40 years from 1874 to 1914.
Three Worlds Page 83
The seventy years captivity ended in the first year of Cyrus, which was B. C. 536. They therefore commenced seventy years before, or B. C. 606. Hence, it was in B. C. 606, that God?s kingdom ended, the diadem was removed, and all the earth given up to the Gentiles. 2520 years from B. C. 606, will end in A. D. 1914, or forty years from 1874; and this forty years upon which we have now entered is to be such ?a time of trouble as never was since there was a nation.? And during this forty years, the kingdom of God is to be set up, (but not in the flesh, ?the natural first and afterwards the spiritual),? the Jews are to be restored, the Gentile kingdoms broken in pieces ?like a potter?s vessel,? and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ, and the judgment age introduced.
ibid, Page 188 189
And again, the fact that there is what appears to be clear Bible evidence that the dispensation represented by the ?twelve tribes of Israel,? and the dispensation of the gospel, or twelve apostles, were to be equal, and that, according to this chronology, these dispensations are now equal, just when the jubilee cycles run outjust when ?the day of the Lord? is dueis certainly a strange coincidence, which, coming as it does directly from the Bible, is worthy of more than a mere passing thought. And again, all men can see that we are entering strange and unusual times; that there is a foreboding of trouble. And the Bible distinctly teaches that this age is to end with ?distress of nations,? ?men?s hearts failing them with fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth,? a ?universal time of trouble,? the falling of the thrones, & c. The number forty which is a very prominent period as connected first with the flood (Gen. 7:17); second, with the wilderness, Mount Sinai and Moses; third, with Elijah, with Christ, and with the destruction of Jerusalem, from the beginning of Christ?s work, or from A. D. 30, to A. D. 70, is again made to appear just at this point? The seven prophetic times of the Gentiles, or 25-20 years, is a long period, and without doubt began where God?s kingdom, in the line of David, ended, at the beginning of the seventy years captivity, or B. C. 606. And as from where the harvest of the Jewish age began, to A. D. 70, was forty years so this 2520 years, or the ?times of the Gentiles,? reach from B. C. 606 to A. D. 1914, or forty years beyond 1874. And the time of trouble, conquest of the nations, and events connected with the day of wrath, have only ample time, during the balance of this forty years, for their fulfilment.
These are texts written by Nelson Barbour. There are LOTS of texts used in the total writings relative to 1874. Hope these helped. Gary
