| dc.description.abstract | This study endeavors to find an answer to whether
the unconventional concept that the SDA Church is not the
end-time remnant, but a part of it, has any foundation in
the history of Adventism, or is it just purely a new
creation? To accomplish this qoal, it investigates, traces,
and describes the diversity of the remnant concept in the
history of the SDA theology.
Chapter 2 describes the development of the remnant
concept among Sabbatarian Adventists from 1841 to 1863. The
term "a remnant" was generally connoted by Sabbatarians as
being a few in number, the ones who would go through
sufferings, but would be saved in the end. The term "the
remnant" indicates the Sabbatarian position of being the
whole remnant. However, some Sabbatarians surmised that the
remnant concept was applicable to others outside of their
company. Others, holding the concept of a remnant of
remnants, believed that a final remnant would be gathered
from among their ranks.
Chapter 3 examines the development of the remnant
concept in the SDA Church from 1863 to l872. Adventists in
this period generally believed the term "a remnant" as the
undetermined small number of people who would at last be
saved. They saw themselves as that definite small company
and connected the remnant concept to the Laodicean Church.
Some Adventists declared that the Laodicean message was not
only for Adventists but also for other christians.
Chapter 4 surveys the development of the remnant
concept in the SDA Church from 1872 to 1931. Adventists in
this period generally accepted the idea that they were "the
remnant" or "the last church." However, some Adventists
held that membership in the SDA Church would not guarantee
salvation. Still others believed that a sifting process
would determine the final remnant.
Chapter 5 concludes that the study found no direct
declarations, within the periods covered, that explicitly
expressed the SDA church was a part of the remnant and not
"the remnant." | en_US |
