Signs of the Times
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Signs of the Times is a monthly magazine published by Pacific Press, a Seventh-day Adventist
publishing house. Signs presents articles that are helpful in assisting Christian readers to live in modern society. The magazine emphasizes the second coming
of Christ to this earth.
Signs of the Times library reference number is .
Signs is also available as a completely separate Australian version also known as Signs of the Times
published by Signs Publishing Company
.
as a weekly newspaper. (A Millerite magazine of the same name had been published earlier). Signs was significant in the founding of Pacific Press.
Until April 1984 another magazine These Times was published for distribution east of the Mississippi River
while Signs was distributed west of the Mississippi River. The current magazine is a merger of These Times with Signs as of that date.
In 2007, Signs changed format to a smaller size and more pages.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
publishing house. Signs presents articles that are helpful in assisting Christian readers to live in modern society. The magazine emphasizes the second coming
Second Coming
In Christian doctrine, the Second Coming of Christ, the Second Advent, or the Parousia, is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven, where he sits at the Right Hand of God, to Earth. This prophecy is found in the canonical gospels and in most Christian and Islamic eschatologies...
of Christ to this earth.
Signs of the Times library reference number is .
Signs is also available as a completely separate Australian version also known as Signs of the Times
Signs of the Times (Australia)
Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...
published by Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...
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History
Signs of the Times was first published on June 4, 1874 by James WhiteJames Springer White
James Springer White , also known as Elder White was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and husband of Ellen G. White...
as a weekly newspaper. (A Millerite magazine of the same name had been published earlier). Signs was significant in the founding of Pacific Press.
Until April 1984 another magazine These Times was published for distribution east of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
while Signs was distributed west of the Mississippi River. The current magazine is a merger of These Times with Signs as of that date.
In 2007, Signs changed format to a smaller size and more pages.
See also
- Signs of the Times (Australian magazine)
- El Centinela (Adventist magazine)
- List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
- Pacific Press Publishing AssociationPacific Press Publishing AssociationThe Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as...
- Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
External links
- Signs of the Times website
- Signs of the Times from Adventist Archives