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Seventh-day Adventism. Is this a cult or a true Christian church? I'm going to answer that in a moment. You're going to hear about their history.

You're going to also learn about what they believe, some of the beliefs that are very consistent

with Orthodox Christian evangelical beliefs, as well as some beliefs that are very sketch.

Now the Seventh-day Adventists are known for the doctrine that is in their name, keeping the Sabbath.

Some know Seventh-day Adventists as health conscious and frequently

vegetarian. Some even know about a woman named Alan White, whose writings, the SDA, which is short for

Seven Day Adventist Church, treats as virtually Holy Scripture. However, the real distinctive doctrine of SGA Church, the doctrine that

really drives all other beliefs, is called the investigative judgment. Now, we will look carefully

at this doctrine, but first, let's learn some statistics and some history. The Seventh-day Adventist

Church has 95,297 churches with almost 22 million members

and 20,924 ordained ministers across 212 countries. Now, the SDA church operates 9,419 schools including primary, secondary, and university

levels, 229 hospitals, 57 publishing houses and branches. The famous people that are associated

with SDA Church include musicians like Prince, Little Richard, basketball player Magic Johnson,

politician Ben Carlson, and Malcolm X, who initially attended SGA services before he converted to Islam.

Now, the Seventh-A Adventist Church emerged from the Second Great Awakening, 1795 to 1835. It was a period of intense

religious revival in America. During this time, a Baptist preacher William Miller studied Bible

prophecy for 13 years, and he predicted that Jesus would return in 1844. I'm not sure if he read the verse where

the Bible says nobody knows the day, but he made a prediction that in 1844 Jesus will come.

He began preaching this second Advent message in 1831, drawing between 50,000 to 100,000 followers.

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