En juillet 1894, Zion's Watch Tower a dit aux lecteurs qui doutaient de la date de 1914 : 'They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours', ajoutant que 'the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble'.

En juillet 1894, Zion's Watch Tower a dit aux lecteurs qui doutaient de la date de 1914 : 'They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours', ajoutant que 'the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble'. Source: Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 15 juillet 1894

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : Proclaimers (1993) p. 135 reconnaît que les premiers Étudiants de la Bible 'first thought that global troubles culminating in anarchy... would precede that date', et ajoute : 'But then, ten years before 1914, the Watch Tower suggested that worldwide turmoil that would result in the annihilating of human institutions would come right after the end of the Gentile Times.'

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Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)”

15 juillet 1894 · pp.226 (standard citation); Reprints pp. 1676-1677 (the passage falls under the [1676] marker) · C. T. Russell (editor) · Tower Publishing Co., Allegheny, Pa.

“our readers are writing to know if there may not be a mistake in the 1914 date. ... We see no reason for changing the figures—nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.”

Reply to readers who, seeing labour unrest, doubted conditions could last until 1914.

Numérisation de l’original ↗ (s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

Note de provenance et de vérification for Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)

Note sur la fiabilité. Wording and 'July 15, 1894' issue header confirmed in the scan OCR; Reprints marker [1676] precedes the passage. Original page number 226 is the standard citation but not read from the scan.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1894 volume (Reprints pagination visible, e.g. '[1676]'). Public domain.

Notes. Important: the sentence explicitly says 1914 was expected to be the END of the time of trouble.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-zwt-1894-0715-gods-dates

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