We Should Have Been in the Kingdom Now

Had Adventists, after the great disappointment in 1844, held fast their faith, and followed on unitedly in the opening providence of God, receiving the message of the third angel and in the power of the Holy Spirit proclaiming it to the world, they would have seen the salvation of God, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts, the work would have been completed, and Christ would have come ere this to receive His people to their reward.  {1SM 68.1}

It was not the will of God that the coming of Christ should be thus delayed. God did not design that His people, Israel, should wander forty years in the wilderness. He promised to lead them directly to the land of Canaan, and establish them there a holy, healthy, happy people. But those to whom it was first preached, went not in "because of unbelief." Their hearts were filled with murmuring, rebellion, and hatred, and He could not fulfill His covenant with them.  {Ev 696.1}

“I know that if the people of God had preserved a living connection with Him, if they had obeyed His word, they would today be in the heavenly Canaan.” Gen. Conference Bulletin, March 30.

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again…. John 14:2 (How long does it take to prepare existing mansions? 2,000 years?

“… in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is..” Exo. 20:11  (The entire creation only took six days.)