1914 - End of the world

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True, it is expecting great things to claim, as we do, that within the coming twenty-six years all present governments will be overthrown and dissolved ; but we are living in a special and peculiar time, the "Day of Jehovah," in which matters culminate quickly ; and it is written, "A short work will the Lord make upon the earth." [...] In view of this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, 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. Then the prayer of the Church, ever since her Lord took his departure—"Thy Kingdom come"— will be answered ; and under that wise and just administration, the whole earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord—with knowledge, and righteousness, and peace [...]

Source : MILLENNIAL DAWN, Vol.II, The Time is at Hand (1902), page 98 et page 99 [https://archive.org]

Sixthly, It will prove that the great "time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation," will reach its culmination and will end at that date; and then men will have learned to be still, and to know that Jehovah is God and that he will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10.) The condition of things spoken of in symbolic language as raging waves of the sea, melting earth, falling mountains and burning heavens will then have passed away, and the "new heavens and new earth" with their peaceful blessings will begin to be recognized by trouble-tossed humanity. But the Lord's Anointed and his rightful and righteous authority will first be recognized by a company of God's children while passing through the great tribulation—the class represented by m and t on the Chart of the Ages (See also pages 235 to 239, Vol. l); afterward, just at its close, by fleshly Israel; and ultimately by mankind in general.

Source : MILLENNIAL DAWN, Vol.II, The Time is at Hand (1902), page 77 et page 78 [https://archive.org]

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