified body.
Jesus ascended bodily into heaven.
Baptism is by immersion only.
The literal, visible return of Jesus.
Jesus will return to set up a millennial kingdom. They are Premillennial.
Literal six day creation, not long periods.

Denials

Denies the doctrine of predestination
Denies baptism by sprinkling
Denies infant baptism.
Denies the immortality of the soul.
Denies the eternality of hell fire.
Denies any use of alcohol (as a drink) or tobacco.

Aberrant/Controversial

Our sins will ultimately be placed on Satan - The Great Controversy, p. 422, 485.
Jesus is Michael the Archangel.
Worship must be done on Saturday (the Sabbath).
On October 22, 1844 Jesus entered the second and last phase of his atoning work.
Investigative Judgment - the fate of all people will be decided based upon the this.
The dead do not exist anymore -- soul sleep.
The wicked are annihilated.
Ellen G. White, the "founder" of Seventh Day Adventism, was a messenger from God gifted with the spirit of prophecy.
There is a sanctuary in heaven where Jesus carries out his mediatorial work.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church seems to have one foot in orthodoxy and the other outside of it. Some of their beleifs are accepted in Chrisandom. Yet others seem to be very far fetched.

I have highlighted in red the notions that specificily disturb me. With the information above and the links I gave in my previous post you will have to decide for yourself whether or not they are "legitmate" whatever that means.

Their church is an offshoot of Millerism which was founded on the erroroneous predictions of William Miller that Christ would return in the year covering 1843-1844. When that proved false the the date was changed to March 21, 1844 and then later on October 22, 1844. After these too failed, Miller quit promoting his ideas on Jesus' return and the "Millerites" broke up.

On October 22, 1844, Mr. Hiram Edson claimed to have seen a vision. He said that he saw Jesus standing at the altar of heaven and concluded that Miller had been right about the time, but wrong about the place. In other words, Jesus' return was not to earth, but a move into the heavenly sanctuary as is referenced in Hebrews 8.

Then a man named Joseph Bates, a convert to "Millerism" began to promote the idea of Jesus moving into the heavenly sanctuary. He published a pamphlet which greatly influenced James and Ellen White. It is these three who were the driving force behind the SDA movement.

You can find the history of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in almost any Encyclopedia.

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