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Catholic Apostolic Church - Adventist Theology

John S. Davenport explained their theology by saying that the changes which attend the Coming of the Lord will not be such as will attract the attention or the gaze of men.

The pending judgments, such as are announced by the seven trumpets - the political, ecclesiastical, and social changes which they involve, will seem to come about as ordinary events in human history, produced by the changes that were working in society.

The rising up of the Antichrist and his full revelation will appear as the outcome of changes of opinion that have been going on for a long time, and will be upon men before they are aware of it.

It is only they who are looking for the Lord's appearing, who have received with faith and reverence the warnings of the great event, who will recognize its tokens and not be taken by surprise.

The Seven Signs of the Apocalypse:

• The Great Tribulation-the seven year global conflict described in the Book of Revelation; Armageddon;
• The Abomination - a great holocaust prophesied in the Book of Daniel which will be inflicted upon God's chosen people;
• The Particle Bomb - the ultimate weapon, described in the Bible, to be unleashed on mankind;
• The Wolf of the Apocalypse - the beast of Revelation, the Antichrist, who will plunge humanity into great darkness;
• The Lamb of God - the second incarnation of the Son of Man, the Light of the world;
• The Great Mourning - a period when all nations will mourn as they see the Son of Man in clouds of glory, described in the Gospel of Matthew;
• The Dry Bones Prophecy - the restoration of Israel, as prophesied in the Books of Ezekiel and Isaiah.

Inspired by outbreaks of glossolalia (speaking in tongues), agalliasis (manifestations of the Spirit), and miraculous healing, they grew at an alarming rate. When the last apostle died in 1901 without an appearance of the 'Light of the World', the Catholic Apostolic Church merely vanished, because without apostles no more priests could be consecrated.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Adventist Theology", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki