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

Thus the blessing of the Holy Spirit poured out
in 1888 was intended to prepare that generation for
translation without seeing death at the second
coming of Christ. Immense news! The greatest to
come since 1844—yes, since Luther in the 16th
century; yes— even since Pentecost.
This is why “1888” and Pentecost mark two
glorious “beginnings”: one, of the “go-ye-into-allworld”
commission; the other, of its finishing that
must “lighten the earth with glory” before
probation can close.
“1888” ushers in that final blessing. There are
two parts to it: (1) The initial “showers from
heaven of the latter rain” that prepare God’s people
for the second part. (2) Our first glimpse of what
the message will be that will penetrate Islam,
Buddhism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and
all the other “isms” of our modern world. It will be
a gospel presentation of such convincing,
converting power that nothing in the world’s past
history has ever equaled it.
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