Foundations of the SDA Message & Mission / Damsteegt, P Gerard / (PB/1977-1977/B+/USED)

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This description of the origins and basic theology of the SDA Church shows how the church has become one of the most widespread Protestant denomination. Damsteegt's analysis of the Scriptural basis of the church helps to explain its missionary nature.

PART ONE
THE ORIGINS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGY OF MISSION
CHAPTER 1: THE BACKGROUND FOR THE ORIGINS OF THE THEOLOGY OF MISSION
A. The Religious Situation in the United States During the Early Part of the 19th Century
1. General characteristics
2. Era of good feeling
3. Era of controversy
B. The Millerite Apocalyptic-Eschatological Motives for Mission
1. Hermeneutical principles
2. The "time of the end"
a. The end of the 1260 days
b. Cosmic signs
c. The fall of the Turkish or Ottoman empire
3. The time of the Second Advent
a. The sanctuary of Dan. 8:14
b. The end of the "two thousand and three hundred days"
c. The year of the resurrection
4. The "Midnight Cry"
5. The Judgment Hour message
C. The Millerite Attitudes to Other Churches
1. The Roman Catholic Church
2. The Protestant churches
3. Interconfessionalism
D. The Millerite Concept of World Mission
1. The interpretation of Mt. 24:14
2. The Extent of the Millerite world mission
E. Summary

CHAPTER II: THE CONTROVERSY AROUND THE MILLERITE APOCALYPTIC-ESCHATOLOGY
A. The Millerites versus non-Millerite historicists
B. The Millerites versus those reflecting historical-critical trends
C. Summary

CHAPTER III: THE CRISIS OF 1843-44
A. Attitudes to Other Churches
1. Separation from Babylon
2. The Philadelphian Church
B. The "Year 1843"
1. Time calculations
2. Calculation adjustments
3. The first disappointment
C. The Climax of Millerite Missionary Activity
1. The "10th day of the seventh month"
2. The "True Midnight Cry"
3. The second or great disappointment
D. Summary

PART TWO
THE FORMATION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGY OF MISSION
CHAPTER IV: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEOLOGY OF MISSION (1844-49)

A. The Vindication of the Seventh Month Movement
1. The immediate soteriological-missiological consequences of the Disappointment
2. The sanctuary theology
a. The Bridegroom theme
b. New dimensions in soteriology
3. Evaluation of the Seventh Month movement
4. Summary
B. The Formation of the Third Angel's Message
1. The Seventh-day Sabbath reform movement
2. The Sabbath and the Advent experience
a. The restoration theme
b. The Sabbath and the sanctuary theology
c. The Sabbath and the third angel's message
3. The sealing message
4. Summary
C. The Ecclesiological Self-understanding
D. The Concept of Mission
1. The view of E. G. White
2. Shut-door modifications
3. Summary
E. Summary

CHAPTER V: THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE THEOLOGY OF MISSION (1850-74)
A. The First Angel's Message
1. Christ's high-priestly ministry
a. The pre-Advent judgment and God's people
b. The pre-Advent judgment and the 1335 days
c. The pre-Advent judgment and the atonement
d. The relational significance of Dan. 8 and 9
2. The identification of the first angel with the angel of Rev. 10
3. The first angel and mission
B. The Second Angel's Message
1. The moral fall of Babylon
2. The evaluation of religious revivalism
3. Christian unity and cooperation
4. The second angel and mission
C. The Mission of the Third Angel's Message
1. The central theme of the third angel
2. The "beast and his image"
a. The beast
b. The two-horned beast
c. The image of the beast
d. The number 666
3. The final conflict
a. The mark of the beast
b. The seal of the living God
c. THe location of the mark and the seal
4. The wrath of God
5. The last warning
6. Health reform
a. Relationship between religion and health (1848-63)
i. Spirituality and health
ii. Eschatology and health
iii. Mission financing and health
b. Health reform and the third angel's message (1863-74)
i. The integration of health reform
ii. Eschatological aspects of health reform
iii. Non-eschatological aspects of health reform
iv. Mission and health reform
7. Unity between the third angel's message and the Sabbath
8. Relationship between the three angels' messages
D. The Ecclesiological Self-understanding
1. The eschatological motifs
a. The Remnant motif
b. The Laodicean motif
2. Typological motifs
a. The Israel motif
b. The Elijah motif
c. Other typological motifs
3. The SDA Church as a missionary organization
a. The name "Seventh-day Adventists"
b. The organization and its authority
E. The Mission of God
F. Non-Apocalyptic Dimensions
1. The Imitatio Christi
2. The light of the world--the salt of the earth
3. Love
4. Salvation of others
5. The parable of the talents
G. Summary

CHAPTER VI: TOWARD A WORLD-WIDE MISSION (1850-74)
A. Developments during 1850-59
B. Developments during 1860-74
C. Summary

Conclusion
Appendices
Abbreviations
Selective Bibliography
Indices

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