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Miller affirmed that the 2300 days constituted one year each and that their commencement occurred in 457 B.C.  He concluded that the cleansing of the temple (i.e. the Second Coming) would occur sometime between two spring equinoxes: 1843-March-21 to 1844-March-21.  He found other methods of calculating the end time which also seemed to point to the year 1843 CE.  In common with all other predictions of the Second Coming, the end didn't happen on cue.  Samuel Snow, a follower of Miller, then interpreted the ‘tarrying time’ referred to in Habakkuk 2:3 as equal to 7 months and 10 days, delaying the end time to 1844-OCT-22. That prophecy also did not come to pass. Many believers left the movement in what has become known as The Great Disappointment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1999/issue61/61h031.html |title=American Adventism: The Great Disappointment |author=Bruce Shelley |date=January 1, 1999 |publisher=Christianity Today Library – Christian History Biography}}</ref> Miller himself gradually withdrew from the leadership of the group and died in 1849. His followers called themselves Adventists; the group was often referred to as Millerites by others. (Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Its Origins, Beliefs and Practices, etc.– Religious Tolerance.org)

Miller affirmed that the 2300 days constituted one year each and that their commencement occurred in 457 B.C.  He concluded that the cleansing of the temple (i.e. the Second Coming) would occur sometime between two spring equinoxes: 1843-March-21 to 1844-March-21.  He found other methods of calculating the end time which also seemed to point to the year 1843 AD.  In common with all other predictions of the Second Coming, the end didn't happen on cue.  Samuel Snow, a follower of Miller, then interpreted the ‘tarrying time’ referred to in Habakkuk 2:3 as equal to 7 months and 10 days, delaying the end time to 1844-OCT-22. That prophecy also did not come to pass. Many believers left the movement in what has become known as The Great Disappointment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1999/issue61/61h031.html |title=American Adventism: The Great Disappointment |author=Bruce Shelley |date=January 1, 1999 |publisher=Christianity Today Library – Christian History Biography}}</ref> Miller himself gradually withdrew from the leadership of the group and died in 1849. His followers called themselves Adventists; the group was often referred to as Millerites by others. (Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Its Origins, Beliefs and Practices, etc.– Religious Tolerance.org)

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