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Proclaiming the Lord's Return (1870-1914)

Chapter of the Watch Tower history Jehovah’s Witnesses: Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom on early Bible Student chronology.

Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Tradition: Jehovah's Witnesses
Accessed: 2026-10-06

Citation

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, chapter 5, “Proclaiming the Lord’s Return (1870-1914),” 1993, Watchtower Online Library, accessed October 6, 2026.

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God's Kingdom began ruling in 1914The 1914 date needs links the Bible does not supply, and Jesus warned against hidden comings and against fixing times the Father keeps to himself.