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1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy
Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first
MARK 13;10 MATTHEW 24;14
And who is the most high JEHOVAH using to get the job done.
NO NEED TO GUESS IT IS VERY CLEAR TO SEE
it is JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
KISS THE SON PSALM 2;12
DECADES in advance, Bible students proclaimed that there would be significant developments in 1914. What were these, and what evidence points to 1914 as such an important year?
As recorded at Luke 21:24, Jesus said: “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the appointed times of the nations [“the times of the Gentiles,” King James Version] are fulfilled.” Jerusalem had been the capital city of the Jewish nation—the seat of rulership of the line of kings from the house of King David. (Psalm 48:1, 2) However, these kings were unique among national leaders. They sat on “Jehovah’s throne” as representatives of God himself. (1 Chronicles 29:23) Jerusalem was thus a symbol of Jehovah’s rulership.
How and when, though, did God’s rulership begin to be “trampled on by the nations”?
This happened in 607 B.C.E. when Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians. “Jehovah’s throne” became vacant, and the line of kings who descended from David was interrupted. (2 Kings 25:1-26) Would this ‘trampling’ go on forever?
No, for the prophecy of Ezekiel said regarding Jerusalem’s last king, Zedekiah: “Remove the turban, and lift off the crown. . . . It will certainly become no one’s until he comes who has the legal right, and I must give it to him.” (Ezekiel 21:26, 27) The one who has “the legal right” to the Davidic crown is Christ Jesus. (Luke 1:32, 33) So the ‘trampling’ would end when Jesus became King.
When would that grand event occur?
Jesus showed that the Gentiles would rule for a fixed period of time.
The account in Daniel chapter 4 holds the key to knowing how long that period would last.
It relates a prophetic dream experienced by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He saw an immense tree that was chopped down. Its stump could not grow because it was banded with iron and copper. An angel declared: “Let seven times pass over it.”—Daniel 4:10-16.
In the Bible, trees are sometimes used to represent rulership. (Ezekiel 17:22-24; 31:2-5) So the chopping down of the symbolic tree represents how God’s rulership, as expressed through the kings at Jerusalem, would be interrupted. However, the vision served notice that this ‘trampling of Jerusalem’ would be temporary—a period of “seven times.” How long a period is that?
Revelation 12:6, 14 indicates that three and a half times equal “a thousand two hundred and sixty days.” “Seven times” would therefore last twice as long, or 2,520 days.
But the Gentile nations did not stop ‘trampling’ on God’s rulership a mere 2,520 days after Jerusalem’s fall.
Evidently, then, this prophecy covers a much longer period of time.
On the basis of Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, which speak of “a day for a year,” the “seven times” would cover 2,520 years.
As recorded at Luke 21:24, Jesus said: “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the appointed times of the nations [“the times of the Gentiles,” King James Version] are fulfilled.” Jerusalem had been the capital city of the Jewish nation—the seat of rulership of the line of kings from the house of King David. (Psalm 48:1, 2) However, these kings were unique among national leaders. They sat on “Jehovah’s throne” as representatives of God himself. (1 Chronicles 29:23) Jerusalem was thus a symbol of Jehovah’s rulership.
How and when, though, did God’s rulership begin to be “trampled on by the nations”?
This happened in 607 B.C.E. when Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians. “Jehovah’s throne” became vacant, and the line of kings who descended from David was interrupted. (2 Kings 25:1-26) Would this ‘trampling’ go on forever?
No, for the prophecy of Ezekiel said regarding Jerusalem’s last king, Zedekiah: “Remove the turban, and lift off the crown. . . . It will certainly become no one’s until he comes who has the legal right, and I must give it to him.” (Ezekiel 21:26, 27) The one who has “the legal right” to the Davidic crown is Christ Jesus. (Luke 1:32, 33) So the ‘trampling’ would end when Jesus became King.
When would that grand event occur?
Jesus showed that the Gentiles would rule for a fixed period of time.
The account in Daniel chapter 4 holds the key to knowing how long that period would last.
It relates a prophetic dream experienced by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He saw an immense tree that was chopped down. Its stump could not grow because it was banded with iron and copper. An angel declared: “Let seven times pass over it.”—Daniel 4:10-16.
In the Bible, trees are sometimes used to represent rulership. (Ezekiel 17:22-24; 31:2-5) So the chopping down of the symbolic tree represents how God’s rulership, as expressed through the kings at Jerusalem, would be interrupted. However, the vision served notice that this ‘trampling of Jerusalem’ would be temporary—a period of “seven times.” How long a period is that?
Revelation 12:6, 14 indicates that three and a half times equal “a thousand two hundred and sixty days.” “Seven times” would therefore last twice as long, or 2,520 days.
But the Gentile nations did not stop ‘trampling’ on God’s rulership a mere 2,520 days after Jerusalem’s fall.
Evidently, then, this prophecy covers a much longer period of time.
On the basis of Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, which speak of “a day for a year,” the “seven times” would cover 2,520 years.
The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E., when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and the Davidic king was taken off his throne.
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.
Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14.
Just as Jesus predicted, his “presence” as heavenly King has been marked by dramatic world developments—war, famine, earthquakes, pestilences. (Matthew 24:3-8; Luke 21:11)
Such developments bear powerful testimony to the fact that 1914 indeed marked the birth of God’s heavenly Kingdom and the beginning of “the last days” of this present wicked system of things.—2 Timothy 3:1-5.
THE ABOVE taken from the book WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH? published by Jehovahs witnesses
YES its all happening in these the last days ,soon that heavenly kingdom with Jesus as a reigning king , will step into the affairs of mankind
DANIEL 2;44
That kingdom is now well established ,and the kings of the earth have had their day .
since 1914 we have been living in the time of the end, and 1914 certainly was the start of the end for manmade rulerships and goverments .
in with the new and out with the old , bring it on i say . matthew 6;9-10
thrilling times indeed that we are living in right now .
1914 was the start of the last days .
yes the last days of man ruling himself ,not the end of the planet as some religions teach , but the end of manmade rulerships is on the horizan matthew 24;14
but FIRST THIS
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.
Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14.
Just as Jesus predicted, his “presence” as heavenly King has been marked by dramatic world developments—war, famine, earthquakes, pestilences. (Matthew 24:3-8; Luke 21:11)
Such developments bear powerful testimony to the fact that 1914 indeed marked the birth of God’s heavenly Kingdom and the beginning of “the last days” of this present wicked system of things.—2 Timothy 3:1-5.
THE ABOVE taken from the book WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH? published by Jehovahs witnesses
YES
its all happening in these the last days ,soon that heavenly kingdom with Jesus as a reigning king , will step into the affairs of mankind DANIEL 2;44
That kingdom is now well established ,and the kings of the earth have had their day .
since 1914 we have been living in the time of the end, and 1914 certainly was the start of the end for manmade rulerships and goverments .
in with the new and out with the old , bring it on i say . matthew 6;9-10
thrilling times indeed that we are living in right now .
1914 was the start of the last days .
yes the last days of man ruling himself ,not the end of the planet as some religions teach , but the end of manmade rulerships is on the horizan matthew 24;14
but FIRST THIS
Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first
MARK 13;10 MATTHEW 24;14
And who is the most high JEHOVAH using to get the job done.
NO NEED TO GUESS IT IS VERY CLEAR TO SEE it is JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
KISS THE SON PSALM 2;12
