La date de 1914 est produite par une chaîne de déductions : les ‘sept temps’ de Daniel 4 sont lus comme une période prophétique ; trois temps et demi valent 1 260 jours en Révélation 12:6, 14, donc sept temps font 2 520 jours ; la règle d’un jour pour une année, tirée de Nombres 14:34 et d’Ézékiel 4:6, les convertit en 2 520 ans ; et 2 520 ans à partir d’octobre 607 av. n. è. mènent à octobre 1914.
Claim ID claim-chronology-seven-times-2520Concerns 1988Déclaration explicite
Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : Étude perspicace des Écritures énonce expressément la déduction : ‘Only by applying the formula there expressed of “a day for a year” to the “seven times” of this prophecy can the vision of Daniel chapter 4 have significant fulfillment beyond the day of now extinct Nebuchadnezzar.’
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Publication primaire des Témoins de JéhovahVérifié
1988 · pp.134-135 · under “Seven Symbolic Times” · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“Only by applying the formula there expressed of “a day for a year” to the “seven times” of this prophecy can the vision of Daniel chapter 4 have significant fulfillment beyond the day of now extinct Nebuchadnezzar, as the evidence thus far presented gives reason to expect. They therefore represent 2,520 years.”
The chain is: “times” in Daniel means years; a prophetic year is 360 days because three and a half times equal 1,260 days at Revelation 12:6, 14; “seven times” is therefore 2,520 days; and Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6 supply the day-for-a-year rule. The article acknowledges that others “do not see it as relating to any specific time period or divine schedule”.
Note de provenance et de vérification for Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, Appointed Times of the Nations
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1999 · pp.96-97 · par. 28 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“Since the “seven times” are prophetic, we must apply to the 2,520 days the Scriptural rule: “A day for a year.” … They began with the desolation of Judah and Jerusalem in the seventh lunar month (Tishri 15) of 607 B.C.E. … From that point to 1 B.C.E. is 606 years. The remaining 1,914 years stretch from then to 1914 C.E. Thus, the “seven times,” or 2,520 years, ended by Tishri 15, or October 4/5, 1914 C.E.”
The preceding paragraphs argue that Nebuchadnezzar’s own “seven times” were seven years of 360 days, that 2,520 literal days from 607 B.C.E. would reach only “600 B.C.E., a year having no Scriptural significance”, and that 537 B.C.E. cannot be the end because Zerubbabel was made governor, not king.
Note de provenance et de vérification for Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy!, Unraveling the Mystery of the Great Tree (chap. 6)
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2005 · pp.215-218 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“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.”
The appendix to the organisation’s principal Bible-study textbook of 2005-2015 sets out the chain in five steps: Luke 21:24; Jerusalem as a symbol of Jehovah’s rulership; Daniel 4’s felled tree; 1,260 days x 2 = 2,520 days from Revelation 12:6, 14; and the day-for-a-year rule from Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6. A footnote adds the arithmetic (606 + 1,914 = 2,520, there being no zero year) and refers readers to the article “Chronology” in Insight on the Scriptures.
Note de provenance et de vérification for What Does the Bible Really Teach?, Appendix: 1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy
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2015 · pp.217, 220 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The “seven times” lasted for 2,520 years. If we count 2,520 years from the year 607 B.C.E., we end up at the year 1914. That was when Jehovah made Jesus, the Messiah, King of God’s Kingdom in heaven.”
The simplified successor to the 2005 textbook keeps the same chain in plainer language: “Jerusalem was destroyed in the year 607 B.C.E. That was the start of the ‘seven times.’” and “The 2,520 days are equal to 2,520 years because of the prophetic rule ‘a day for a year.’”
Note de provenance et de vérification for What Can the Bible Teach Us?, Endnote 22: Why Is the Year 1914 So Important?
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19 septembre 2026 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The “seven times” began in October 607 B.C.E., when, according to Bible chronology, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.”
The page sets out the same chain as the 2005 appendix and closes: “Applying the prophetic rule ‘a day for a year,’ the 2,520 days represent 2,520 years. Therefore, the ‘seven times,’ or 2,520 years, would end in October 1914.” Its footnote a refers readers to “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One,” pages 26-31 of the 1 October 2011 Watchtower, and Part Two, pages 22-28 of the 1 November 2011 issue.
Note de provenance et de vérification for JW.org (Bible Questions Answered), What Does Bible Chronology Indicate About the Year 1914?
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Notes.The current, public statement of the teaching. It still routes the reader to the 2011 articles for the 607 BCE date, which remain the organisation’s standing defence.
Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source.src-chr-o-jw-ijwbq-1914
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