May 3, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
In his vision about Earth’s end-time events, the prophet John saw a point in time in which heaven’s sanctuary was opened. He wrote, “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and...
Apr 28, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
In Russia the Subotniki observed the Sabbath for centuries, and in the eighteenth century numbered in the thousands. Many suffered persecution in the early nineteenth century and many were banished to Siberia or the Crimea. Others outwardly joined the...
Apr 28, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
In Hungary and Transvylvannia there were Sabbatarians found among the Unitarians around the year 1571. In 1635 they were forced to join with the major denominations or lose life and property. In Scandinavia, Sabbath observance was outlawed as being Jewish and heathen....
Apr 28, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
The Seventh Day Baptists of England arose late in the sixteenth century and were often severely persecuted by other Protestants. Their observance of the Sabbath was explained in a U.S. Bereau of the Census report: “From the earliest periods of the Christian church...
Apr 28, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
During the Protestant Reformation, John Eck, a German Scholastic theologian and Catholic prelate, was among Martin Luther’s most vocal theological opponents. Eck taunted Luther with the change of the Sabbath, and the Reformers’ observance of Sunday, as an...
Apr 28, 2021 | Sabbath Timeline
Many Ethiopians had kept the Sabbath for centuries throughout the middle ages. The Ethiopians received the Eastern form of doctrine in the fourth century. The Sabbath had not then been discarded as the day of rest, though the Sunday festival was observed. In the...
