Bible Prophecy + Early Rain
According to Daniel 9:24, what was determined upon God’s people and holy city?
70 weeks
In the third angel’s message (Revelation 14:9-10), what is the warning issued?
If anyone worships the beast and its image, receives its mark, they will drink the wrath of God.
What major prophetic event began in 1844?
The beginning of the Investigative Judgment when Christ entered the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary.
The Jewish Scriptures are called the _______________, an acronym for its three main sections.
TaNaK
When did the Early Rain begin?
AD 31
What additional “angel” is sometimes included in SDA end-time teaching alongside the three angels, and what role does it play?
The “fourth angel” who gives the “Loud Cry” and calls the world out of Babylon just before Christ’s return. (While the main three are Revelation 14:6-12, the fourth is a connected closing-work message.)
What major future test does the Early Rain prepare us to pass?
The Sunday Law test
What does the “N” in TaNaK stand for, and what does it mean in English?
Nevi’im — “Prophets.”
Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of which ruler’s reign?
Tiberius Caesar
How do the Three Angels’ Messages relate to the concept of a remnant church in SDA theology?
They describe the mission of the remnant — those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus; SDA church sees itself as commissioned to proclaim these messages worldwide.
What happens during the Little Time of Trouble?
Miracles and persecutions intensify.
Buying and selling are restricted.
Mark of the Beast enforced.
Counterfeit “resurrections” and supernatural phenomena appear.
Put these in order from earliest to latest: the Prophets, the Exile, Jesus, the Apostles.
→ Prophets → Exile → Jesus → Apostles.
What is the main personal purpose of the Early Rain in a believer’s life?
To convert us, give victory over sin, cleanse us from every tendency to evil, and prepare us for the great test (National Sunday Law, sealing, and Latter Rain).
What is the Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast
Keeping God's holy Sabbath; Enforcing Sunday worship
Who gets the Latter Rain
Those that received and were perfected by the Early Rain
Stories are the most universal form of human communication because our brains are ___________ to take in information through them.
hardwired
The 70 weeks prophecy focuses on the ________ sanctuary, while the 2,300-day prophecy points to the ________ sanctuary.
Earthly, Heavenly
Explain how the health reform, the sanctuary doctrine, the investigative judgment, and the Three Angels’ Messages all integrate to support the final message of God to the world.
The health reform shows respect for God as Creator and steward of the body, preparing believers for service.
Sanctuary doctrine (Christ in the Most Holy Place) shows God’s judgment and Christ’s intercession.
The investigative judgment illustrates that the hour of judgment has come (first angel).
The three angels’ messages call for true worship, separation from Babylon, and endurance in faith — showing the world the final crisis and sealing work. Together they present a coherent end-time framework of salvation, character preparation, and proclamation.
Describe the sequence of major events from the Latter Rain to the Second Coming, using the key terms from the notes (in order).
Latter Rain / Loud Cry (true and false excitement; sealing and blotting out of sins).
Sunday Law Crisis (miracles, persecution, economic restrictions, Mark of the Beast).
Close of Probation (temple filled with smoke, Revelation 15:8; Revelation 22:11).
Seven Last Plagues (Revelation 16).
Second Coming of Christ (Revelation 19; resurrection and translation of the righteous).
In the Samson and Delilah story, what deeper lesson can we learn about faith and failure?
That God can still bring victory out of human weakness when we return to Him in repentance.