A Critical Evaluation of The Last Generation Theology (LGT) of (L) ML Andreasen Through the Lens of The Scriptures and The Writings of Ellen G. White

Abstract

Abstract

Milian Lauritz Andreasen (1876-1962) was the leading and most influential Adventist theologian in the 1930s and 1940s. His foremost contribution to Adventist theology is the Last Generation Theology (LGT) according to which there will be a group of faithful last generation believers just before the Second Coming of Jesus who will live a perfectly sinless life.  It is through these people that God will demonstrate the truth that His law can be perfectly kept and that one can live without sin. It is also through these saints that God will stand vindicated and Satan defeated.

Andreasen died in 1962 but his theology is well and alive. It has been a point of controversy and debate among Adventist theologians. According to George Knight, the theology of Andreasen is so central to Adventist theology that one is compelled to respond to it in one way or another. There can be no neutrality. One either agrees or disagrees with him. The main purpose of the study is to review whether Andreasen’s Last Generation Theology is in accordance with the Scriptures and the writings of Ellen White. It focuses on the main or critical issues of Andreasen’s theology with special emphasis on Christian perfection.