Source recordPrimary JW publicationverified1940sPredictions and dates

Source record · Primary JW publication

The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), “Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth”

1943pp. 239-241, 300-302Source ID src-tf-1943-00-p239-241-p300-302Accessed 19 September 2026
Primary JW publication Verified

The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), “Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth”

1943 · pp.239-241, 300-302 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

“the 'times of the Gentiles' ... would continue and extend to the fall of A.D. 1914. ... the Government at its birth in A.D. 1914 ... Christ's coming to the temple in 1918 was entirely unexpected, even to his devoted faithful followers.”

1943 chronology places the end of the seven times and the Kingdom's birth in 1914 and Christ's coming to the temple in 1918; the book does not mention 1874 (grep found no occurrence). Proclaimers (p. 133 fn. i) identifies this book as where 'a clearer understanding of Biblical chronology was published in 1943'.

Provenance and verification note for The Truth Shall Make You Free (book), Chapters 'Seven Times' and on the Kingdom's birth

Confidence note. Passages and page markers (239-241, 300, 302) read in the OCR. The claim that this book is where the presence date moved from 1874 to 1914 rests on jv p.133 fn. i plus the absence of 1874 here; a sentence explicitly saying 'presence began in 1914' was not found.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive / Digital Library of India scan. Copyright 1943; short quotation only.

Corroborated by. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-tf-1943-00-p239-241-p300-302