Posted by AF [AF] on November 09, 1999 at 18:40:09 {4Hfg918T5g1EwaxRomAMdaOt1gg/Zk}:
In Reply to: CHARLIE BEING IGNORED... posted by DaJahVeu on November 09, 1999 at 13:59:25:
: "...Bible chronology also fixes the time for Christ's second presence and the assuming of his right to rule as at 1914; this date was published in The Watchtower as early as 1879, 35 years before 1914." [The Sign of Christ's Presence, p.3]
What is this "Sign of Christ's Presence"?
: Has anyone ever seen the above WT where this quote was made? I have looked for it, and I can't find any reference anywhere to support this claim!
That's because it's not there. The first mention in Zion's Watch Tower of 1914 is in the March 1880 issue, p. 2. It said:
"The Times of the gentiles" extend to 1914, and the heavenly kingdom will not have full sway till then, but as a "Stone" the kingdom of God is set up "in the days of these (ten gentile) kings," and by consuming them it becomes a universal kingdom -- a "great mountain and fills the whole Earth."
AF