Study in the Scriptures "The Time is at Hand"
Charles Taze Russell
So, then, whereas Usher dates A.D. 1 as the year 4005
from the creation of Adam, it really was, as we have shown,
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*A similar discrepancy will be noticed in comparing 2 Chron. 36:9 with
2 Kings 24:8
, the one giving eighteen years and the other, evidentlyincorrect, giving eight years as the age of Jehoiachin, who reigned three
months, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, and was punished by captivity,
etc. Such a mistake could easily occur, but God has so guarded his
Word that the few trivial errors of copyists are made very manifest, and
the full harmony of his Word gives ample foundation for faith.
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the year 4129, according to the Bible record, thus showing
the year 1872 A.D. to be the year of the world 6000, and
1873 A.D. the commencement of the seventh thousand-year
period, the seventh millennium, or thousand-year day
of earth's history.
Thus chronology as gathered from the Bible alone, from
creation down to well authenticated secular history, is clear
and strong, bearing evidence, too, of the peculiar methods
of divine providence in its record, in its concealing and in
its gradual unfolding in due time. And this, together with
the reliable dates of the Christian era and the several centuries
before it at hand, enables us to locate ourselves accurately
on the stream of time. And we begin hopefully to lift
up our heads and rejoice, as we realize that we are actually
sweeping into the glorious age of the seventh millennium--
even though we recognize that its beginning is to be dark
and full of trouble, as foretold by the prophets, and that the
storm-clouds are already gathering and growing darker.