The Great Expectation

Question 1

What years did William Miller live?

Answer 1

1782-1849

Question 2

Who was the 49 year old farmer from New York that said he would go and preach if God sent him someone to ask specifically? Later he became a baptist preacher.

Answer 2

William Miller

Question 3

Who came and asked Miller to preach the next day right after he had prayed?

Answer 3

his nephew

Question 4

Miller preached about the 2nd Coming of Christ. This began in _____.

Answer 4

1831

Question 5

What became the focus of biblical study in the 19th century?

Answer 5

Bible prophecy on the 2300 years

Question 6

In the Sistine chapel, there are paintings of scenes from the Bible. Cardinals meet here to elect a new pope when necessary. Who commissioned the building to be made?

Answer 6

Pope Sixtus IV

Question 7

In the 1700s, Oxford University declared that the 1260 year prophecy would end before when? Did people agree with this?

Answer 7

1800; yes

Question 8

What do the 1260 years in Daniel 8 represent?

Answer 8

the 3.5 years that papal supremacy survived

Question 9

After Miller began teaching and people began to really study, what three things did the reformers agree upon?

Answer 9

division of rome, day for a year, and the judgment

Question 10

What religious groups determined that a day represented a prophetic year?

Answer 10

Jewish and Christian scholars

Question 11

When did Isaac Newton live?

Answer 11

1643-1727

Question 12

What principle did Isaac Newton declare about prophecy and its fulfillment?

Answer 12

people will only understand prophecy when the time is right for fulfillment

Question 13

William Miller was born where?

Answer 13

Pittsfield, Massachusettes

Question 14

At what age did Miller move to Low Hampton, New York?

Answer 14

4 years

Question 15

In _____, Miller married Lucy Smith.

Answer 15

1803

Question 16

After marrying Lucy, Miller and she moved to her hometown and began to farm. Where was that?

Answer 16

Poultney, Vermont

Question 17

After moving to Vermont, what religious affiliation did Miller claim?

Answer 17

Deism

Question 18

For the War of 1812, Miller entered the army. What dramatic battle altered his beliefs, and in what year?

Answer 18

he fought in the Battle of Plattsburgh and the Americans were outnumbered but victorious, making Miller recognize the mighty power of an unseen force; 1814

Question 19

After returning from the war, where did Miller move his family? In what year did this occur?

Answer 19

back to Low Hampton, Vermont; 1815

Question 20

In 1816, what process did Miller begin after visiting the church there? What resources did he use?

Answer 20

began an extensive two year study of the Bible using only it and a concordance

Question 21

In what year did Miller make the claim that the Bible was it’s own interpreter and should be read literally unless figurative speech is obvious?

Answer 21

1819

Question 22

John Knox preached about Daniel 7, but Miller went further a explained Daniel _____ & _____.

Answer 22

8; 9

Question 23

What ideas of Miller were contrary to other Protestant churches?

Answer 23

other churches: the millennium would be ushered by world conversion and lead to righteousness on earth and then Christ would come

Miller: Christ would come before the millennium and that the cleansing of earth was by fire at his 2nd Coming

Question 24

Miller was asked to speak multiple times in the baptist church in his town of Low Hampton. A second series meeting was held where?

Answer 24

Pittsfield, Vermont

Question 25

Miller preached the second coming and people around him began to study it for themselves, also. A date was set for Christ’s coming. What was it?

Answer 25

March 21, 1844

Question 26

Thinking about what parable made the Milleries wait until August of 1844 before giving up hope in Christ’s coming?

Answer 26

the parable of the 10 virgins

Question 27

After the first discouragement, people began to fall awa from their beliefs. However, _____ _____ came in and preached what he had found based on Daniel 8. What date did he set as Christ’s 2nd Coming? Miller agreed with him.

Answer 27

Samuel Snow; October 22, 1844

Question 28

After Jesus didn’t come, did Miller didn’t give up his faith. Where did he meet with the few faithful friends?

Answer 28

ascension rock

Question 29

What went wrong in the Great Disappointment?

Answer 29

not a mistake of fanatics but a misunderstanding of the old testament phrase “the cleansing of the sanctuary”

Question 30

How many years after the Great Disappointment did Miller die? What year would that set him in death?

Answer 30

five years later, 1849