Earth uninhabited during millennium

[8thdaypriest]

Any of you historians out there, I would like to know of other reformation theologians, who taught that the entire earth will be the "uninhabited place" - "desolate and without inhabitant" (except for Satan and his angels) during the upcoming 7th millennium. 

Was this ONLY taught by Ellen White?  Is it uniquely SDA? 

 

[JoeMo]

Although I am a "millennium on earth" person, there are passages (like Jeremiah 25 and 29) that give me pause.

I am not aware of any other denomination that believes the millennium is in heaven; but I'm not familiar with the eschatology of all other mainstream denominations.

A verse I just stumbled on ..."Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.  Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left." (Is 24:6)

This seems to indicate that not everyone is destroyed.

[8thdaypriest]

2 hours ago, JoeMo said:

A verse I just stumbled on ..."Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.  Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left." (Is 24:6)

This seems to indicate that not everyone is destroyed.

The ones who are "left" are the redeemed Joe.  And they are the same ones who go up to worship the LORD at the Feast of Tabernacles, in Zechariah Cpt 14. 

If you look up that word "cursed", it means "doomed to destruction".  If the earth is "doomed to destruction" - no part of it can escape, including any people left on it!!!

If Christ's return will be "like" the days of Noah - well.  No one left outside of the ark, survived.

If it will be as when the LORD overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah - well.  No one left in those cities, survived. 

The Beast is a world-wide kingdom.  The Beast is thrown into a "lake of fire" at the SC, along with the False Prophet.  So WHERE is this "lake of fire" if it's not the earth itself - consumed in the "fire" of God's jealously. 

"The heavens and the earth which now exist are kept in store by the same word, reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."  (2 Peter 3:7)

"the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat"  (2 Peter 3:12)

"the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10)

 

 

 

[8thdaypriest]

Even IF it is a uniquely SDA doctrine, that does not automatically make it WRONG.  It just makes me look at it more critically and carefully. 

I still believe the dead are "sleeping".  I still believe the wicked will be annihilated - not tormented forever.   Those are not uniquely SDA doctrines, but there are not many other denominations teaching those things.

[Alchemy]

It is important to realize that the redeemed are "left behind" so-to-speak. That is why those who "are alive and remain" wait to be the last taken off the earth. (1 Thes. 4)

[TrevorL]

Greetings 8thdaypriest,

On ‎11‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 3:53 AM, 8thdaypriest said:

Any of you historians out there, I would like to know of other reformation theologians, who taught that the entire earth will be the "uninhabited place" - "desolate and without inhabitant" (except for Satan and his angels) during the upcoming 7th millennium. 

Was this ONLY taught by Ellen White?  Is it uniquely SDA? 

 

According to SDAs Answer Questions on Doctrine it was not EG White who introduced this concept but William Miller. Refer page 479 “The Millerites Introduce New Millennial Concept”. Also page 481 “Adventist Views Derived from Millerites” – “Of these the SDAs became the leading group, continuing and developing further the Millerite type of premillennialism, with a nontemporal, non-Jewish millennium”.

 

I enjoy the paragraph on page 478 that shows a considerable number of Millerites believed in the Kingdom of God on earth, and some of these believed in the return and conversion of the Jews in the Holy Land. The article attributes some of this influence to the British Millerites. I accept this view and have some of their writings as well as other significant literature of some who were not Millerites as such, but had contact with the Millerites and William Miller himself, sharing some of his excitement concerning 1843, but endorsed and taught the restoration of Israel.

 

Kind regards

Trevor