Are 7th day Adventists Christian?

                                                               Are 7th day Adventists Christian?

 Here are some points about 7th day Adventists (SDA for short) for you to consider.  I reference the SDA manual, found at their website at times.

First, did you know that SDA DIDN’T exist until a Baptist preacher by the name of Miller prophesied that the Lord would return in 1844?  10,000 followers of Miller had sold their homes, gave away all their earthly possessions, and were utterly disappointed when Jesus didn’t return in 1844.  To save face, someone suggested that perhaps Miller had misunderstood the Bible, and the expected event had instead taken place in heaven.  This is what they settled upon.  Thus, a new religion was birthed and given the name in 1860 of Seventh-day Adventism. In my opinion, the very manner in which the SDA religion came into existence is irrefutable proof that they are a manmade false religion.  Page 15 of the SDA Church Manual states: “In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days, He entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry.”  There is absolutely nothing in the Word of God teaching such nonsense.  You can search the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and you won’t find anything about a “second phase” of Jesus’ atonement ministry (more on this later).   Even more bizarre is the claim that the second phase began in 1844.  Why hasn’t anyone, from any other religion, interpreted the Bible in such a way?  It is only SDAs who make such bizarre claims, because their founders were made the laughing stock of an entire nation when Jesus failed to return in 1844. The Bible makes it clear that a prophet is someone who speaks on God’s behalf to the people and there can be no inaccuracy in his words. When the prophets of old got their message from God, it was perfect, free from any error.

 "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken but the prophet hath spoken presumptuously thou shalt not be afraid of him" ( Deut 18 :2 2 )

Did you know that the SDA’s believe that all our sin will be placed on Satan?

This is from “the great controversy” by the head of the SDA church. The Great Controversy is a book written by Ellen G. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and held in esteem as a prophet of God among SDA members. It describes the "Great Controversy theme" between Jesus and Satan, as played out over the millennia from its start in heaven, to its final end when the world is destroyed and recreated. Regarding the reason for writing the book, the author reported: "In this vision at Lovett’s Grove (in 1858), most of the matter of the Great Controversy which I had seen ten years before, was repeated, and I was shown that I must write it out."

It was seen, also, that while the sin offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of his ministration, he will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty.

The Bible plainly teaches that Christ "bore our sins IN HIS OWN BODY on the tree (cross)" (1 Peter 2:24). 2 Corinthians 5:21 says that Christ was "made...to be sin for us".

From the 7th day website:

27. Millennium and the End of Sin:

The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. During this time the wicked dead will be judged; the earth will be utterly desolate, without living human inhabitants, but occupied by Satan and his angels.