En julio de 1894, Zion's Watch Tower dijo a los lectores que dudaban de la fecha de 1914: 'They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours', y añadió que 'the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble'.

En julio de 1894, Zion's Watch Tower dijo a los lectores que dudaban de la fecha de 1914: 'They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours', y añadió que 'the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble'. Source: Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 15 de julio de 1894

La posición de la organización o su explicación posterior: Proclamadores (1993), pág. 135, reconoce que los primeros Estudiantes de la Biblia 'first thought that global troubles culminating in anarchy... would precede that date', y añade: '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.'

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Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)”

15 de julio de 1894 · pp.226 (standard citation); Reprints pp. 1676-1677 (the passage falls under the [1676] marker) · C. T. Russell (editor) · Tower Publishing Co., Allegheny, Pa.

“our readers are writing to know if there may not be a mistake in the 1914 date. ... We see no reason for changing the figures—nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.”

Reply to readers who, seeing labour unrest, doubted conditions could last until 1914.

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Nota de confianza. Wording and 'July 15, 1894' issue header confirmed in the scan OCR; Reprints marker [1676] precedes the passage. Original page number 226 is the standard citation but not read from the scan.

Procedencia del escaneo. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1894 volume (Reprints pagination visible, e.g. '[1676]'). Public domain.

Notes. Important: the sentence explicitly says 1914 was expected to be the END of the time of trouble.

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-zwt-1894-0715-gods-dates

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