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Cea mai cunoscută dată din învățătura Martorilor a fost la început data până la care totul urma să se fi încheiat. Iată ce spunea textul din 1889, cum sunau aceleași propoziții în 1914 și ce spune organizația astăzi că înseamnă anul 1914.

Ultima verificare: 19 septembrie 2026

Ce s-a prezis

The Time Is at Hand (1889), the second volume of C. T. Russell’s Millennial Dawn, listed what the end of the ‘Gentile Times’ in 1914 would prove. Among them: that God’s Kingdom ‘will have obtained full, universal control, and that it will then be “set up,” or firmly established, in the earth’, and that ‘some time before the end of A.D. 1914 the last member of the divinely recognized Church of Christ … will be glorified with the Head’. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn vol. 2), first edition, 1889

we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914.

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”, 1889, pp. 98-99 Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)

the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced.

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”, 1889, p. 101 Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)
Declarație explicită · 1889 Verificat

The first edition of The Time Is at Hand (1889) stated as 'an established truth' that the final end of the kingdoms of this world and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God 'will be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914'. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, 1889

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: Later printings changed the sentence to 'near the end of A.D. 1915'; Russell's 1916 foreword called the expectation of the Church's glorification a 'natural mistake'; Proclaimers p.133-135 describes early expectations as not all correct.

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · pp.98-99 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914.”

Follows a passage saying these things had been preached for eleven years and that Communism, Socialism and Nihilism showed the present powers being shaken.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Notă de încredere. Wording confirmed in the first-edition OCR text between page headers 97 and 101.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive community upload (daveignatius); public domain.

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Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-sits2-1889-00-p99-full-establishment

Declarație explicită · 1889 Verificat

The same 1889 volume said the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' would 'end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership', and that before the end of 1914 the last members of the Church would be glorified and the time of trouble would 'end at that date'. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, 1889Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn vol. 2), first edition, 1889

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: Later printings read 'will end in A.D. 1915'. The modern position is that 1914 marked the BEGINNING of the last days and Christ's invisible enthronement.

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · p.101 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced.”

Same sentence says the Kingdom was due 'to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878'.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Notă de încredere. Page header 'Times of the Gentiles. 101' immediately precedes the passage in the first-edition OCR text.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive community upload (daveignatius); public domain.

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Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-sits2-1889-00-p101-battle

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn vol. 2), first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · pp.76-78 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Firstly, That at that date the Kingdom of God ... will have obtained full, universal control, and that it will then be 'set up,' or firmly established, in the earth. ... Thirdly, It will prove that some time before the end of A.D. 1914 the last member of the divinely recognized Church of Christ ... will be glorified with the Head”

Russell lists seven things that the end of the Gentile Times in 1914 would 'prove', including that the time of trouble 'will reach its culmination and will end at that date' (Sixthly, p. 78).

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn vol. 2), first edition, Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Notă de încredere. Opened the OCR text of the first-edition scan; page header 'Times of the Gentiles. 77' and '78 The Time is at Hand.' bracket the passage.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive, community upload (daveignatius, '1889 The Time Is At Hand 1st Ed'); full text file 1889_The_Time_Is_At_Hand_1st_Ed_djvu.txt. Public domain (pre-1929 US publication).

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Notes. OCR renders 1914 as '1 91 4' in places.

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-sits2-1889-00-p77-seven-proofs

Atribuit lui Dumnezeu

Când cititorii au scris în 1894 pentru a întreba dacă nu cumva cronologia ar fi greșită, răspunsul a fost categoric.

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.

Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)”, 15 July 1894, pp. 226 (standard citation); Reprints pp. 1676-1677 (the passage falls under the [1676] marker) Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)
Declarație explicită · 15 iulie 1894 Verificat

In July 1894 Zion's Watch Tower told readers who doubted the 1914 date: 'They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours', adding that '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 iulie 1894

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: Proclaimers (1993) p. 135 acknowledges that early Bible Students 'first thought that global troubles culminating in anarchy... would precede that date', and adds: '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 iulie 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.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)

Notă de încredere. 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.

Proveniența scanării. 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.

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-zwt-1894-0715-gods-dates

La ce au fost încurajați adepții să se aștepte

The glorification of the Church to heaven by October 1914 and the end of the ‘time of trouble’ by that date. Russell’s 1916 foreword acknowledged that ‘the thought that the Church would all be gathered to glory before October, 1914, certainly did have a very stimulating and sanctifying effect upon thousands’. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, 1 octombrie 1916

Ce s-a întâmplat

The First World War began in 1914. No visible Kingdom was established and the Church was not glorified. Late in 1914, asked whether the Kingdom might be delayed ‘five, ten or even twenty-five years’, The Watch Tower replied: ‘we are not a prophet; we merely believe that we have come to the place where the Gentile times have ended.’ Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 noiembrie 1914

First edition, 1889

‘… by the end of A.D. 1914’

we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914.

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”, 1889, pp. 98-99 Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)

Două pagini mai încolo (p. 101), aceeași ediție spunea că bătălia zilei celei mari a Dumnezeului Celui Atotputernic „se va sfârși în anul 1914 d.Hr.”.

Printing dated 1914

‘… near the end of A.D. 1915’

will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. ... which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”, 1914, pp. 99, 101 Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)

Aceleași fraze spun acum 1915. În octombrie 1916, Russell a numit așteptarea anterioară „o greșeală firească”. Nu am găsit nicio ediție care să fi schimbat „se va sfârși” în „va începe”, afirmație repetată adesea de critici; noi nu o facem.

Rezultat · 1914 Verificat

A printing of The Time Is at Hand dated 1914 already reads 'near the end of A.D. 1915' and 'will end in A.D. 1915' where the 1889 edition read 1914; a printing carrying the October 1916 foreword keeps the 1915 wording. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), 1914Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, 1 octombrie 1916

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: Russell's 1916 foreword: 'Our mistake was evidently not in respect to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles; we drew a false conclusion, however, not authorized by the Word of the Lord.'

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1914 · pp.99, 101 · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn (copyright 1889 Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society)

“will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. ... which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership”

Same two sentences as the 1889 edition, with 'by the end of A.D. 1914' altered to 'near the end of A.D. 1915' and 'will end in A.D. 1914' altered to 'will end in A.D. 1915'.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Notă de încredere. OCR text of the 1914-dated printing opened; both altered sentences confirmed. A later printing (Digital Library of India scan, DLI 2015.173447, with the 1916 Author's Foreword) carries the same 1915 wording. I did NOT find any edition changing 'end' to 'begin' in these sentences; that specific claim is unverified.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org (University of Illinois library copy; title page dated 1914). Public domain.

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Notes. The 1914 printing's 'Thirdly' item (p. 77) still reads 'some time before the end of A. D. 1914'; only pp. 99 and 101 and the chart were changed to 1915, so the revision was partial (confirmed by the independent source auditor).

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-sits2-1914-00-p99-p101-1915

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, “Author's Foreword”

1 octombrie 1916 · pp.i-iv (foreword) · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association

“The author acknowledges that in this book he presents the thought that the Lord's saints might expect to be with Him in glory at the ending of the Gentile Times. This was a natural mistake to fall into ... Our mistake was evidently not in respect to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles; we drew a false conclusion, however, not authorized by the Word of the Lord.”

Russell's own 1916 acknowledgement that the expectation of the Church's glorification by October 1914 was mistaken, while maintaining that the Gentile Times ended in 1914.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, Author's Foreword

Notă de încredere. Foreword text opened in the DLI scan OCR; signature block 'Charles T. Russell, Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1916' present.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive / Digital Library of India (State Central Library, Hyderabad copy; DLI catalogue date 1927). Public domain.

Coroborat de. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874

Notes. OCR is noisy in places.

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-sits2-1916-1001-foreword

Reinterpretare ulterioară · 1914 Verificat

Late in 1914, with the Gentile Times believed ended but the Kingdom not visibly established, The Watch Tower replied to the question whether the Kingdom might be delayed 'five, ten or even twenty-five years': 'we are not a prophet; we merely believe that we have come to the place where the Gentile times have ended'. Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 noiembrie 1914

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The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “The Expectations of the Church (section)”

1 noiembrie 1914 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“may it not be that the kingdom will not be ushered in for five, ten or even twenty-five years? Our reply is, we are not a prophet; we merely believe that we have come to the place where the Gentile times have ended.”

Late-1914 discussion of what to expect now that the Gentile Times were believed to have ended; commonly cited as 1 November 1914, p. 329.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, The Expectations of the Church (section)

Notă de încredere. Wording confirmed in the 1914 bound-volume OCR; the passage lies between the NOVEMBER 1, 1914 and NOVEMBER 15, 1914 issue headers and under Reprints marker 5567, so the issue is confirmed as 1 November 1914 (confirmed by the independent source auditor). The page number (329, standard citation) is not legible in the scan.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1914 volume. Public domain.

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-wt-1914-00-not-a-prophet

S-a mai spus și că datele din această secțiune ar fi confirmate de măsurătorile Marii Piramide din Giza. Una dintre acele măsurători a fost revizuită discret, între două tipărituri, înainte să sosească anul 1914; vedeți pagina despre Russell.

O revizuire în 1904

Ten years before the date, The Watch Tower changed one part of the expectation. In July 1904 it announced that the ‘anarchistic culmination’ of the time of trouble would come after October 1914, ‘very speedily thereafter’, rather than before it. The organisation’s own 1993 history records this. What did not change in 1904 was the expectation that the Church would be glorified by 1914 (which Russell called ‘a natural mistake’ in 1916) or, in the book, that the trouble ‘will end in A.D. 1915’. Source: Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 iulie 1904 Source: Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, 1993

he Hamilton Times of the next day, and thus reached many more than were able to hear it. The “truth” people all looked and felt joyful in the Lord, and, as our train pulled away from the station, about fiftv of U3 joined in singing, “God be with you till we meet again.” UNIVERSAL ANARCHY— JUST BEFORE OR AFTER OCTOBER. 1914 A. D. What seems at first glance the veriest trifle and wholly un¬ related to the matter, has changed our conviction respecting the time when universal anarchy may be expected in accord with the prophetic numbers. We now expect that the anarch¬ istic culmination of the great time of trouble which will pre¬ cede the Millennial blessings will be after October, 1914, A. D. — very speedily thereafter, in our opinion — “in one hour,” “suddenly.” Our readers familiar with the presentation of the subject given in Millennial Dawn will recall that the date, October, 1914 A. D.,

Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Universal Anarchy—Just Before or After October, 1914 A.D.”, 1 July 1904, pp. 197 (Reprints p. 3389), as commonly cited; page not read from the scan Verificat Open scan (se deschide într-o filă nouă)

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.

Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, “Chapter 10, Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”, 1993, p. 135 Verificat Open source (se deschide într-o filă nouă)

A doua mutare: data prezenței, de la 1874 la 1914

Russell taught that Christ’s invisible presence had begun in 1874. The organisation kept teaching this after 1914: ‘the Lord’s second presence began in 1874’ (1922). By 1943 the chronology that produced 1874 had been replaced: The Truth Shall Make You Free (1943) dates the Kingdom’s birth to 1914 and does not mention 1874. The organisation’s own history says the chronology behind 1874 was ‘flawed’ and that ‘a clearer understanding of Biblical chronology was published in 1943’. Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 martie 1922 Source: The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), 1943 Source: Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (jv), 1993

Declarație explicită · 1 martie 1922 Verificat

The organisation taught that Christ's invisible presence began in 1874 (not 1914) from Russell's time until the 1940s: The Watch Tower of 1 March 1922 called it an 'indisputable fact' that 'the Lord's second presence began in 1874', and the 1 April 1923 issue said 'his second presence was due in 1874'. Proclaimers (1993) dates the corrected chronology to the 1943 book The Truth Shall Make You Free. Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 martie 1922Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 aprilie 1923Source: Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (jv), 1993Source: The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), 1943

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: jv p.133 fn. i attributes the 1874 date to chronology 'flawed because of relying on an inaccurate rendering of Acts 13:20' and says 'a clearer understanding... was published in 1943'.

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The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “(article reviewing Russell's role; 'The indisputable facts')”

1 martie 1922 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“The indisputable facts, therefore, show that the 'time of the end' began in 1799; that the Lord's second presence began in 1874; that the harvest followed thereafter”

Shows the Society still taught an 1874 invisible presence eight years after 1914. Study questions in the same volume ask 'How has God confirmed the dates 1874, 1914 and 1918?'

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, (article reviewing Russell's role; 'The indisputable facts')

Notă de încredere. Wording confirmed; nearest page header reads 'March 1, 1922'. Page number not legible (the task's '1 Nov 1922 p.333' reference was not the passage located; treat that citation as unverified).

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1922 volume. Public domain.

Coroborat de. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874, src-wt-1923-0401-p106-1925

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-wt-1922-0301-presence-1874

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The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Questions and answers (on reports that pilgrims were told to stop talking about 1925)”

1 aprilie 1923 · p.106 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures, marking the end of the typical jubilees. Just exactly what will happen at that time no one can tell to a certainty; but we expect such a climax in the affairs of the world that the people will begin to realize the presence of the Lord and his kingdom power.”

Denies that pilgrims were told to cease talking about 1925.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, Questions and answers (on reports that pilgrims were told to stop talking about 1925)

Notă de încredere. Issue header 'APRIL 1, 1923' and page markers 105/106 precede the passage in the scan OCR.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1923 volume; public domain.

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-wt-1923-0401-p106-1925

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Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (jv), “Chapter 10, Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”

1993 · pp.133 (and footnote i) · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“From Mr. Barbour ... Russell also came to be persuaded that Christ's invisible presence had begun in 1874. ... [fn. i] A clearer understanding of Biblical chronology was published in 1943, in the book 'The Truth Shall Make You Free,' and it was then refined the following year”

Official account that the 1874 presence date rested on flawed chronology corrected in 1943-44. The chapter also records early expectations that 1914 would bring the Church's glorification and that 'months and then years passed, and the Bible Students did not receive their heavenly reward as they had anticipated.'

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (jv), Chapter 10, Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth

Notă de încredere. Opened on wol; page marker 133; footnote i read in full.

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Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874

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The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), “Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth”

1943 · pp.239-241, 300-302 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'times of the Gentiles' ... would continue and extend to the fall of A.D. 1914. ... the Government at its birth in A.D. 1914 ... Christ's coming to the temple in 1918 was entirely unexpected, even to his devoted faithful followers.”

1943 chronology places the end of the seven times and the Kingdom's birth in 1914 and Christ's coming to the temple in 1918; the book does not mention 1874 (grep found no occurrence). Proclaimers (p. 133 fn. i) identifies this book as where 'a clearer understanding of Biblical chronology was published in 1943'.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth

Notă de încredere. Passages and page markers (239-241, 300, 302) read in the OCR. The claim that this book is where the presence date moved from 1874 to 1914 rests on jv p.133 fn. i plus the absence of 1874 here; a sentence explicitly saying 'presence began in 1914' was not found.

Proveniența scanării. Internet Archive / Digital Library of India scan. Copyright 1943; short quotation only.

Coroborat de. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-tf-1943-00-p239-241-p300-302

Cum descrie organizația anul 1914 în prezent

The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E. ... The period ended in October 1914. At that time, 'the appointed times of the nations' ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God's heavenly King.

What Does the Bible Really Teach? (book), Appendix, “1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy”, 2005, pp. 215-218 Verificat Open source (se deschide într-o filă nouă)
Reinterpretare ulterioară · 2005 Verificat

The current official teaching is that in October 1914 'the appointed times of the nations ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God's heavenly King' — an invisible event marking the beginning, not the end, of the last days. Source: What Does the Bible Really Teach? (book), Appendix, 2005Source: The Watchtower, 1 noiembrie 1995

Poziția organizației sau explicația ei ulterioară: This is the organisation's own current explanation.

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What Does the Bible Really Teach? (book), Appendix, “1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy”

2005 · pp.215-218 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E. ... The period ended in October 1914. At that time, 'the appointed times of the nations' ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God's heavenly King.”

Opens: 'Decades in advance, Bible students proclaimed that there would be significant developments in 1914.' Current official framing of 1914 as an invisible enthronement.

Notă despre proveniență și verificare for What Does the Bible Really Teach? (book), Appendix, 1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy

Notă de încredere. Opened both the jw.org page and wol doc 1102005159; page marker 217 for the quoted sentence.

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Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-bh-2005-00-p215-218-1914

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The Watchtower, “Saved From a 'Wicked Generation' / A Time to Keep Awake”

1 noiembrie 1995 · pp.10-21 · second article, par. 6 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Jehovah's people have at times speculated about the time when the 'great tribulation' would break out, even tying this to calculations of what is the lifetime of a generation since 1914. ... Rather than provide a rule for measuring time, the term 'generation' as used by Jesus refers principally to contemporary people of a certain historical period, with their identifying characteristics.”

Redefines 'this generation' as the wicked contemporaries of the last days; first article (doc 1995804) sets out the lexical argument.

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Notă de încredere. Opened on wol; page marker 17 for the quoted paragraph.

Coroborat de. src-w-2008-0215-p23-24-generation

Notes. Note the framing 'Jehovah's people have at times speculated' where the calculations were published by the organisation itself (w84 5/15; rs p.97).

Data accesării. 19 septembrie 2026 · ID-ul sursei. src-w-1995-1101-p10-21-generation

Așteptarea din 1889 era sfârșitul vizibil al oricărei stăpâniri pământești până în 1914. Învățătura actuală este o întronare invizibilă în 1914, care a deschis o perioadă ce durează acum de peste un secol. Ambele sunt afirmații ale organizației înseși; cititorii le pot compara.

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Publicație primară a Martorilor lui Iehova Verificat

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn vol. 2), first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · pp.76-78 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Firstly, That at that date the Kingdom of God ... will have obtained full, universal control, and that it will then be 'set up,' or firmly established, in the earth. ... Thirdly, It will prove that some time before the end of A.D. 1914 the last member of the divinely recognized Church of Christ ... will be glorified with the Head”

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · pp.98-99 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914.”

Publicație primară a Martorilor lui Iehova Verificat

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · p.101 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced.”

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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 iulie 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.”

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Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Universal Anarchy—Just Before or After October, 1914 A.D.”

1 iulie 1904 · pp.197 (Reprints p. 3389), as commonly cited; page not read from the scan · C. T. Russell · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“he Hamilton Times of the next day, and thus reached many more than were able to hear it. The “truth” people all looked and felt joyful in the Lord, and, as our train pulled away from the station, about fiftv of U3 joined in singing, “God be with you till we meet again.” UNIVERSAL ANARCHY— JUST BEFORE OR AFTER OCTOBER. 1914 A. D. What seems at first glance the veriest trifle and wholly un¬ related to the matter, has changed our conviction respecting the time when universal anarchy may be expected in accord with the prophetic numbers. We now expect that the anarch¬ istic culmination of the great time of trouble which will pre¬ cede the Millennial blessings will be after October, 1914, A. D. — very speedily thereafter, in our opinion — “in one hour,” “suddenly.” Our readers familiar with the presentation of the subject given in Millennial Dawn will recall that the date, October, 1914 A. D.,”

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1914 · pp.99, 101 · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn (copyright 1889 Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society)

“will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. ... which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership”

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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, “Author's Foreword”

1 octombrie 1916 · pp.i-iv (foreword) · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association

“The author acknowledges that in this book he presents the thought that the Lord's saints might expect to be with Him in glory at the ending of the Gentile Times. This was a natural mistake to fall into ... Our mistake was evidently not in respect to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles; we drew a false conclusion, however, not authorized by the Word of the Lord.”

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The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), “Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth”

1943 · pp.239-241, 300-302 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'times of the Gentiles' ... would continue and extend to the fall of A.D. 1914. ... the Government at its birth in A.D. 1914 ... Christ's coming to the temple in 1918 was entirely unexpected, even to his devoted faithful followers.”

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Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, “Chapter 10, Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”

1993 · p.135 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

“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.”

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Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (jv), “Chapter 10, Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”

1993 · pp.133 (and footnote i) · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“From Mr. Barbour ... Russell also came to be persuaded that Christ's invisible presence had begun in 1874. ... [fn. i] A clearer understanding of Biblical chronology was published in 1943, in the book 'The Truth Shall Make You Free,' and it was then refined the following year”

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