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William Miller (February 15, 1782 – December 20, 1849) was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism.
Feb 27, 2023 · William Miller was a farmer, soldier, and deist who became a Christian and predicted the second coming of Christ in 1843. His followers formed the Millerism movement, which later split into different groups, such as the Seventh-day Adventists.
William Miller was an American religious enthusiast, leader of a movement called Millerism that sought to revive belief that the bodily arrival (“advent”) of Christ was imminent. Miller was a farmer, but he also held such offices as deputy sheriff and justice of the peace.
The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent.
Aug 8, 2008 · The prophet of doom was no bug-eyed fanatic. He was a square-jawed, honest, church-going farmer named William Miller.
William Miller: Jesus to return in 1843. The idea of dating the return of Jesus is not new. Yet probably no one was more specific than William Miller (1782-1849). Miller was a Baptist preacher (although not ordained as far as I could tell).
William Miller was a farmer in the early 1800s who gave his life to God and began intensely studying his Bible. This study led him to some unexpected conclusions, namely that Jesus Christ’s Second Coming would happen in his lifetime—in 1843 or 1844.
