Page 301 of the 'Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy' book (1999) has a summary of all the prophetic periods of Daniel.
Prophetic Time Periods In Daniel:
Seven Times (2,520 years): (Daniel 4:6,25) - October 607 BCE to October 1914 CE. (Messianic Kingdom Established.)
Three and a half times: (1,260 days): (Daniel 7:25; 12:7) - December 1914 to June 1918. (Anointed Christians harassed.)
2,300 evenings and mornings: (Daniel 8:14) - June 1 or 15, 1938 to October 8 or 22, 1944. ("Great Crowd" emerge and multiply.)
70 weeks (490 years): (Daniel 9:24-27) - 455 BCE to 36 CE. (Messiah's coming and his earthly ministry.)
1,290 days: (Daniel 12:11) - January 1919 to September 1922. (Anointed Christians awaken and progress spiritually.)
1,335 days: (Daniel 12:12) - September 1922 to May 1926. (Anointed Christians attain a happy state.)
I thought it interesting that 4 out of 6 of these prophetic periods are applied to the 'anointed remnant' or 'Great Crowd', between the years of 1914 and 1944. The WTS applies the 'day for a year' rule to the Seven Times of Daniel 4:6,25 but not to the Three and a Half Times of Daniel 7:25.
How could anyone getting 'harassed' be a fulfillment of bible prophesy? How they get the fulfillment of Daniel 12:12 to be that Anointed Christians attained a 'happy state' in May 1926 is a gem!
Page 303 of the 'Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy' book continues: (my comments in red)
Happiness For The Holy Ones
24. Jehovah's angel concludes his prophecy regarding the holy ones with these words: "Happy is the one who is keeping in expectation and who arrives at the one thousand three hundred and thirty five days!" (Daniel 12:12) The angel gives no clues as to when this period begins or ends. History suggests that it simply follows on the heels of the preceding period. History suggests or is it the WTS suggesting. How does history suggest this? In that case it would run from the autumn of 1922 to the late spring of 1926. Did the holy ones come to a state of happiness by the end of that period? Yes. In important spiritual ways.
25. Even after the convention of 1922 some of God's holy ones were still looking longingly to the past. The basic study material for their meetings was still the Bible and the volumes of 'Studies in the Scriptures' by C. T. Russell. At that time, there was a widely held view that pointed to 1925 as the year for the resurrection to begin and for Paradise to be restored to the earth.
A widely held view? Maybe the bible students thought that Armageddon was coming in that year because that is what the Watchtower Society was telling them. The April 1, 1923 Watchtower p106 stated: "Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge."
Thus, many were serving with a fixed date in mind. Some proudly refused to share in the work of preaching to the public. Once again the rank and file are blamed for fixing dates and now being too proud! Doesn't this remind you of this passage in the Nov 1 1995 Watchtower: "Eager to see the end of this evil system, 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."
This was not a happy state of affairs.
26. As the 1,335 days progressed, however, all of this began to change. (As 1925 came and went without any sign of Armageddon!) Preaching came to the fore, as regular arrangements for everyone to participate in the field ministry were established. (That must have made everyone really happy!) Meetings were scheduled to study the Watchtower each week. The issue of March 1, 1925, carried the historic article "Birth of a Nation" giving God's people a full understanding of what had happened in the 1914-1919 period. (Or an explanation of why yet another prophesy had failed!) After 1925 passed, the holy ones no longer served God with an immediate, explicit deadline in view. Rather, the sanctification of Jehovah's name was paramount. This vital truth was highlighted, as never before, in the January 1, 1926 Watchtower article "Who Will Honor Jehovah?" At the convention in May 1926, the book 'Deliverance' was released. This was one of a series of new books designed to replace Studies in the Scriptures. No longer were the holy ones looking to the past. They were looking confidently to the future and the work ahead. As prophesied, the 1,335 days therefore ended with the holy ones in a happy state.
Happy state? Most were probably very disillusioned by yet another failed Watchtower Society prophecy. This is seen by the stagnation of the WTS numbers in the following decade.
28. With all these prophetic marks to identify "the holy ones of the Supreme One," what excuse can there be for failure to recognize them and associate with them?
This last part should read: "With all the identifying marks of a false prophet, what excuse can there be for failure to recognize the Watchtower Society as such and leave?"
What the Watchtower calls a 'happy state' that fulfills bible prophecy in May 1926 is the result of a failed prediction of resurrection and restoration for 1925, and the resulting disillusionment that followed before a new date was set. This state also existed in 1874, 1914, 1975 and 1994.
This application is so strained as to be laughable.
City Fan.