And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
The verse belongs to a prophecy of the fall of Ottoman power that reached its end on August 11, 1840. A first period of 150 years was exactly fulfilled before Deacozes ascended the throne by permission of the Turks. A further period of 391 years and fifteen days began at the close of the first period and ended on August 11, 1840, when Ottoman power in Constantinople was broken. On that specified date Turkey surrendered its independence by accepting the protection of the allied powers of Europe. That acceptance was made through its ambassadors and placed Turkey under the control of Christian nations.
This exact fulfillment confirmed the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation. Those principles were the ones pointing to the soon coming of Christ. Those principles were the ones used by Miller and his associates. The fulfillment gave impetus to and helped advance the Advent movement. Men of learning and position joined in preaching and publishing the message, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended.
The verse belongs to a prophecy of the fall of Ottoman power that reached its end on August 11, 1840. A first period of 150 years was exactly fulfilled before Deacozes ascended the throne by permission of the Turks. A further period of 391 years and fifteen days began at the close of the first period and ended on August 11, 1840, when Ottoman power in Constantinople was broken. On that specified date Turkey surrendered its independence by accepting the protection of the allied powers of Europe. That acceptance was made through its ambassadors and placed Turkey under the control of Christian nations.
This exact fulfillment confirmed the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation. Those principles were the ones pointing to the soon coming of Christ. Those principles were the ones used by Miller and his associates. The fulfillment gave impetus to and helped advance the Advent movement. Men of learning and position joined in preaching and publishing the message, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended.