Was, "Time is at at hand" in 1873?
We need to remember that Pastor Russel and many others were coming out of the dark ages.
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Here we furnish the evidence that from the creation of Adam to A. D. 1873 was six thousand years. The Time is at Hand. 1907 Page 39 |
If, then, the seventh thousand-year period of earth's history be an epoch specially noted as the period of Christ's reign, we shall, by showing that it began in A. D. 1873, be proving that we are already in it. The Time is at Hand. 1907 Page 40. |
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PERIOD FROM THE RESTORATION TO A. D. 1873. The period from the time of the restoration of the Jews from Babylon, at the close of the seventy years desolation of their land, in the first year of Cyrus, down to the date known as A. D. I, is not covered by Bible history. But, as before stated, it is well established by secular history as a period of 536 years. Ptolemy, a learned Greek-Egyptian, a geometer and astronomer, has well established these figures. They are generally accepted by scholars, and known as Ptolemy's Canon. Thus we have found a clear and connected line of chronology from creation to the beginning of the Christian era (A. D.)-in all, a period of four thousand one hundred and twenty-eight (4128) years, which, together with eighteen hundred and seventy-two years of the Christian era, make six thousand years from creation to the year 1873 A. D. The Time is at Hand. 1907 Page 51. |
Thus the Word of God corrects the few slight errors which have crept into it by any means. And remember that those breaks occur in the period bridged effectually by the inspired testimony of the New Testament. So, then, whereas Usher dates A.D. I as the year4005 from creation of Adam, it really was, as we have showen, the year 4129, according to the Bible record, thus showing... (continues below) The Time is at Hand. 1907 Page 53 |
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. The Time is at Hand. 1907 Page 54. |
See chart below with dates,
SEE SAME CHART BELOW BUT CLEARER
