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Christian theology Christian theology is the theology of Christianity, Christian belief and practice. Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theology, theologian ...
, the pre-advent judgment is a belief that the
Last Judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
will occur before the Second Coming (or "Advent") of Jesus.Investigating the Judgement
Anderson, J. T. 2003. Retrieved: 04/05/18
This concept stands in contrast to the much more common Christian belief that the Last Judgment will occur at or after the second coming.


Interpretations

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Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 Sabbath, and ...
believes that a pre-advent judgment started in the year 1844,A Search for Identity: The Development of Seventh-Day Adventist Beliefs
Knight, G, R. 2000. Retrieved: 04/05/18
known as the investigative judgment. It will conclude at the "close of probation" prior to the return of Jesus.


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Christian eschatology Christian eschatology, a major branch of study within Christian theology, deals with "last things". Such eschatology – the word derives from two Greek roots meaning "last" () and "study" (-) – involves the study of "end things", whether of ...
* General judgment *
Particular judgment Particular judgment, according to Christian eschatology, is the divine judgment that a departed person undergoes immediately after death, in contradistinction to the general judgment (or Last Judgment) of all people at the end of the world. ...
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