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D: 1836
C: Johann Albrecht Bengel
DES: In the 1730s this Lutheran clergyman
proclaimed that Judgment Day would come in
1836, with the pope as the anti-Christ and the
Freemasons representing the "false prophet" of
Revelations.

D: 1836
C: John Wesley
Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church,
foresaw the Millennium beginning this year. He
wrote that Revelation 12:14 referred to 1058 to
1836, "when Christ should come".

D: 28 Apr 1843
C: Millerites
DES: Although it was not officially endorsed by
their leadership, many Millerites expected the
Second Coming to occur on April 28 or at the
C: Joseph Morris died in 1901.
end of 1843.
DES: An English convert to Mormonism,
Morris had revelations to gather his followers D: 23 Apr 1908
D: 31 Dec 1843
and wait for the Second Coming, through C: Michael Paget Baxter
C: Millerites
successive prophesied days. DES: The last of numerous apocalyptic
DES: Although it was not officially endorsed by
predictions by this Anglican evangelist and
their leadership, many Millerites expected the
D: 1863 author; this prediction was published in 1894.
Second Coming to occur on April 28 or at the
C: John Wroe
end of 1843.
DES: The founder of the Christian Israelite D: 1910
Church calculated that the Millennium would C: Camille Flammarion
D: 1843
begin this year. DES: Flammarion predicted that the 1910
C: Harriet Livermore
appearance of Halley's Comet "would
DES: The first of two years this preacher
D: 1873 impregnate that atmosphere and possibly snuff
predicted the world would end.
C: Jonas Wendell out all life on the planet", but not the planet
DES: In 1870, Wendell published his views in itself. "Comet pills" were sold to protect against
D: 21 Mar 1844
the booklet entitled The Present Truth, or Meat toxic gases.
C: William Miller
in Due Season concluding that the Second
DES: Miller, a Baptist preacher, predicted Christ
Advent was sure to occur in 1873. D: 1892–1911
would return on this day.
C: Charles Piazzi Smyth
D: 1874 DES: This pyramidologist concluded from his
D: 22 Oct 1844
C: Charles Taze Russell research on the dimensions of the Great Pyramid
C: Millerites
DES: This Christian minister predicted the of Giza that the Second Coming would occur
DES: After Christ did not return on 21 March
return of Jesus to occur in 1874, and after this somewhere between 1892 and 1911.
1844, the Millerites then revised William
Miller's prediction to 22 October that year, date reinterpreted the prediction to say that Jesus
had indeed returned in invisible form. D: 1914
claiming to have miscalculated Scripture. The
C: Charles Taze Russell
realization that the predictions were incorrect
D: 1881 DES: Russell said "...the battle of the great day
resulted in the Great Disappointment.
C: Mother Shipton (attrib.) of God Almighty... The date of the close of that
DES: This 15th-century prophet was quoted as 'battle' is definitely marked in Scripture as
D: 7 Aug 1847
saying "The world to an end shall come, In October 1914. It is already in progress, its
C: George Rapp
eighteen hundred and eighty one" in a book beginning dating from October, 1874."
DES: Rapp, the founder of the Harmony
published in 1862. In 1873 it was revealed to be
Society, preached that Jesus would return in his
lifetime, even as he lay dying on August 7, 1847. a forgery; however, this did not stop some D: 1915
people from expecting the end. C: John Chilembwe
DES: This Baptist educator and leader of a
D: 1847
D: 1890 rebellion in the British protectorate of
C: Harriet Livermore
C: Wovoka Nyasaland predicted the Millennium would
DES: The second prediction of the end of the
DES: The founder of the Ghost Dance begin this year.
world from this preacher.
movement predicted in 1889 that the
Millennium would occur in 1890. D: 1918
D: 1862
C: International Bible Students Association
C: John Cumming
DES: This Scottish clergyman stated it was 6000 D: 1901 DES: "Christendom shall be cut off and
C: Catholic Apostolic Church glorification of the Little Flock (The Church) in
years since creation in 1862, and that the world
DES: This church, founded in 1831, claimed the Spring of 1918 A. D."
would end.
that Jesus would return by the time the last of its
12 founding members died. The last member (Continued on Page 56)
D: 1862