“The Meaning of Cosmics Signs and Its Eschatological Application—Part II”

Authors

  • Sergio Celis Cuellar Facultad de Teología, Universidad Adventista de Chile Chillán, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17162/rt.v34i2.1331

Keywords:

cosmic signs, biblical eschatology, adventist eschatology, day of the Lord, second coming, judgment

Abstract

The Seventh-day Adventist pioneers saw the fulfillment of the cosmic signs of Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24-25; Luke 21:25; 1 Pet 3:10; Rev 6:12-14 in literal events occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as announcing the soon second coming of Christ. Yet, some Adventist interpreters now suggest that this traditional understanding is not relevant. The first article of this series analyzed the Old Testament data regarding the cosmic signs. This second part analyzes this topic in the New Testament. The day of the Lord should be understood not as a single event, but a series of event including the judgment and the second coming of Christ. The cosmic signs announce the divine intervention on the human issues though judgment during the day of the Lord. The traditional interpretation appears confirmed as an announcement of the beginning of the pre-advent judgment in 1844.

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Published

2019-11-25

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2019): Revista Theologika

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Artículos

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