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rampant in Britain and on the European

continent and across America. William Miller,

a Baptist preacher, predicted the end of the

world in 1844. He began in 1843, but I’m just

kind of summarizing some things here this

evening. He predicted the end of the world in

1844 with Christ’s coming, and when Christ did

not appear, there was a great – it’s called

actually “The Great Disappointment” to the

followers of the Millerites, and William Miller

actually later apologized to his followers and

said he was wrong about the date of Christ’s

coming. But one little flock insisted that the

date was right but that Christ did not come to the

earth but He entered into the Holy of Holies in

the heavenly sanctuary to begin what they

called “The Investigative Judgment,” and this

doctrine was received and it was endorsed by

Ellen White. William Miller apologized for

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