last days?

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  • jaffacake
    jaffacake

    Here are just a few of a thousand watchtower quotes. They have ALWAYS been wrong about the last days, why sould that suddenly change now?

    1877 'The End Of This World; that is the end of the gospel and the beginning of the millennial age is nearer than most men suppose; indeed we have already entered the transition period, which is to be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation Dan. 12:3." (N.H. Barbour and C.T. Russell, Three Worlds, and the Harvest of This World, p. 17).

    1879 "Christ came in the character of a Bridegroom in 1874.... at the beginning of the Gospel harvest." (Watchtower, Oct 1879, p. 4)

    1880 "We need not here repeat the evidences that the "seventh trump" began its sounding A.D., 1840, and will continue until the end of the time of trouble, and the end of "The times of the Gentiles," A.D., 1914, and that it is the trouble of this "Great day," which is here symbolically called the voice of the Archangel when he begins the deliverance of fleshly Israel. "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince (

    1886 "The outlook at the opening of the New Year has some very encouraging features. The outward evidences are that the marshalling of the hosts for the battle of the great day of God Almighty, is in progress while the skirmishing is commencing. … The time is come for Messiah to take the dominion of earth and to overthrow the oppressors and corrupters of the earth, (Rev. 19:15 and 11:17, 18) preparatory to the establishment of everlasting peace upon the only firm foundation of righteousness and truth." (Zion's Watchtower, January, 1886; Watchtower reprints I, p. 817)

    1888 "In this chapter we present the Bible evidence proving that the full end of the times of the gentiles, i.e., the full end of their lease of dominion, will be reached in A.D. 1914; and that the date will be the farthest limit of the rule of imperfect men. And be it observed, that if this is shown to be a fact firmly established by the Scriptures, it will prove; Firstly, that at that date the Kingdom of God, for which our Lord taught us to pray, saying, Thy Kingdom come, will obtain full, universal control, and that it will then be set up, or firmly established, in the earth, on the ruins of present institutions." (The Time Is At Hand, 1888, p. 76, 77)

  • jaffacake
    jaffacake

    The 25 Largest Earthquake Disasters in Human History Second Edition, October 1998

    (List of events with more than 100,000 victims)

    #

    Date

    Region

    Killed

    Coordinates

    References

    1

    1201

    Jul 5

    Up.

    1,100,000?

    28N; 33E

    [ 1 ]

    2

    1556

    Jan 23

    830,000

    34.5N; 109.7E

    [ 1 , 2 ]

    3

    1976

    Jul 27

    655,237

    39.5N; 117.9E

    [ 1 ]

    (Official data:

    242,000)

    [ 1 , 2 ]

    4

    1737

    Oct 11

    300,000

    22.5N; 88.4E

    [ 1 , 2 ]

    5

    1662

    ?

    300,000

    From [ 2 ], absent in [ 1 ]; A

    6

    1850

    Sep 22

    ,

    300,000

    27.8N; 102.3E

    From [ 2 ], absent in [ 1 ]; A [ 1 ] indicates only Sep 12, 1850; 20K killed.

    7

    1138

    Sep 8

    230,000

    36.1N; 37.2E

    [ 1 ]; B

    8

    856

    Dec 22

    200,000 ?

    35.8N; 54.3E

    [ 1 ]

    9

    1703

    ?

    200,000

    35.4N; 139.4E

    [ 1 ]

    10

    1920

    Dec 16

    ,

    200,000

    36.5N; 105.7E

    [ 1 ]

    11

    1927

    May 22

    200,000

    36.7N; 102.0E

    [ 1 ]

    12

    893

    Mar 23

    150,000

    38.2N; 48.2E

    [ 1 ]

    13

    1693

    Jan 9, 11

    153,000

    37.3N; 15.1E

    [ 1 ]; C (90K + 63K)

    14

    1923

    Sep 1

    142,807

    35.3N; 139.5E

    [ 1 ]

    15

    1730

    Dec 30

    ,

    137,000

    43.3N; 142.5E

    [ 1 ]

    16

    1138

    ?

    and

    100,000

    36.1N; 37.2E

    [ 1 ]; B

    17

    1201

    ?

    100,000

    39.0N; 25.0E

    [ 1 ]

    18

    1290

    Sep 27

    100,000

    41.5N; 119.3E

    [ 1 , 2 ]

    19

    1290

    Sep 27

    100,000

    25.1N; 116.0E

    [ 1 ]

    20

    1693

    Sep ?

    100,000

    37.3N; 15.1E

    [ 1 ]

    21

    1730

    Sep 29

    100,000

    From [ 2 ], absent in [ 1 ]; A

    22

    1731

    Nov 30

    100,000

    39.6N; 116.2E

    [ 1 ]

    23

    1780

    Jan ?

    100,000

    38.0N; 46.2E

    [ 1 , 2 ]; in [ 1 ] 1979, 1780

    24

    1883

    Aug 26

    Java

    100,000

    5.8S; 106.3E

    [ 1 ]

    25

    1908

    Dec 28

    100,000

    38.2N; 15.6E

    (75.000 - 120,000)

    Total: 6,230,000 people killed

    Including:

    Middle East
    India

    3,185,000
    1,430,000
    300,000 450,000 353,000 343,000

    Comments:

    A Earthquake is in reference [2], but absent in reference [1]. Numbers 5, 6, and 21 may be inaccurate.
    B Earthquakes #7 and #16 may be the same event.
    C Total victims of two earthquakes which occured on January 9th and January 11th in the same place in .

    References:

    [1] Catalog of significant earthquakes 2000 B.C.-1979, including Quantative Casualties and Damage. A. 1981.
    [2] LOMNITZ C. Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction.
    [3] Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths from 1900. USGS, . World Data Center A for Seismology.

    Compiled by:

    Vitaly I. Khalturin
    Central Representative
    GeoHazards International

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of
    61 Route 9W
    Phone: (914) 365-8643 (W); Fax: (914)-365-8150.
    E-mail: [email protected]

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    In fairness , The WTBTS has already admitted in a 2002 AWAKE that there have not been more earthquakes since 1914

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