Study Guide for
Adventists and Armageddon
by
Donald Ernest Mansell
Chapter One
MILLENIUM MANIA AND FAILED FORECASTS
1. What do many expect to happen in Y2K? (p. 1)
2.
List six events that will follow Christ’s Second Coming. (p. 1)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
3.
Do most other Christians have a different concept of the Second Coming than Seventh-day
Adventists have? (p. 7)
4.
Do Seventh-day Adventists expect profound changes in the world in the future? (p. 8)
5.
How did Christians a thousand years ago greet the year 1000? (p. 8)
6.
Should Seventh-day Adventists set dates for coming events?
7.
Do New Age people anticipate a New World Order? (p. 10)
8.
9.
Are Seventh-day Adventists to proclaim the soon coming of Christ?
10. What is God’s primary purpose in giving signs of Christ’s Second Coming? (p. 14)
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Chapter Two
WORLD WAR I AND ARMAGEDDON
1. What was the word the young tobacco store clerk saw on the front page of the New York
Times on August 5, 1914? (p. 15)
2. What does the word “Armageddon” suggest to many minds?
3. What did the young tobacco clerk dream three times? (p. 16)
4. Had mankind ever seen a greater war than World War I? (p. 17)
5. Where did Seventh-day Adventists believe Turkey would set up its headquarters as a result
of World War I? (p. 17)
6. What was supposed to be the signal for the eastern nations to move west for the Battle of
Armageddon? (p. 18)
7. Who was supposed to appear in the midst of the Battle of Armageddon and put an end to
the fighting?
8. List two signs in Matt. 24, one in Luke 21, and three in Joel 2 that made it seem that World
War I was Armageddon. (p. 18)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
9. Describe the cartoon that Adventist evangelists used to depict the nations between the two
World Wars.
10. Were Seventh-day Adventists successful in their evangelistic meetings during World War
I? (p. 19)
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Chapter Three
EARLY ADVENTIST VIEWS
1. Are our teachings about Armageddon and the king of the north vital to our salvation? (p.
21)
2. What did William Miller believe about the seven last plagues? (p. 24)
3. What was Josiah Litch’s view of the falling of the seven last plagues similar to that of those
who believe in the Rapture Theory? (p. 25)
4. Were Armageddon and the king of the north topics of major concern after the
Disappointment of 1844? (p. 25)
5. When did Hiram Edson abandon his view of Armageddon? (p. 26)
6. Approximately when did James White conclude that the seven last plagues fall in the
future, but before the Second Coming? (p. 27)
7. Did Ellen Harmon’s (Ellen White, after her marriage in 1846) visions have anything to do
in correcting the views of the Sabbath-keeping Adventists after the Disappointment of
1844? (p. 27)
8. What did the early Seventh-day Adventists believe was the main issue in the coming Battle
of Armageddon? (p. 27)
9. How did the early seventh-day Adventists view the rise of Spiritualism? (p. 28)
10. Do Seventh-day Adventists today believe that the spirits of devils play a part in
Armageddon? (p. 29)
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Chapter Four
URIAH SMITH’S CHANGING VIEWS OF ESCHATOLOGY
1. When did Uriah Smith join the Review and Herald staff? (p. 32)
2. Did Uriah Smith originally hold the same views of Armageddon and the king of the north,
as the pioneers did? (p. 32)
3. What seems to have influenced Uriah Smith to change his view of Armageddon? (p. 32)
4. When did Uriah Smith begin to change his view of Armageddon? (p. 32)
5. How did James White react to the view that Armageddon was a Battle in Palestine? (p. 33)
6. How did Uriah Smith’s book, Daniel and the Revelation, originate? (p. 36)
7. Did Uriah Smith ever believe that the papacy was the king of the north? (p. 37)
8. Why did Uriah Smith suspend his weekly commentary articles on Daniel for six weeks? (p.
38)
9. Did Uriah Smith believe there would be a last-day revival of the papacy? ( p. 39)
10. When did Uriah Smith become positive that Turkey was the king of the north and not the
papacy? (p. 39)
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Chapter Five
CLASH OVER TH ELAST POWER OF DANIEL 11
1. Why was James White more cautious than Uriah Smith about making predictions about the
future? (p. 42)
2. Quote James White’s famous words with respect to being cautious in regard to making
predictions about unfulfilled prophecy? (p. 43)
3. Did Uriah Smith continue to make predictions about the imminent demise of Turkey and
the second coming? (p. 43)
4. On what date did the famous confrontation take place between James White and Uriah
Smith over the identity of the king of the north? (p. 44)
5. Why did James White discontinue his series of rebuttal articles in the Review and Herald?
(p. 44)
6. Did James White believe in his wife’s divine inspiration? (p. 44)
7. What could James White’s and Uriah Smith’s differences, with respect to the king of the
north, have led to? (p. 45)
8. What have some concluded from the fact that Ellen White rebuked her husband, regarding
his confrontation of Smith, with respect to the king of the north? (p. 45)
9. Is this a valid conclusion? (p. 45)
10. What was more important to Ellen White than the correct identification of the king of the
north? (p. 45)
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Chapter Six
SMITH’S VIEWS BECOME ASCENDANT
1. What Did colporteur, George King, urge Uriah smith to do in 1882? (p. 47)
2. What did Uriah Smith interpret the Euphrates of Rev. 16:12 to be? (p. 48)
3. What did Uriah Smith believe would happen shortly after the Turk moved his capital to
Jerusalem? (p. 48)
4. Did Uriah Smith believe that Armageddon would be a battle of the East against the West?
(p. 49)
5. What unusual view did Alonzo T. Jones have about the European nations that were
attempting to partition China? (pp. 50-51)
6. Who took Roderick S. Owen to task for his view of Armageddon? (p. 55)
7. Who was the chief proponent of the East vs. West Armageddon up until World War I
(p. 56)
8. Did unwarranted prediction by Seventh-day Adventists concerning the imminent demise of
Turkey win many converts during World War I? (p. 61)
9. What happened to many of these converts when Turkey didn’t disappear from the map?
(p. 65)
10. What was the main reason for calling the 1919 Bible Conference? (p. 66)
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Chapter Seven
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS AND WINDS OF CHANGE
1. Because of failed predictions, what did some Seventh-day Adventists begin to do between
1925 and 1950? (p. 73)
2. How was Louis F. Were looked upon because his view of Armageddon and the king of the
north differed from the majority of Seventh-day Adventists? (p. 74)
3. What did Louis Were believe would be the central issue in the Battle of Armageddon?
(p. 76)
4. Did Louis Were believe that Communism would eventually come under papal control?
(p. 79)
5. As World War II loomed on the international horizon, did the combatant nations line up the
East against the West? (p. 81)
6. Give the name of the organization that was formed toward the end of World War II to study
Bible problems. (pp. 83-84)
7. Who was the Bible teacher who first researched the teachings of the Pioneers of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church with respect to their teachings concerning Armageddon and
the king of the north? (p. 93)
8. By the time the 1950 Bible Teachers’ Council convened at Pacific Press® Union College,
did any of the teachers believe that Turkey fulfilled the prophecies of Rev. 16:12-24?
(p. 93)
9. Did the “powers that be” share Raymond Cottrell’s joy concerning the unanimity of
opinions on controversial issues? (pp. 93-94)
10. Who sent out word to disband the Bible Research Fellowship? (p.94)
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Chapter Eight
THE WAR OF ARMAGEDDON
1. What is the main reason the 1952 Bible Conference convened? (p. 97)
2. Who was chosen to present the topic of Armageddon at the 1952 Bible Conference? (p. 98)
3. Did Elder William E. Read accept the assignment with enthusiasm? (p. 98)
4. What did Elder Read stress about Armageddon? (p. 98)
5. Did Elder Read teach that Armageddon would be a spiritual conflict, but that it would
involve real combat? (p. 101)
6. Was the Sunday vs. Sabbath question involved in Elder Read’s understanding concerning
the Battle of Armageddon? (p. 103)
7. Did Elder Read try to pacify those who believed that Armageddon was a military conflict?
(p. 103)
8. Did Elder Read try to pacify those who believed that Armageddon was a spiritual conflict?
(p. 103)
9. Did Elder Read’s presentation at the 1952 Bible Conference b ring harmony regarding the
nature of Armageddon? (p. 104)
10. How long did it take for a transition to take place from the belief that Armageddon was a
military conflict to the view that it was a battle over spiritual issues? (p. 108)
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Chapter Nine
RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL ADVENTIST VIEW
1. Did Ellen White ever enter into controversy with Uriah Smith over their differences
regarding Armageddon? (p. 118)
2. Did Uriah Smith see any inconsistency between his view of a military Armageddon and
Ellen White’s view of end-time events? (p. 118)
3. Who composes the two sides in the Battle of Armageddon, according to Ellen White?
(p. 122)
4. With what kind of deceptive activity are three unclean spirits of Rev. 16:13 involved?
(p. 124)
5. What is the issue in the battle of Armageddon, according to Ellen White? (p. 128)
6. Does Armageddon begin before or after the close of probation, according to Ellen White?
(p. 128-129)
7. Will there be war in the closing scenes of this earth’s history? (p. 129)
8. Will such warfare be the Battle of Armageddon? (p. 130)
9. Will much of the history of the prophecy of Daniel 11 be repeated, according to Ellen
White? (p. 138)
10. Are Seventh-day Adventists to make predictions concerning coming events, or are they to
be proclaimers of “the sure word of prophecy”? (p. 141)
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