1914
Most Bible Scholars will agree that the Bible contains future events and they will be
revealed to God fearing people doing
His will. Most Bible Scholars will agree that the light of
truth gets brighter as the end gets nearer. So what about 1914?
Sbt investigates and begins by
paralleling events about who understood correctly the
anointing of Jesus at his baptism and those who rejected Him .The point is that
the Jewish Religious Leaders had scriptures that pointed to that time when
Jesus was to appear and many Jewish Religious Leaders claimed that Jesus was a
false prophet.
1914 Is Believable but it has to be a personal FREE-WILL decision.Sbt will lay out what is
known about this calculation.
As Early
As 1823, John A. Brown, whose work was published in
C.T. Russell Born: 1852 February
16th Died:
Then, in the
August, September, and October 1875 issues
of Herald of the Morning, N. H. Barbour
helped to harmonize details that had been pointed out by others. Using
chronology compiled by Christopher Bowen, a clergyman in England, and published
by E. B. Elliott, Barbour identified the start of
the Gentile Times with King Zedekiah’s
removal from kingship as foretold at Ezekiel
21:25, 26, and he pointed to 1914 as marking
the end of the Gentile Times.
Early in 1876, C. T. Russell received a copy of Herald
of the Morning. He promptly wrote to Barbour and then
spent time with him in
This article was printed in the
October 1876 issue of the Bible Examiner.
The book Three Worlds, and the Harvest of
This World, produced in 1877
by N. H. Barbour in cooperation with C.T. Russell, pointed to the same conclusion.
Thereafter, early issues of the
The Bible
Students were not completely sure what would happen. They were convinced that
it would not result in a burning up of the earth and a blotting out of human
life. Rather, they knew it would mark a significant point in regard to divine rulership. At first, they thought that by that date the
Similarly,
they also first thought that global troubles culminating in anarchy (which they
understood would be associated with the war of “the great day of God the
Almighty”) would precede that date. (Rev. 16:14) But then, ten years before 1914, the Watch Tower suggested that
worldwide turmoil that would result in the annihilating of human institutions
would come right after the end of the Gentile Times. They
expected the year 1914 to mark a significant turning point for
As the years
passed and they examined and reexamined the Scriptures, their faith in the
prophecies remained strong, and they did not hold back from stating what they
expected to occur. With varying degrees of success, they endeavored to avoid being
dogmatic about details not directly stated in the Scriptures—WT-Proclaimer Book Chapter 10 pages 120-148
Concerning WT’s
date prophesying down through the years since 1879
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Their Revelations Book of 1988 (latest print update 2006)
States the following on
page 9 of Chapter 2
Interpreting the Scriptures. The mysteries locked up in the book
of Revelation have for long baffled sincere students of the Bible. In God’s due
time, those secrets had to be unlocked, but how, when, and to whom? Only God’s
spirit could make known the meaning as the appointed time drew near.
(Revelation 1:3) 1:3 Those sacred secrets would be revealed to
God’s zealous slaves on earth so that they would be strengthened to make known
his judgments. (Matthew
When did the counting
of the “seven times” begin? After Zedekiah,
the last king in the typical
How, then, is the time
calculated down to 1914? Counting 2,520 years from
early October of 607 B.C.E. brings us to early October of 1914 C.E.,
as shown on the chart.
CALCULATING THE “SEVEN TIMES”
“Seven times” = 7 X 360 = 2,520
years
A Biblical “time,” or year = 12 X 30
days = 360. (Rev. 11:2, 3; 12:6, 14)
In the fulfillment of the “seven
times” each day equals one year. (Ezek. 4:6; Num. 14:34)
Early October, 607 B.C.E., to
January 1, 1 C.E., to
December
31, 1913
= 1,913 years
Total: 2,520 years
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Have not Jehovah’s Witnesses
made errors in their teachings?
Jehovah’s
Witnesses do not claim to be inspired prophets. They have made mistakes. Like
the apostles of Jesus Christ, they have at times had some wrong
expectations.—Luke
The
Scriptures provide time elements related to Christ’s presence, and Jehovah’s
Witnesses have studied these with keen interest. (Luke 21:24; Dan. 4:10-17)
Jesus also described a many-featured sign that would tie in with the
fulfillment of time prophecies to identify the generation that would live to
see the end of Satan’s wicked system of things. (Luke 21:7-36) Jehovah’s
Witnesses have pointed to evidence in fulfillment of this sign. It is true that
the Witnesses have made mistakes in their understanding of what would occur at
the end of certain time periods, but they have not made the mistake of losing
faith or ceasing to be watchful as to fulfillment of Jehovah’s purposes. They
have continued to keep to the fore in their thinking the counsel given by
Jesus: “Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your
Lord is coming.”—Matt. 24:42.
Matters on
which corrections of viewpoint have been needed have been relatively minor when
compared with the vital Bible truths that they have discerned and publicized.
Among these are the following: Jehovah is the only true God. Jesus Christ is
not part of a Trinitarian godhead but is the only-begotten Son of God.
Redemption from sin is possible only through faith in Christ’s ransom
sacrifice. The holy spirit is
not a person but is Jehovah’s active force, and its fruitage must be evident in
the lives of true worshipers. The human soul is not immortal, as the ancient
pagans claimed; it dies, and the hope for future life is in the resurrection.
God’s permission of wickedness has been because of the issue of universal
sovereignty. God’s Kingdom is the only hope for mankind. Since 1914 we
have been living in the last days of the global wicked system of things. Only
144,000 faithful Christians will be kings and priests with Christ in heaven,
whereas the rest of obedient mankind will receive eternal life on a paradise
earth.
Another
factor to consider regarding the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses is this: Have
these truly uplifted people morally? Are those who adhere to these teachings
outstanding in their communities because of their honesty? Is their family life
beneficially influenced by applying these teachings? Jesus said that his
disciples would be readily identified because of having love among themselves. (John 13:35) Is this
quality outstanding among Jehovah’s Witnesses? We let the facts speak for
themselves.
Luke 19:11; 11 While
they were listening to these things he spoke in addition an illustration,
because he was near Jerusalem and they were imagining that the kingdom of God
was going to display itself instantly
Acts 1:6.- 6 When, now, they had assembled, they went asking
him: “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to
Luke 21:24;
; 24 and
they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the
nations; and
Dan.
4:10-17 10 “‘Now
the visions of my head upon my bed I happened to be beholding, and, look! a tree in the midst of the earth,
the height of which was immense. 11 The tree grew up and
became strong, and its very height finally reached the heavens, and it was
visible to the extremity of the whole earth. 12 Its
foliage was fair, and its fruit was abundant, and there was food for all on it.
Under it the beast of the field would seek shade, and on its boughs the birds
of the heavens would dwell, and from it all flesh would feed itself.
13 “‘I continued beholding in the
visions of my head upon my bed, and, look! a
watcher, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens themselves. 14 He
was calling out loudly, and this is what he was saying: “CHOP the tree down,
and cut off its boughs. SHAKE off its foliage, and scatter its fruitage. Let
the beast flee from under it, and the birds from its boughs. 15 However,
LEAVE its rootstock itself in the earth, even with a banding of iron and of
copper, among the grass of the field; and with the dew of the heavens let it be
wet, and with the beast let its portion be
among the vegetation of the earth. 16 Let its heart be
changed from that of mankind, and let the heart of a beast be given to it, and
let seven times pass over it. 17 By the decree of
watchers the thing is, and [by] the saying of holy ones the request is, to the
intent that people living may know that the Most High is Ruler in the kingdom
of mankind and that to the one whom he wants to, he gives it and he sets up
over it even the lowliest one of mankind.”
(Luke
21:7-36)
7 Then they questioned him,
saying: “Teacher, when will these things actually be, and what will be the sign
when these things are destined to occur?” 8 He said:
“Look out that YOU are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name,
saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The due time has approached.’ Do not go after them. 9 Furthermore,
when YOU hear of wars and disorders, do not be terrified. For these things must
occur first, but the end does not [occur] immediately.”
10 Then he went on to say to
them: “Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom; 11 and there will be great
earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences and food shortages; and
there will be fearful sights and from heaven great signs.
12 “But before all these things
people will lay their hands upon YOU and persecute YOU, delivering YOU up to
the synagogues and prisons, YOU being haled before kings and governors for the
sake of my name. 13 It will turn out to YOU for a
witness. 14 Therefore settle it in YOUR hearts not to
rehearse beforehand how to make YOUR defense, 15 for I
will give YOU a mouth and wisdom, which all YOUR opposers
together will not be able to resist or dispute. 16 Moreover,
YOU will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and
friends, and they will put some of YOU to death; 17 and
YOU will be objects of hatred by all people because of my name. 18 And
yet not a hair of YOUR heads will by any means perish. 19 By
endurance on YOUR part YOU will acquire YOUR souls.
20 “Furthermore, when YOU see
25 “Also, there will be signs in
sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the
way out because of the roaring of the sea and [its] agitation, 26 while
men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the
inhabited earth; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And
then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves
erect and lift YOUR heads up, because YOUR deliverance is getting near.”
29 With that he spoke an
illustration to them: “Note the fig tree and all the other trees: 30 When they are already in the bud,
by observing it YOU know for yourselves that now the summer is near. 31 In
this way YOU also, when YOU see these things occurring, know that the
34 “But pay attention to
yourselves that YOUR hearts never become weighed down with overeating and heavy
drinking and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day be instantly upon YOU 35 as
a snare. For it will come in upon all those dwelling upon the face of all the
earth. 36 Keep awake, then, all the time making
supplication that YOU may succeed in escaping
Matt.
24:42.
42 Keep on the watch, therefore,
because YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming.
(John 13:35)
35 By this all will know that YOU
are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.”
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