Chapter Study Questions

1. People whom God uses to do a special work often don’t fully understand His purposes. What is an illustration of this truth?

2. Aside from the natural limitations of the human mind, what condition has frequently led to a failure, even by God’s servants, to comprehend His messages?

3. Note the following parallels between the experience of the disciples and the experience of those who, prior to 1844, preached the message of the second advent: (1) a similar message based on the same prophetic period; (2) minds blinded by long-established errors; (3) a correct calculation of timing, but a misunderstanding of the nature of the event; (4) fulfillment of the will of God; (5) disappointment, later overruled for good; (6) prayer and study leading to light and understanding.

4. In what ways did the Advent message, and the disappointment, test and purify the church?