Judgement has come: what is the meaning with the 1844 and earlier Millerite movement?

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By understanding the principle of “type and antitype” it would help us understand how it was fulfilled. Definition - Antitype: (ˈæntɪˌtaɪp) n. 1. ( Bible) a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament.) Lev 16:29 “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. 30 For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever. 32 And the priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; 33 then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34 This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year.” And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.” The above covers the whole religious Jewish year with all the feasts. The whole Jewish economy was built around the seven feasts in fall and spring. The Day of Atonement or Day of Judgement was on Tishri 10. On this day every Jew was in his own tent busy with the introspection of all their sins followed by the priest going ahead into the sanctuary making atonement for everyone and their sins. The sanctuary will then be cleansed by the sacrifice of the Goat of God (Jesus on Calvary) and the sin transferred to the goat of Azazel (Satan.) Therefore, Jesus is the antitype as his death is being foreshadowed in this ritual. This major occurrence would not arrive without a loving God warning his people of a life-saving event coming up in the future. On Tishri 1 the historic feast of trumpets arrived and trumpets sounded the warning that the Great Day of Atonement was at hand, and therefore the people needed to prepare themselves by seeking forgiveness by making offerings for sins in their lives, and also to symbolically get rid of sin by taking all yeast out of their tents. Unleavened bread was made and eaten. This feast of trumpets on Tishri 1 was the type, and the antitype was the Millerite movement warning that in 1844 something great will happen. We know that they were under the impression that this would be the second coming and initially overlooked the truth in that Jesus’ role in “the daily” (type) is going to change to “the yearly” (antitype) Yom Kippur. The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year 1843–1844. It was later understood to be the start of the investigative judgement. I pray this helps you to grasp the importance of the Millerite movement to warn of Judgement to come as only sins confessed in the ark could be atoned for!