# **Proclaimers Book

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Posted by Cygnus [Cygnus] on October 28, 1999 at 15:15:20 {BrTq3yWfsYJlXzGERuiML4bdfUTIaI}:

In Reply to: *Proclaimers Book posted by Sonny on October 28, 1999 at 14:51:04:

Pg. 47:

> Barbour succeeded in convincing Russell that Christ's invisible presence had begun in 1874. . . Convinced that Christ's invisible presence had begun, he was determined to proclaim it to others. He later said: "The knowledge of the fact that we were already in the harvest period gave to me an impetus to spread the Truth such as I never had before. I therefore at once resolved upon a vigorous campaign for the Truth." Russell now decided to curtail his business interests so as to devote himself to preaching.

> To counteract wrong views regarding the Lord's return, Russell wrote the pamphlet The Object and Manner of Our Lord's Return. It was published in 1877. That same year Barbour and Russell jointly published Three Worlds, and the Harvest of This World. This 196-page book discussed the subjects of restitution and Biblical time prophecies. Though each subject had been treated by others before, in Russell's view this book was "the first to combine the idea of restitution with time-prophecy." It presented the view that Jesus Christ's invisible presence dated from the autumn of 1874.

Pg. 138-9:

> A real milestone was reached, therefore, in 1925, when The Watch Tower of March 1 featured the article "Birth of the Nation." It presented an eye-opening study of Revelation chapter 12. The article set forth evidence that the Messianic Kingdom had been born-established-in 1914, that Christ had then begun to rule on his heavenly throne, and that thereafter Satan had been hurled from heaven down to the vicinity of the earth.

The 1973 book God's Kingdom Has Approached says that the adjustment from 1874 to 1914 was made in the 1943 book The Truth Shall Make You Free, which was published shortly after Rutherford's death.

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