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Ellen G. White and the Shut Door Question

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    The Problem: It has been declared of Seventh-day Adventists that in their early history they held firmly to the position that on October 22, 1844, probation closed for the world generally and there was beyond that point no more mercy for sinners, and further, that Ellen Harmon (White) in her first vision in December, 1844, was shown this to be the case.EGWSDQ 2.1

    Seventh-day Adventist pioneers and E. G. White freely and firmly declare that immediately following the disappointment of October 22, 1844, Advent believers generally held that their work for the world was finished and that probation had closed. Ellen White and Adventist pioneers also declare that while this was generally believed, that neither the first vision, or any other vision given to Ellen Harmon-White taught that probation had closed for the world generally, but that it had, for those who had rejected the light of the first angel’s message, or having been in the Advent Movement had abandoned their confidence in the fulfillment of prophecy.EGWSDQ 2.2

    The crux of the matter is the wording of Ellen White’s first vision as she wrote it out and the interpretation put upon the wording. It is a complex question requiring a thorough knowledge of just what took place in 1844 and immediately following and an understanding of terms then and subsequently employed.EGWSDQ 2.3

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