The second coming of Christ
is the blessed hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel. The
Saviour's coming will be literal, personal, visible, and worldwide. When
He returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected, and together with the
righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the unrighteous
will die. The almost complete fulfillment of most lines of prophecy, together
with the present condition of the world, indicates that Christ's coming
is imminent. The time of that event has not been revealed, and we are therefore
exhorted to be ready at all times. (

There is a sanctuary
in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it
Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits
of His atoning sacrifice offered once for all on the cross. He was inaugurated
as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time
of His ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days,
He entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry. It is a work
of investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of

Marriage was divinely established
in Eden and affirmed by Jesus to be a lifelong union between a man and
a woman in loving companionship. For the Christian a marriage commitment
is to God as well as to the spouse, and should be entered into only between
partners who share a common faith. Mutual love, honor, respect, and responsibility
are the fabric of this relationship, which is to reflect the love, sanctity,
closeness, and permanence of the relationship between Christ and His church.
Regarding divorce, Jesus taught that the person who divorces a spouse,

We are called to be a godly people who
think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the
Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves
only in those things which will produce Christlike purity, health, and
joy in our lives. This means that our amusement and entertainment should
meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty. While recognizing
cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting
those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the

We are God's stewards, entrusted by Him with
time and opportunities, abilities and possessions, and the blessings of
the earth and its resources. We are responsible to Him for their proper
use. We acknowledge God's ownership by faithful service to Him and our
fellow men, and by returning tithes and giving offerings for the proclamation
of His gospel and the support and growth of His church. Stewardship is
a privilege given to us by God for nurture in love and the victory over
selfishness and covetousness. The steward rejoices in the blessings that

The beneficent Creator, after the six days of
Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all
people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God's unchangeable
law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest,
worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus,
the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with
God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign
of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our