Christ's return is near and literal.
The Advent that named the movement: visible, personal, soon.
Adventism grew from the Millerite movement, whose prediction of Christ's return in 1844 failed publicly — an event the tradition calls the Great Disappointment and does not hide. The reinterpretation that followed, that Christ had entered a heavenly sanctuary phase rather than returning to earth, is the tradition's distinctive doctrine and the point non-Adventist Christians most often contest.
The same ground, other faiths
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