Adventism was born out of a deep longing, a passionate expectation for the Second Coming of Jesus. Early Adventists yearned to live forever with Christ in the home He has prepared for them. After all, Jesus promised:
“Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also” (John 14:1–
