Which vision is associated with the description that the midnight cry was the beginning, not the end?

Which vision is associated with the description that the midnight cry was the beginning, not the end?

• A. The second vision
• B. The third vision
• C. The midnight cry concept vision
• D. The first vision

Answer: (D)

The idea being tested is how early Adventist writings describe the start of end-time preaching. In Ellen White’s early visions, the midnight cry is treated as the signal that begins the final phase of gospel proclamation, not its conclusion. The first vision is the one that introduces that frame—the message and mission taking on a new urgency and scope in the last days, signaling the beginning of the end-time work. Later visions develop other aspects of doctrine and prophecy, but they don’t reframe the midnight cry as the starting point of the end. So the first vision is the best match for the description.

The idea being tested is how early Adventist writings describe the start of end-time preaching. In Ellen White’s early visions, the midnight cry is treated as the signal that begins the final phase of gospel proclamation, not its conclusion. The first vision is the one that introduces that frame—the message and mission taking on a new urgency and scope in the last days, signaling the beginning of the end-time work. Later visions develop other aspects of doctrine and prophecy, but they don’t reframe the midnight cry as the starting point of the end. So the first vision is the best match for the description.