William Miller
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William Miller was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism.
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William Miller's home Low Hampton, New York
Miller's interpretation of the 2300 days prophecy time-line and its relation to the 70 weeks prophecy
Beginning of the 70 weeks: The decree of Artaxerxes I of Persia in the 7th year of his reign (457 BC) as recorded in Ezra marks beginning of 70 weeks. Kings' reigns were counted from New Year to New Year following an "Accession Year". The Persian New Year began in Nisan (March-April). The civil New Year in the Kingdom of Judah began in Tishri (September-October).
A chart showing Miller's calculations which mark the Second Coming at 1843.
The William Miller home is a registered National Historic Landmark and preserved as a museum. The site is not far from the New York-Vermont border.
The William Miller Chapel, just a short walk from the Miller home, is managed by a board composed of Seventh-day Adventists and Advent Christian Church members.Academics from United States 6
About this person
William Miller was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming did not occur as expected in the 1840s, new heirs of his message emerged, including the Advent Christians (1860), the Seventh-day Adventists (1863) and other Adventist movements.
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1782 to 1849 · aged 67
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