Adventistische Schriften über: "Prophetic Time Periods of the Sixth Trumpet"

The prophetic period of the sixth trumpet, according to Adventist interpretation, comprises a “hour, a day, a month, and a year,” which in literal time corresponds to 391 years and 15 days. This period began on July 27, 1449, immediately after the end of the 150‑year period of the fifth trumpet, and ended on August 11, 1840 with the political loss of power of the Ottoman Empire. The calculation is based on the principle “one day for a year,” with a prophetic hour defined as the 24th part of a year (15 days).

The Prophetic Calculation of the Sixth Trumpet

The sixth trumpet began to sound when Decaozes Amureth asked for permission to rule in the year 1449, and lasted “an hour, a day, a month, and a year” in prophetic time, or 391 years and 15 days from the end of the 150 years, and ended on August 11, 1840, when the Sultan likewise made a voluntary surrender of his power into the hands of the four powers of Europe.

1 – Signs of the Times [J.V. Himes], The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 7 (HST June 14, 1843, page 115.7)

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A prophetic year, 360 days = 360 solar years. A prophetic month, 30 days = 30 solar years. A prophetic day = 1 solar year. A prophetic hour, as the 24th part of a day, corresponds to the 24th part of a prophetic year or 15 days. This period amounts to 391 [years]. Adding 150 days or years to this... leads us to August 11, 1840.

2 – Signs of the Times [J.V. Himes], The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 7 (HST May 31, 1843, page 103)

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The entire time of independent Mohammedan rule over the Eastern Roman territory would therefore be 391 years and 15 days. Adding this to July 27, 1449 brings us to August 11, 1840 for the end of the period of Turkish independence, as outlined under the sixth trumpet.

3 – John Norton Loughborough, The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress (GSAM 129.1)

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The sixth trumpet ended in 1840. Between the sixth and seventh trumpets lies a short interval marked by the word “quickly”... The end of the prophetic period was 1844, so the “quickly” would be the time between 1840 and 1844.

4 – Stephen Nelson Haskell, The Story of the Seer of Patmos (SSP 187.1)

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According to the prediction, with the end of the five months the first woe or the fifth trumpet was over; and when the second woe call or the sixth angel began, the restraining power by which the nation that formed the Ottoman Empire was kept in check... was taken away, and they were given the power to politically kill a third of the people.

5 – Signs of the Times [J.V. Himes], The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 7 (HST August 1, 1840, page 70.8)

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