In Christian theology, the pre-advent judgment is a belief that the Last Judgment will occur before the

Second Coming The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messian ...

(or "Advent") of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

.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.

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 The investigative judgment, or pre-Advent Judgment (or, more accurately the pre-Second Advent Judgment), is a unique Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, which asserts that the divine judgment of professed Christians has been in progress since 1844. It ...

. It will conclude at the "close of probation" prior to the return of Jesus.

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