THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On this day, October 22nd, 1844, the event known as the "Great Disappointment" refering to the grief experienced by the 100,000 Millerites who expected Jesus to return occurred.

This date was predicted by William Miller, a Baptist preacher, as the day Jesus will come back in the Second Coming. Miller and his followers, known as Millerites, believed that Jesus would return to Earth on this day based on their interpretations of the biblical prophecies, particularly from the Book of Daniel.

This date was the end of the longest time prophecy in the Bible, found in Daniel 7 and 8. The prophecy begins in 457 B.C. and continued 2,300 years later until 1844. The prophecy includes the exact dates of the beginning of Christ’s ministry at His first advent, of His death upon the cross, and the commencement of His High Priestly work in the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary, as Paul writes about in the book of Hebrews, but not fully understanding the prophecy the work of Jesus was misunderstood.

When the day passed without the expected event, many of the followers were disillusioned and confused, leading to a significant decline in the movement. This event had lasting effects on the religious landscape, contributing to the formation of new religious movements, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Dear friends, looking over the years, it was exactly 180 years ago today ( 22nd of October 1844)  that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ moved from the holy place of the Heavenly sanctuary, and entered the second apartmant, which is the Most Holy Place to carry out the last phase of His work of redemption. This is the work of Judgement, or cleansing of the sanctuary.

Daniel 8:14 says, "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

To the believers in those days. "The great disappointment was not so great as that of the disciples. When the Son of man rode triumphantly into Jerusalem they expected Him to be crowned king.... Yet in a few days these very disciples saw their beloved Master, whom they believed would reign on David's throne, stretched upon the cruel cross above the mocking, taunting Pharisees. Their high hopes were drowned in bitter disappointment, and the darkness of death closed about them. Yet Christ was true to His promises."

Read the prophecy of Revelation 10:9-11. 

"Be encouraged saints, for we have an advocate who is with us. Let’s remain faithful as we try to live according to his plan and share the everlasting gospel of Revelation 14:6-12, and the last day warning with the world."

"WHILE the judgment hour of Revelation 14 is passing, two solemn proclamations are made to men still in probation. And the judgment scene of Daniel 7 is for the very purpose of closing our Lord’s priesthood, and of crowning him King of kings. But the closing work of Christ as priest pertains to the acquittal of his people at his Father’s tribunal, the blotting out of their sins, and the decision accounting them worthy of that world and the resurrection to immortality. Our Lord cannot do this for people in a state of probation. His first work must therefore relate to the righteous dead. And while their cases are severally passing under examination and decision, the living righteous are being prepared for the close of their probation, and for the decision of the investigative judgment by the proclamation of the third angel. This work being accomplished, and the living righteous being accounted worthy to escape the things coming upon the earth, and to stand before the Son of man, our Lord is crowned king, and takes his seat upon the white cloud, with a crown of pure gold upon his head."

"The priesthood of Christ began when he presented himself before the Father at his ascension as our Advocate. It cannot terminate till he has secured the acquittal of his people, and the blotting out of their sins in the investigative judgment. Then his enemies, at his request, will be given him to destroy. His Father shall crown him king upon his throne, saying to him, “Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.” Psalm 110:1, 2; Daniel 7:9-14; Psalm 2:6-9; Acts 3:19-21; Isaiah 44:22, 23. His entrance upon the priesthood was marked by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. John 16:7; Acts 1:4; 2:1-4, 16-18. The blotting out of sins, which terminates his priesthood, brings the people of God to the refreshing, from the presence of the Father, which precedes his act of sending his Son from heaven. Acts 3:19-21."

"As a priest our Lord presents the merits of his blood in behalf of all who come to God through him. Hebrews 7:25. Even the cases of the people of God who lived during the period of the Old Testament, have to be acted upon by Christ as priest. Hebrews 9:15. They can only have redemption through his blood; and the blotting out of their sins can only be effected through his priestly work. Hebrews 9, 10."

"The whole multitude of the redeemed appear before the throne in raiment that has been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:13, 14. The work of our High Priest in behalf of his people involves an immense number of individual cases. He has not only borne the sin of all these, but he makes intercession for them, and finally obtains the blotting out of their sins on showing from the record that they have completed the work of overcoming. Our Lord does not continue in his priestly office to all eternity. When he comes again it is without sin unto salvation. But he does not leave his work unfinished. He brings every part of this immense work to a conclusion before he lays it down."

The following proposition is both reasonable and scriptural:

"There is a period of time at the close of this dispensation devoted to the finishing of the work of human probation, i.e., to the completion of Christ’s work as priest, and of his gospel as the means of salvation."

Read: Revelation 10:7.

The mystery of God is defined in the following passages:
Read: Ephesians 3:3-6.
Read: Colossians 1:26-28.

"The mystery of God is therefore seen to be the work of salvation for fallen man through the gospel of Christ. It is that which unites Jews and Gentiles in one body as fellow-heirs, having Christ in them the hope of glory. The finishing of the mystery of God is the accomplishment of the work of the gospel. This must have a twofold bearing:

1. Upon the priesthood of our Lord, to bring it to a close by completing all its immense work.

2. Upon the preaching of the gospel to the inhabitants of the earth, in causing the proclamation of its final closing messages of warning."

"This work is not closed instantaneously, for a space of time is devoted to its completion. And the finishing of this work pertains both to heaven and to earth; to the priesthood of Christ, and the proclamation of his gospel to men. But the priesthood of Christ, as we have seen, is finished at the time when the Ancient of Days sits in judgment; and it is while that judgment is in session that the latest messages of warning are addressed to men. Revelation 14:6-14. We do therefore understand that the period of time devoted to the finishing of the mystery of God is precisely that space occupied by the Father in the work of the investigative judgment."

This is a short video that looks at the events from that day. May GOD bless you.

https://youtu.be/OHokAblgCLg?si=ukglTvf-R6lduP9J