What Is "the 1888 Message" & Why Is 1888 So Important? - 1888 Message Study Committee

Church the “beginning” of the final gift of the same
Holy Spirit. According to Ellen White’s
enthusiasm, it was like Pentecost revisited. It was
“showers of the latter rain” in the same continuum
of which Pentecost was the “early rain.”
The “former rain” of Pentecost marked the
beginning outreach of the gospel. Through those
many centuries since, untold numbers around the
world heard of the Good News of Jesus’ ministry
in the First Apartment of the heavenly sanctuary.
Those who believed died in the faith of Jesus and
await their resurrection at His second coming when
He calls them from their sleep “in the dust of the
earth.”
“1888” marks the occasion that complements
Pentecost— the most awesome step the Holy Spirit
has taken since then. According to Ellen White,
God sent a special message divinely intended to
complete the gospel commission which began at
Pentecost. It focused on Christ’s ministry in the
Second Apartment of the heavenly sanctuary.
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