4 Min Read Published on: 09-28-2020 The first half of the nineteenth century saw modern rationalism intensifying its attacks against the Christian faith. While winds from the French Revolution deified human reason, evolutionary biology regarded nature as its own creator. Deists portrayed God as someone who does not intervene in human affairs. For historical critics, the Bible was full of religious myths and inaccuracies; its prophecies merely a literary style without any bearing on the present. Postmillennialists suggested that the reign of God would be established on earth through social reforms. God and His Word were utterly questioned. Into that challenging context, biblical archaeology began a journey that has repeatedly confirmed the historicity of the Bible. The three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12 garnered attention, warning the world of God’s impending judgments and His offer of salvation. This article will provide a brief overview of the early Adventist understanding of those messages and later refinements of that understanding.