were there at that time period and removed some of the dross from the gold that the Lord was about to develop in the 144,000. And during that time period, the 1843 to October 22nd 1844 time period, Sister White's clear that that was a testing process that the Lord ordained. He held his hand over that mistake in order for people to be tested and ultimately it took the most significant Reformation since the Protestant Reformation. The most significant Reformation in the Millerite movement in history since the Protestant Reformation fizzled down to 50 people at the Great Disappointment. And this pruning process that began in 1843 was ordained by the Lord to bring about the 144,000. Now brothers and sisters, the spirit of prophecy is clear that had those people on October 23rd 1844 followed on by faith and continued to follow the light that they would have finished the work and went home immediately thereafter. There was the potential prophetically for God's people to fulfill the prophecies and the end come. Now we know it didn't happen. We know that prophecy is conditional. Some prophecies are conditional and this was a conditional prophecy that due to insubordination didn't come to pass. But nevertheless, as we look at the testimony, the potential for the 144,000 to be developed in the 1844 and immediate time thereafter was there. And 1843 is a blessed year in the sense that it was the year, it was the time when God said, all right, this is the point in history when I will develop this people that we call the 144,000. That's why it says blessed is he who arrives to 1843. Now with the wandering in the wilderness that Adventism has done since that time period, it's hard to factor in conditional prophecy and see all that. But if you remember the passages where Sister White speaks about that time period, she says all of us that participated in in that particular time period can still remember the holiness, the sacredness of that time period. It was something that was taking place that impacted the faithful or faithful followers during that time for the rest of their life. It was such a holy