20 Time Proofs for 1914

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  • GermanXJW
    GermanXJW

    The following is from the "Berean Bible Teachers' Manual (1908)".

    How many proofs are still taught by JW? Which is your favorite one?

    TWENTY TIME PROOFS

    That the Kingdom of Evil Will Cease And the Earthly Phase of the Kingdom of God be Established in 1914-1915

    Gen 15:9 The ages of the animals offered by Abraham regated eleven years, which, applied prophetically, on the scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the length of time from the date of the Abrahamic covenant, 2045 B.C., to A.D. 1915

    Isa 40:2 One of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the Gospel age would end therefore in 1914

    Jer. 16:18 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914

    Zech 9:12 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914

    Num 9:11 The fact that Christ was slain at the full moon (symbol of Israel under the Law Covenant), typified that it was the turning point between two equal periods of Jewish history. This foreshadows Israels' rehabilitation in A.D. 1915

    Gen 25:24 The fact that Esau, type of fleshly Israel and Jacob, type of spiritual Israel, were twins, typified that the length of the Jewish and Gospel ages would be equal. This would bring the full end of the Gospel Age in A.D. 1914

    Lev 26: 18 The Jewish people were promised, under certain conditions, a special chastisement of "Seven Times" otherwise called "The times of the Gentiles". These "Seven Times", or 2520 literal years, began with the overthrow of Israel's typical kingdom in the days of Zedekiah, 606 B.C. and will therefore end in A.D.1914

    Dan 4:16 Nebudchadnezzar's seven years of insanity, typified the times of the Gentiles, 2520 years, ending in 1914.

    2 Chr 36:22 The decree of Cyrus, 536 B.C., 605 years prior to Israel's complete overthrow as a people, typifies Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the transfer of the Papal residence from Rome to Avignon.

    Ezra 4:24 Ezra's resumption of work upon the temple, 521 B.C., 590 Years prior to Israel's complete overthrow typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the publication of Marsiglio's Defensor Pacis

    Ezra 6:15 Completion of rebuilding of the temple, 521 B.C., 586 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 586 years after the death of Marsiglio

    Ezra 7:7 Dedication of the temple, 467 B.C., 536 years prior to Isreal's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 536 years after the schism in the Papacy, when two popes were on the throne at the same time; Wycliffe's turning point

    Neh 2:8 Nehemiah's commission, 454 B.C., 523 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 523 years after Huss became acquainted with Wycliffe's works and continued the reformation

    Dan 9:25 The point 405 B.C., 474 years prior to Israel's overthrow, marked by Daniel's setting apart of the 'seven weeks' from the 'sixty and two weeks', typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 474 years after the invention of printing.

    1 Ki. 12:16 The division of the kingdom of Israel into the ten-tribe and the two-tribe Kingdoms, 393 years prior to Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 393 years after Luther's excommunication.

    2 Ki. 20:1 The sickness of Hezekiah, 125 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 125 years after the French Revolution

    2 Chron 33:15 Manasseh's reformation, 68 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 68 years after the formation of the Evangelical Alliance

    2 Chr 34:3 The beginning of Josiah's seeking after God, 45 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 45 years after the editor of Zion's Watch Tower began the search for what is now "Present Truth"

    2 Ki. 22:3 The finding of the book of the Law by Josiah, 35 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 35 years after the founding of Zion's Watch Tower

    Ezek 21:25 the overthrow of Zedekiah, 3520 years after the fall in the Garden of Eden, foreshadows the complete wiping out of the fall 3520 years later in 2914 A.D., and since the Millennium is a period of a thousand years duration, this proves that the Millennium proper begins with the close of the year 1914.

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    Hmmmmm.... Let me see here.....

    TWENTY TIME PROOFS

    That the Kingdom of Evil Will Cease And the Earthly Phase of the Kingdom of God be Established in 1914-1915

    Gen 15:9 The ages of the animals offered by Abraham regated eleven years, which, applied prophetically, on the scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the length of time from the date of the Abrahamic covenant, 2045 B.C., to A.D. 1915

    WRONG!

    Isa 40:2 One of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the Gospel age would end therefore in 1914

    WRONG!

    Jer. 16:18 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914

    WRONG!

    Zech 9:12 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914

    WRONG!

    Num 9:11 The fact that Christ was slain at the full moon (symbol of Israel under the Law Covenant), typified that it was the turning point between two equal periods of Jewish history. This foreshadows Israels' rehabilitation in A.D. 1915

    WRONG!

    Gen 25:24 The fact that Esau, type of fleshly Israel and Jacob, type of spiritual Israel, were twins, typified that the length of the Jewish and Gospel ages would be equal. This would bring the full end of the Gospel Age in A.D. 1914

    WRONG!

    Lev 26: 18 The Jewish people were promised, under certain conditions, a special chastisement of "Seven Times" otherwise called "The times of the Gentiles". These "Seven Times", or 2520 literal years, began with the overthrow of Israel's typical kingdom in the days of Zedekiah, 606 B.C. and will therefore end in A.D.1914

    WRONG!

    Dan 4:16 Nebudchadnezzar's seven years of insanity, typified the times of the Gentiles, 2520 years, ending in 1914.

    WRONG!

    2 Chr 36:22 The decree of Cyrus, 536 B.C., 605 years prior to Israel's complete overthrow as a people, typifies Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the transfer of the Papal residence from Rome to Avignon.

    WRONG!

    Ezra 4:24 Ezra's resumption of work upon the temple, 521 B.C., 590 Years prior to Israel's complete overthrow typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the publication of Marsiglio's Defensor Pacis

    WRONG!

    Ezra 6:15 Completion of rebuilding of the temple, 521 B.C., 586 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 586 years after the death of Marsiglio

    WRONG!

    Ezra 7:7 Dedication of the temple, 467 B.C., 536 years prior to Isreal's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 536 years after the schism in the Papacy, when two popes were on the throne at the same time; Wycliffe's turning point

    WRONG!

    Neh 2:8 Nehemiah's commission, 454 B.C., 523 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 523 years after Huss became acquainted with Wycliffe's works and continued the reformation

    WRONG!

    Dan 9:25 The point 405 B.C., 474 years prior to Israel's overthrow, marked by Daniel's setting apart of the 'seven weeks' from the 'sixty and two weeks', typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 474 years after the invention of printing.

    WRONG!

    1 Ki. 12:16 The division of the kingdom of Israel into the ten-tribe and the two-tribe Kingdoms, 393 years prior to Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 393 years after Luther's excommunication.

    WRONG!

    2 Ki. 20:1 The sickness of Hezekiah, 125 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 125 years after the French Revolution

    WRONG!

    2 Chron 33:15 Manasseh's reformation, 68 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 68 years after the formation of the Evangelical Alliance

    WRONG!

    2 Chr 34:3 The beginning of Josiah's seeking after God, 45 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 45 years after the editor of Zion's Watch Tower began the search for what is now "Present Truth"

    WRONG!

    2 Ki. 22:3 The finding of the book of the Law by Josiah, 35 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 35 years after the founding of Zion's Watch Tower

    WRONG!

    Ezek 21:25 the overthrow of Zedekiah, 3520 years after the fall in the Garden of Eden, foreshadows the complete wiping out of the fall 3520 years later in 2914 A.D., and since the Millennium is a period of a thousand years duration, this proves that the Millennium proper begins with the close of the year 1914.

    WRONG!

  • SpannerintheWorks
    SpannerintheWorks

    There are no "dates", as such in the Bible.

    Spanner

  • neyank
    neyank

    SAY WHAT?!?!?!?

    neyank

  • hooberus
    hooberus

    Thae Harp of God (1921) has even better proofs that Jesus returned in 1874 such as:

    • correspondence schools
    • creme separators
    • South Pole
    • barbed wire
    • antiseptic surgery
    • cash registers

    With incredible evidence as this one must agree with the 1924 Watchtower that "Surley there is not the slightest room for doubt in the mind of the truely consecrated child of God that the Lord Jesus has been present since 1874."

  • iggy_the_fish
    iggy_the_fish
    2 Ki. 20:1 The sickness of Hezekiah, 125 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 125 years after the French Revolution

    Now that's proper bonkers, that is.

    ig.

  • GermanXJW
    GermanXJW

    I like the first one best:

    Gen 15:9 The ages of the animals offered by Abraham regated eleven years, which, applied prophetically, on the scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the length of time from the date of the Abrahamic covenant, 2045 B.C., to A.D. 1915

    The text just says:

    "And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon."

    It is one thing to say that the animals are eleven years old. It is still another thing to put this to 3960 years from 2045 to 1915.

  • johnny cip
    johnny cip

    YES ::::: this is good news of the kingdom. one question i don't get which wt book this is from???? did i miss something here .... please explain , maybe it's a german wt book i never heard of this one before..... but i'm still willing to learn....john

  • GermanXJW
    GermanXJW

    It is from the Berean Bible Teachers' Manual composed by C. Woodworth and G. Seibert and published by the WTS.

    It is still distributed by the Bible Students, mostly as the Expanded Commentary that also contents the comments from the WT after 1908.

  • minimus
    minimus

    ANYBODY that can dismiss this crap as merely being old light, should be ASHAMED of themselves. They should refer to themselves as the "Faithful & Decieved Class". When I read this stuff, I can't for the life of me, understand how some people can still be apologists for the Bible Students or the JW's. It is shameful! Persons that go along with these "proofs" are either very dumb or very pathetic.

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