Source recordPrimary JW publicationverified1880sPredictions and dates

Source record · Primary JW publication

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889p. 101Source ID src-sits2-1889-00-p101-battleAccessed 19 September 2026
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Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1889 · p.101 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co. / Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced.”

Same sentence says the Kingdom was due 'to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878'.

Provenance and verification note for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, first edition, Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Confidence note. Page header 'Times of the Gentiles. 101' immediately precedes the passage in the first-edition OCR text.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive community upload (daveignatius); public domain.

Corroborated by. src-sits2-1914-00-p99-p101-1915

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-sits2-1889-00-p101-battle