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

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 and vindicate the character of God.  Andreasen died in 1962, but his theology is well and alive. It has been a point of controversy and debate among Adventist theologians. The main purpose of the study is to review whether Andreasen’s LGT is in accordance with the Scriptures and the writings of Ellen White.  The study reveals that Andreasen’s theology has many grains of truth thus, cannot be dismissed as completely incorrect and irrelevant. However, it fails in some major aspects, such as its insistence on the sinless perfection of the saints and their role in vindicating God’s character. Scriptures and the Spirit of Prophecy portray relative perfection in the earthly life of a believer until glorification rather than absolute perfection. Thus, Andreasen’s LGT cannot be accepted in its entirety.