Eschatology

=====Adventists and Millerites=====
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[[File:Icon second coming.jpg|right|thumb|Icon of the Second Coming. Greek, {{Circa|1700 A.D.}}]]Religious movements which expect that the [[Parousia|second coming of Christ]] will be a cataclysmic event are generally called [[adventism]]. These have arisen throughout the Christian era, but were particularly common after the [[Protestant Reformation]]. [[Emanuel Swedenborg]] considered the second coming to be symbolic, and to have occurred in 1757. Along with others, he developed a religious system around the second coming of Christ, disclosed by new prophecy or special revelation not described in the Bible. The [[Millerites]] are diverse religious groups which similarly rely upon a special gift of interpretation for predicting the second coming.

The difference between the 19th-century Millerite and adventist movements and contemporary prophecy is that [[William Miller (preacher)|William Miller]] and his followers, based on biblical interpretation, predicted the time of the Second Coming to have occurred in 1844. Contemporary writing of end time has suggested the timetable will be triggered by future wars and [[moral panic|moral catastrophe]], and that this time of tribulation is close at hand.

Seventh-day Adventists believe biblical prophecy to foretell an end time scenario in which the United States works in conjunction with the Catholic Church to mandate worship on a day other than the true Sabbath, Saturday, as prescribed in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:8–11). This will bring about a situation where one must choose for or against the Bible as the will of God.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat42.html |title = How Seventh-day Adventists View Roman Catholicism |access-date = 4 July 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061206202225/http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statements/main_stat42.html |archive-date = 6 December 2006 |url-status = dead }} – Main Statements of Belief from the official Adventist Church website.</ref>