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Jonathan K. Paulien (born 1949) is a
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Biography

Paulien has a BA from Atlantic Union College, and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Andrews University. His doctoral thesis, ''Decoding Revelation’s Trumpets: Literary Allusions and Interpretation of '' was completed in 1987. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a Seventh-day Adventist church pastor for several years in
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. He was professor of New Testament Interpretation at the
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at Andrews University. He spent over two decades at Andrews. In 2007, he became dean of the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University, a position he held until 2019. He and his wife Pamella have three children.


Theology

Paulien stated he has found material on the "stages of faith" to be "the most life-changing material I have ever learned or shared."


Publications

Paulien writes primarily for a Seventh-day Adventist audience. The majority of his books and articles have been published by non-academic publishing houses and magazines owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church. His scholarly articles also have been largely published by Seventh-day Adventist journals.


Non-Academic Books

* 2008. ''Armageddon at the Door: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation'' * 2008. ''Everlasting Gospel, Ever-Changing World'' * 2004. ''The Deep Things of God: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation'' * 2003. ''John: The Beloved Gospel'' * 2002. ''The Day That Changed the World: Seeking God After September 11'' * 2001. ''Everyday Faith: How to Have an Authentic Relationship With God in the Real World'' * 1999. ''The Millennium Bug: Is This the End of the World As We Know It'' * 1995. ''John: Jesus Gives Life to a New Generation (The Abundant life Bible amplifier)'' with George R. Knight * 1994. ''End Time'' (full title ''(As speculation builds, let's keep our eyes focused on) What the Bible says about the end-time'') * 1993. ''Present Truth in the Real World: The Adventist Struggle to Keep and Share Faith in a Secular Society''


Articles

* "The End of Historicism? Reflections on the Adventist Approach to Biblical Apocalyptic" - '' Journal of the Adventist Theological Society'' 14:2 (Fall 2003), p15–43; ''JATS'' 17:1 (Spring 2006), p180–208 * "". ''Journal of the Adventist Theological Society'' 9:1–2 (1998), p179–186 * "Armageddon" entry in ''
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See also

*
Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sa ...
*
Seventh-day Adventist theology The theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church resembles early Protestant Christianity, combining elements from Lutheran, Wesleyan-Arminian, and Anabaptist branches of Protestantism. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is "one of the fastest-grow ...
*
Seventh-day Adventist eschatology The Seventh-day Adventist Church holds a unique system of eschatology, eschatological (or Eschatology, end-times) beliefs. Adventist eschatology, which is based on a historicism (Christianity), historicist interpretation of prophecy, is characteri ...
* History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church * 28 Fundamental Beliefs *
Questions on Doctrine ''Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine'' (generally known by the shortened title ''Questions on Doctrine'', abbreviated ''QOD'') is a book published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1957 to help explain Adventism to conserv ...
* Teachings of Ellen G. White * Inspiration of Ellen G. White * Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church *
Investigative judgment The investigative judgment, or pre-Advent Judgment (or, more precisely, the pre-Second Advent Judgment), is a unique Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh-day Adventist Seventh-day Adventist theology, doctrine which asserts that the divine judgmen ...
* Pillars of Adventism *
Second Coming The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is the Christianity, Christian and Islam, Islamic belief that Jesus, Jesus Christ will return to Earth after his Ascension of Jesus, ascension to Heaven (Christianity), Heav ...
* Conditional Immortality *
Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about. The term is widely used in philosophy, ant ...
* Three Angels' Messages *
Sabbath in seventh-day churches The seventh-day Sabbath, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening, is an important part of the beliefs and practices of seventh-day churches. These churches emphasize biblical references such as the ancient Hebrew practice of beginning a ...
*
Ellen G. White Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American author, and was both the prophet and a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husb ...
*
Adventism Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or the "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ. It originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening when Baptist preacher Will ...
* Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers * Seventh-day Adventist worship * Ellen G. White Estate *
Loma Linda University Loma Linda University (LLU) is a private Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California. , the university comprises eight schools and a Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist educatio ...


External links


Revelation-Armageddon.com
Paulien's blog, which has as its purpose "to provide sane, evidence-based information about the Bible’s Book of Revelation" in today's contextRevelation – Armageddon: First Thoughts

The Battle of Armageddon.com
companion website, also by Paulien ** "Simply Revelation" 3ABN interview
part 1
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a personal translation by Paulien
Articles by Paulien
cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)




References

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