We had a discussion on this several months ago. Clyde is wanting to see a copy of the article back in the 20's? I can't find it. Can anybody help?
Bonnie
Sewing Machine - A sign of the last days
by Bonnie_Clyde 6 Replies latest jw friends
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juni
Yes!!! My memory is pretty good. I thought we discussed this before. Sorry I don't remember where it is though.
Juni
I went to the SEARCH here, but directed me to Google what I wanted. Did you try this Bonnie?
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Nathan Natas
This is one of my favorite demonstrations of how clearly jehovah is leading his people!
I keep the following file handy for reference:
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The following is from the "Berean Bible Teachers' Manual" (published in 1908 written by Clayton J. Woodworth, co-author of "The Finished Mystery").
How many proofs are still taught by JW?
Which is your favorite?
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TWENTY TIME PROOFS
That the Kingdom of Evil Will Cease And the Earthly Phase of the Kingdom of God be Established in 1914-1915
Gen 15:9 The ages of the animals offered by Abraham regated eleven years, which, applied prophetically, on the scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the length of time from the date of the Abrahamic covenant, 2045 B.C., to A.D. 1915
Isa 40:2 One of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the Gospel age would end therefore in 1914
Jer. 16:18 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914
Zech 9:12 Another of the prophecies showing that the Jewish and Gospel ages would be of equal length and that the latter would end in 1914
Num 9:11 The fact that Christ was slain at the full moon (symbol of Israel under the Law Covenant), typified that it was the turning point between two equal periods of Jewish history. This foreshadows Israels' rehabilitation in A.D. 1915
Gen 25:24 The fact that Esau, type of fleshly Israel and Jacob, type of spiritual Israel, were twins, typified that the length of the Jewish and Gospel ages would be equal. This would bring the full end of the Gospel Age in A.D. 1914
Lev 26: 18 The Jewish people were promised, under certain conditions, a special chastisement of "Seven Times" otherwise called "The times of the Gentiles". These "Seven Times", or 2520 literal years, began with the overthrow of Israel's typical kingdom in the days of Zedekiah, 606 B.C. and will therefore end in A.D.1914
Dan 4:16 Nebudchadnezzar's seven years of insanity, typified the times of the Gentiles, 2520 years, ending in 1914.
2 Chr 36:22 The decree of Cyrus, 536 B.C., 605 years prior to Israel's complete overthrow as a people, typifies Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the transfer of the Papal residence from Rome to Avignon.
Ezra 4:24 Ezra's resumption of work upon the temple, 521 B.C., 590 Years prior to Israel's complete overthrow typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 605 years after the publication of Marsiglio's Defensor Pacis
Ezra 6:15 Completion of rebuilding of the temple, 521 B.C., 586 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 586 years after the death of Marsiglio
Ezra 7:7 Dedication of the temple, 467 B.C., 536 years prior to Isreal's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 536 years after the schism in the Papacy, when two popes were on the throne at the same time; Wycliffe's turning point
Neh 2:8 Nehemiah's commission, 454 B.C., 523 years prior to Israel's overthrow, typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 523 years after Huss became acquainted with Wycliffe's works and continued the reformation
Dan 9:25 The point 405 B.C., 474 years prior to Israel's overthrow, marked by Daniel's setting apart of the 'seven weeks' from the 'sixty and two weeks', typified Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 474 years after the invention of printing.
1 Ki. 12:16 The division of the kingdom of Israel into the ten-tribe and the two-tribe Kingdoms, 393 years prior to Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 393 years after Luther's excommunication.
2 Ki. 20:1 The sickness of Hezekiah, 125 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 125 years after the French Revolution
2 Chron 33:15 Manasseh's reformation, 68 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 68 years after the formation of the Evangelical Alliance
2 Chr 34:3 The beginning of Josiah's seeking after God, 45 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 45 years after the editor of Zion's Watch Tower began the search for what is now "Present Truth"
2 Ki. 22:3 The finding of the book of the Law by Josiah, 35 years before Zedekiah's overthrow, foreshadows Christendom's overthrow in 1914, 35 years after the founding of Zion's Watch Tower
Ezek 21:25 the overthrow of Zedekiah, 3520 years after the fall in the Garden of Eden, foreshadows the complete wiping out of the fall 3520 years later in 2914 A.D., and since the Millennium is a period of a thousand years duration, this proves that the Millennium proper begins with the close of the year 1914.
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"The Harp of God" (by WTS president Joseph Franklin Rutherford, published 1921) offers these proofs that Jesus returned in the year 1874:
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"It was in the year 1874, the date of our Lord's second presence that the first labor organization in the world was created. From that time forward, there has been a marvelous increase of light, and the inventions and discoveries have been too numerous for us to mention all of them here, but mention is made of some of those that have come to light since 1874, as further evidence of the Lord's presence since that date, as follows: Adding machines, aeroplanes, aluminum, antiseptic surgery, artificial dyes, automatic couplers, automobiles, barbed wire, bicycles, carborundum, cash registers, celluloid, correspondence schools, cream separators, Darkest Africa, disk plows, Divine Plan of the Ages, dynamite, electric railways, electric welding, escalators, fireless cookers, gas engines, harvesting machines, illuminating gas, induction motors, linotypes, match machines, monotypes, motion pictures, North Pole, Panama Canal, pasteurization, radium, railway signals, Roentgen Rays, shoe-sewing machines, skyscrapers, smokeless powder, South Pole, submarines, subways, talking machines, telephones, television, typewriters, vacuum cleaners, and wireless telegraphy."
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Mystla
ROFLMAO!!! And I always thought the technilogical age was started by aliens!!! I never knew to attribute it to christ!
(Hubby says we should start calling Tesla "Christ" as he thinks Tesla is where it all began)
Facinating quotes, thank you!
Misty
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Atlantis
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/intro.html Based mainly on the Old Testament book of Daniel that stated that "knowledge will increase" in the "time of the end" they believed many if not most scientific discoveries and inventions were fulfilling this and similar Scriptures and proved that the Golden Age was at the door. Inventions paving the way for the Millennium included the invention of washing machines,[33] rotary engines, [34] car transported refrigeration of food, [35]sewing machines and plumbing, [36] and wireless radio, to name a few. [37] All were confidently proclaimed as infallible proofs of the dawn of the New Age. The Golden Age, June 23, 1920, p 604. http://x5.freeshare.us/view/?126fs631375.jpg Cheers! Atlantis-
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jayhawk1
The Harp Of God--1921
[410]The Lord's illustration of the sun rising in the east and shining across to the west, which would occur at the time of his presence, is further proof of the increased light at the time of his presence; and true to prophecy, this has taken place. The laboring classes have always been down-trodden and kept in subjection to the financial, ecclesiastical, and political princes. It was in the year 1874, the date of our Lord's second presence, that the first labor organization was created in the world. From that time forward there has been a marvelous increase of light and the inventions and discoveries have been too numerous for us to mention all of them here, but mention is made of some of those that have come to light since 1874, as further evidence of the Lord's presence since that date, as follows: Adding machines, aeroplanes, aluminum, antiseptic surgery, artificial dyes, automatic couplers, automobiles, barbed wire, bicycles, carborundum, cash registers, celluloid, correspondence schools, cream separators, Darkest Africa, disk ploughs, Divine Plan of the Ages, dynamite, electric railways, electric welding, escalators, fireless cookers, gas engines, harvesting machines, illuminating gas, induction motors, linotypes, match machines, monotypes, motion pictures, North Pole, Panama Canal, Pasteurization, railway signals, Roentgen rays, shoe sewing machines, smokeless powder, South Pole, submarines, radium, sky scrapers, subways, talking machines, telephones, typewriters, vacuum cleaners, and wireless telegraphy.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12868/12868-h/12868-h.htm
My favorite is the list includes bicycles, typewriters and vacuum cleaners.
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Bonnie_Clyde
Thanks for your help.
