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Between 1831 and 1844, on the basis of his study of the Bible, and particularly the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 [5] —"Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed"—William Miller, a rural New York farmer and Baptist lay preacher, predicted and preached the return of Jesus Christ to the earth.
Shut-door theology was a belief held by the Millerite group from 1844 to approximately 1854, some of whom later formed into the Seventh-day Adventist Church.It held that as William Miller had given the final call for salvation, all who did not accept his message were lost.
On October 22, 1844, on his farm about a mile south of town, the Adventists gathered to await the coming of the King. But Christ did not come as they expected. On the morning of October 23 came an answer to their prayers for light, as they were passing through Edson's cornfield where he claimed to have seen a vision.
Seventh-day Adventists believe that Ellen G. White, one of the church's co-founders, was a prophetess, understood today as an expression of the New Testament spiritual gift of prophecy. [1] Seventh-day Adventist believe that White had the spiritual gift of prophecy, but
Hiram Edson was a Millerite adventist, and became a Sabbath-keeping Adventist. Like all Millerites, Edson expected that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ would occur on October 22, 1844. This belief was based on an interpretation of the 2300 day prophecy which predicted that "the sanctuary would be cleansed" which Millerites took to mean that ...
The pre-(Second) Advent judgment is a doctrine unique to Seventh-day Adventism. This judgment is the first phase of the final judgment and began on October 22, 1844. Adventists find the pre-Advent judgment portrayed in texts such as Daniel 7:9–10, 1 Peter 4:17 and Revelation 20:12. The purpose of this judgment is to vindicate those who have ...
The 2006 third quarter Adult Bible Study Guide produced by the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, was entitled The Gospel, 1844, and Judgment, and strongly upholds and defends the church's traditional 1844 doctrine. The preface to the study guide states that "From this doctrine, perhaps more than any other, our distinct identity as ...
The Midnight Cry: A Defense of the Character and Conduct of William Miller and the Millerites, Who Mistakenly Believed That the Second Coming of Christ Would Take Place in the Year 1844 (1944); a scholarly study by an Adventist. online; Numbers, Ronald L., and Jonathan M. Butler, eds.