About Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a mainstream Protestant church with approximately 19 million members worldwide, including more than one million members in North America. The Seventh-day Adventist Church seeks to enhance quality of life for people everywhere and to let people know that Jesus is coming again soon.
Adventists believe a Trinity of three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—make up one God. They made salvation possible when Jesus, the Son, came to earth as a baby in Bethlehem and lived a sinless life in accordance with the Father's will. When Jesus was crucified for the sins of the people of the world and arose from the dead on the third day, victory was won for everyone.
When He returned to heaven following the resurrection, Jesus left the Holy Spirit to serve as our Comforter and Counselor. He promised to return to earth a second time to complete His plan of salvation and take His people to heaven. Adventists are among the believers who look forward to that day.
Adventists believe that God is concerned with the quality of human life, and that everything—the way we live, eat, speak, think, treat each other, and care for the world around us—is part of His plan. Our families, our children, our jobs, our talents, our money, and our time are all important to Him.
The 11 tenets (doctrines) and scriptural references:
1. The Trinity (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; Rev. 14:7)
2. The Seventh-day Sabbath. (Gen.2: 1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; Heb. 4:1-11)
3. The 10 Commandments. (Ex.20:1-17; Matt. 22:36-40; Matt. 5:17-20)
4. The Truth about Creation. (Gen. 1&2, Ps. 19:1-6; Ps. 33:6, 9; 104; Heb. 11:3)
5. Christ’s Ministry in The Heavenly Sanctuary. (Lev. 16; Dan. 7:9-27; 8:13,14; 9:24-27; Rev. 14:6-7)
6. The Truth about Death. (Rom. 6:23; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 14:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10)
7. The Health Message. (Lev. 11:1-47; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; 10:31; 3 John 2)
8. The Great Controversy. (Rev. 12:4-9; Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. 28:12-18; Heb. 1:14)
9. The Gift of Prophecy. (Joel 2:28, 29; Acts. 2:14-21; Rev. 12:17; 19:10)
10. The Day of Atonement/Judgement. (Heb. 1:3; 2:16, 17; 8:13,14; 9:24-27; Lev 16.)
11. The Second Advent. (Titus 2:13; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess.5:1-6.)
If there were a remnant community to preserve and propagate those truths at the beginning of the Salvation story, would it not follow that the same God who raised up the first remnant would also raise up a “last remnant” community to preserve and propagate those very same truths at the end of the story?
(See Rev. 12:17 & John.1:11, 12)