Adventistische Schriften über: "Since then. The Sabbath command, however, only acquired its significance for the believers after the great disappointment, because they could not recognize it before 1844."

The Sabbath light began to shine among Advent believers already in 1844, even before the great disappointment, particularly through the influence of Rachel Preston in Washington, New Hampshire. Nevertheless, the majority of believers remained unaware before that time and regarded Sunday as holy, because the Sabbath reform message only became a central and testing issue after 1844. After the disappointment, the understanding of the heavenly sanctuary helped to fully recognize the significance of God's commandments and the Sabbath, although this initially led to divisions within the movement.

Light on the Sabbath before and after 1844

»During the "midnight call" in 1844, the Lord began to direct the sense of His people toward observing the seventh‑day Sabbath. This teaching arose among the Adventists in this way: Rachel Preston, a seventh‑day Baptist, moved to Washington, N.H., where there was a congregation of Adventists. She accepted the Adventist doctrine, and that congregation, consisting of about forty members, adopted the Sabbath of the fourth commandment through her missionary work.«

1 - John Norton Loughborough, The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress (GSAM 249.2)

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»Now come with me back before the year 1844, before the Sabbath question arose among us. Most, if not all of you, regarded Sunday at that time as a holy, consecrated time and looked with religious horror at those who violated it. And why did you consider it a holy time? I answer: Because the fourth commandment in the Decalogue required you to remember the Sabbath day in order to keep it holy.«

2 - Advent Review, The Advent Review, vol. 1 (ADRE September 1850, page 6.17)

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»But in the time of doubt and uncertainty that followed the disappointment, many Advent believers gave up their faith. Disagreement and divisions arose. The majority opposed, with voice and pen, the few who, following God's providence, accepted the Sabbath reform and began to proclaim the message of the third angel.«

3 - Ellen Gould White, Early Writings (EW 299.5)

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»The theme of the sanctuary was the key that unlocked the mystery of the 1844 disappointment. It opened the view to a complete system of truth, connected and harmonious, and showed that God's hand had guided the great Advent movement, revealing the present duty by bringing the position and work of His people to light.«

4 - Ellen Gould White, The Great Controversy (1888 ed.) (GC88 423.1)

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»Of the three special characteristics that were to distinguish the Advent movement – the Sabbath, the truth about the sanctuary, and the spirit of prophecy – the Sabbath light was the first to shine among Adventists from 1844. […] And it brought creative power to this movement from the beginning.«

5 - John Norton Loughborough, Heavenly Visions (HEVI 103.1)

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»I saw that the holy Sabbath is and will be the dividing wall between the true Israel of God and the unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question to unite the hearts of the dear, waiting saints of God.«

6 - James Springer White, A Word to the “Little Flock” (AWLF 18.4)

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