Friedensau University 4th International Symposium — Day 1 Written by: A four-day reminder that “The Kingdom of God is at Hand.” The Fourth International Symposium, sponsored by the Institute of Adventist Studies at Friedensau University, was planned for April 2020. But, as has happened with so many academic and other events, the COVID-19 pandemic threw a spanner in the wheels. But now, at last, the symposium about the “Adventist Interpretation of Biblical Apocalypticism” is under way. Apocalypticism is best defined as the idea that human history on this earth will soon end because of divine, salvific intervention. Although most of the approximately 250 registered participants from some thirty countries are not physically present at Friedensau, the number of those who have registered is more than three times what it would have been if all would have had to travel to Germany in person. It is significant that Friedensau University is the sponsor of this intellectual Adventist feast about different features of apocalypticism.