The Watchtower's Changing Views on the "1260 days"
Time
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START END When Watchtower publication
years 539 AD
"papacy...established"
1799 AD
"time of the end" began
1917 The Finished Mystery (S.S. vol. 7)
days November 7, 1914
Nov. 1 WT delivered
May 7, 1918
Rutherford & co. arrested
1930 Light, Book I
days October 4/5, 1914
Gentile Times ended
March 26, 1918
JFR & co. held Memorial
1969 Then Is Finished the Mystery of God
days December 18, 1914
not clearly marked
June 21, 1918 so 1290 days
Rutherford & co. sentenced
1977 Our Incoming World Government...
days outbreak of WWI early 1918 1988 Revelation--Its Grand Climax...
days December 1914 June 1918 1993 The Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1993
days December 1914 June 1918 1994 The Watchtower, August 1, 1994
days the end of 1914
opposition mounting
mid-1918
Rutherford & co. convicted,
sentenced and imprisoned
1999 Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy