russell believed Armaggedon commenced in 1874, and that it would escalate and build over a period of forty years, ending in 1914.
This 40 year period, called "the harvest" coincided in "Parallel" with the years 30ce thru 70 ce.
This explanation of mine is open to modifications, such as whether it started 29ce, or 30ce, but is basically correct.
Russell expected many events to occur before 1914 arrived. Example, the return of the Jews to Jerusalem. When this hadnt happened, or didnt look like happening by 1910, 1912, Russell started to slip around and hedge his bets a bit.Thus WT quotes from 1912 with Russell saying ."WE have not predicted anything".
The fact that the Jews reestablished in Israel in 1948 has been the wellspring of much current predictive date setting amongst current Christian revivalists .Some claim the "generation" will end in 2018.
This 40 year period, called "the harvest" coincided in "Parallel" with the years 30ce thru 70 ce.
This explanation of mine is open to modifications, such as whether it started 29ce, or 30ce, but is basically correct.
Russell expected many events to occur before 1914 arrived. Example, the return of the Jews to Jerusalem. When this hadnt happened, or didnt look like happening by 1910, 1912, Russell started to slip around and hedge his bets a bit.Thus WT quotes from 1912 with Russell saying ."WE have not predicted anything".
The fact that the Jews reestablished in Israel in 1948 has been the wellspring of much current predictive date setting amongst current Christian revivalists .Some claim the "generation" will end in 2018.