Chapter Eighteen/Earthquakes in the Lord's Day - Tremors in Human Society

 From the mid-1870's, Jehovah's people had been anticipating that catastrophic events would start in 1914 and would mark the end of the Gentile Times. This is the period of "seven times" (2,520 years) running from the overthrow of the Davidic kingdom in Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E. to Jesus' enthronement in heavenly Jerusalem in 1914 C.E. - DANIEL4:24, 25; LUKE 21:24; King James Version

Thus, when C.T. Russell, first president of the Watchtower Society, appeared for morning worship with the Brooklyn, New York Bethel family on the morning of October 2, 1914, he made the dramatic announcement: "The Gentile Times have ended; their kings have had their day." Indeed, the worldwide upheaval that began in 1914 was so far-reaching that many long-standing monarchies disappeared. The overthrow of czardom in Bolshevik revolution of 1917 led to the current confrontation between m   Marxism capitalism. Tremors of political change continue to disturb human society earth wide. Today, many governments fail to survive more than a year or two. Lack of stability in the political world is illustrated in the case of Italy, which had 47 new governments in just 42 years following World War II. But such advance tremors are only preliminary to a climatic governmental upheaval. The result? God's Kingdom will take over sole rulership of the earth. -ISAIAH 9:6, 7. 

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