Part 80

Day of the Lord, 38, 48, 310, 311, 479. see also End.

Day for year, in prophetic exposition, 324.

Dead, condition of, 544-552.

Death, theory of consciousness in, 58, 545, 551, 552. declared by France to be an eternal sleep, 274. the penalty of transgression, 533, 540, 541, 544. contrast between first and second, 544. a sleep, 546-550, 556. see also Resurrection.

Decalogue, see Law of God.

Deceptions, of Satan, 192, 193, 389, 390, 516-530, 556. the first great, 531-550. why so successful, 507, 508.

Declaration of Independence, 295, 296, 441, 442.

Decree, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326-329, 398. against Wycliffe’s followers, 89. against Reformation, 198, 199. against the Lutherans, 199, 200. against Sabbath-keepers, 615, 626, 631. see also Edict.

Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.

Deists, Miller’s association with, 318, 319. effect of his preaching on, 332.

Deliverance of God’s people, 635-652. terror of wicked at beholding, 636, 639, 640, 642-644.

Demons, possession by, in time of Christ, 513-516. see also Evil spirits.

Denmark, Reformation in, 241, 242.

Denominations, effect on, of Miller’s message, 332. Miller at first no thought of separating from, 375. Adventists forced to leave, 376, 379. true Christians in all, 449.

Dependence on God, our need of, 530. on man, danger in, 388, 596, 597.

Destruction, of Jerusalem, 17-38. compared to destruction of world, 37, 38, 653-661. in time of trouble, 637.

Diet, of Augsburg, 206, 207; “greatest day of the Reformation,” 207. of Spires, first, 197; second, 198; decree of, against Reformation, 198, 199; protest of princes against decree of, 201-204. of Worms, 145-168; Luther before, 150-167. see also Council.

Disappointment, of disciples, 346, 348. of advent believers, 353, 354, 374, 391, 393, 403-408, 423, 431, 432. of disciples and advent believers compared, 351, 404. will of God fulfilled in, 353, 354, 391, 405.

Disciples, humble men, 171. in siege of Jerusalem, 328. failure of, to understand Christ’s prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, 4, 25. failure of, to understand Christ’s mission, 345, 349. disappointment of, 346, 348, 404. courage of, after resurrection, 349, 350. commission to, 351.

Disobedience, result of, 532, 533. penalty of, 533, 534.

Doctrine, Bible the foundation of all true, 126. of election, 261. perverted by Satan, 298. false, in churches, 388, 389. pleasing fables of, 523. see also Indulgences; Infallibility; Mass; Purgatory.

Door, the open and shut, 429, 430, 435. see also Mercy.

Doubt, cause of, 522. becoming fashionable, 526, 527. how to be freed from, 526-528. youth assailed by, 600. see also Infidelity.

Dragon, of Revelation twelve, 438, 439, 658. voice of, heard in early persecutions, 77. two-horned beast speaks like, 441, 442.

Earth, as home of Adam and Eve, 531-533. how sin entered, 531. final desolation of, 653-661. condition of, during thousand years, 658-660. purification of, by fire, 672-674, 678.

Earthquake, the great, at Lisbon, 304, 305. at end of world, 637. see also Signs.

Eck, Doctor, champion of Rome, 182. at discussion in Baden, 183, 184. on refutation of Augsburg Confession, 208.

Eden, loss of, by Adam and Eve, 348, 531-533, 646. restoration of, 299, 484, 648.