Investigative judgment

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Investigative judgment is a distinctive Seventh-day Adventist doctrine teaching that Christ has been conducting a heavenly review of believers’ lives prior to His Second Coming to determine their salvation.

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Investigative judgment canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian eschatological teaching ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist doctrine ⓘ
associatedWith Ellen G. White ⓘ
J. N. Andrews ⓘ
James White ⓘ
basedOn interpretation of Daniel 7 ⓘ
interpretation of Daniel 8:14 ⓘ
interpretation of Revelation 14 ⓘ
category Adventist eschatology ⓘ
Christian judgment doctrine ⓘ
sanctuary doctrine ⓘ
centralTo Seventh-day Adventist theology ⓘ
codifiedIn Seventh-day Adventist 28 Fundamental Beliefs ⓘ
concerns heavenly judgment of professed believers ⓘ
review of human lives ⓘ
salvation of believers ⓘ
criticizedBy some evangelical theologians ⓘ
defendedBy Seventh-day Adventist apologists ⓘ
denominationTeaching Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
developedBy early Seventh-day Adventist pioneers ⓘ
distinctiveFrom mainstream Protestant views of judgment ⓘ
eschatologicalRole preparation for the Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
function to determine who among professed believers are truly in Christ ⓘ
to reveal the basis of God’s final decisions in judgment ⓘ
to vindicate God’s justice before the universe ⓘ
historicalOrigin post-Millerite Adventist movement ⓘ
implies close of human probation ⓘ
final blotting out of sins ⓘ
heavenly records of human deeds ⓘ
interpretiveMethod historicist reading of biblical prophecy ⓘ
languageUsed investigative phase of judgment ⓘ
pre-Advent judgment ⓘ
linkedTo 1844 Great Disappointment ⓘ
location heavenly sanctuary ⓘ
performedBy Jesus Christ ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
atonement ⓘ
heavenly sanctuary ⓘ
pre-Advent judgment ⓘ
religiousTradition Seventh-day Adventism ⓘ
scope professed believers ⓘ
startDateClaim 1844 ⓘ
taughtIn Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic series ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist seminaries ⓘ
timeframe prior to the Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
viewedAs final phase of atonement in heaven ⓘ
phase of Christ’s high-priestly ministry ⓘ

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Seventh-day Adventist Church → coreBelief → Investigative judgment ⓘ