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In a complex discussion based on scriptural typology, Snow presented his conclusion (still based on the 2,300-day prophecy in Daniel 8:14) that Christ would return on "the tenth day of the seventh month of the present year, 1844". [23] Using the calendar of the Karaite Jews, he determined this date to be October 22, 1844.
After the failure of Miller's expectations for October 22, 1844, the date became known as the Millerites' Great Disappointment. Hiram Edson recorded that "Our fondest hopes and expectations were blasted, and such a spirit of weeping came over us as I never experienced before... We wept, and wept, till the day dawn." [20]
The widespread acceptance of the "shut-door" belief lost ground as doubts were raised about the significance of the October 22, 1844, date—if nothing happened on that date, then there could be no shut door. The opposition to these "shut-door" beliefs was led by Joshua Vaughan Himes and make up the second post-'Great Disappointment' group ...
October 22: The Great Disappointment occurs in which Millerites are disappointed due to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ not happening on October 22, the date that the Second Coming was predicted to happen by William Miller. [3] October 23: The Báb is publicly proclaimed to be the promised one of Islam (the Qá'im, or Mahdi).
The world was supposed to end in October 1844, but when it didn't, a group of locals were disappointed, to say the least. This is their story. Worcester County Wonders: The rapture of 1844 that ...
22 Oct 1844 Millerites: After Christ did not return on 21 March 1844, the Millerites then revised William Miller's prediction to 22 October the same year, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in the Great Disappointment. [85] [86] 7 Aug 1847 George Rapp
Samuel Sheffield Snow (1806–1890) was a skeptic turned Millerite preacher who calculated that the return of Christ was to take place on October 22, 1844. His teaching sparked what became known as the "Seventh-Month movement," which led to the Great Disappointment when Jesus did not return as expected.
October 22 is the 295th day of the year ... 1844 – The Millerites ... The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.