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26
Numărul
12
Turnul de veghe
Remarkable Chronological Parallels--A Letter from Dr. J. Edgar
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1905 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(180-182) 
TIME-PARALLELS. 
A 
LATER 
LETTER 
DEAR 
BROTHER 
RUSSELL:- 
The 
Lord 
has 
guided 
me 
to 
the 
discovery 
of 
another 
con­ 
firmation 
of 
the 
Chronology 
as 
set 
forth 
in 
MILLENNIAL 
DAWN. 
In 
studying 
the 
Parallel 
Dispensations, 
I 
noted 
that 
the 
70th 
week 
of 
Daniel's 
prophecy 
(Dan. 
9: 
24-27) 
from 
29 
till 
36 
A. 
D. 
had 
its 
parallel 
as 
regards 
both 
time 
and 
events 
in 
the 
Gos­ 
pel 
a~e 
from 
1874 
till 
1881 
A. 
D. 
(DAWN 
II., 
p. 
219). 
Think­ 
ing 
that 
the 
events 
at 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
70 
weeks 
might 
also 
have 
parallels 
in 
the 
Gospel 
age, 
I 
noted 
your 
arguments 
in 
There 
seem, 
however, 
to 
be 
some 
deeper 
meanings 
in 
this 
arrangment. 
( 
1) 
The 
commencement 
of 
the 
Jubilee 
year 
on 
the 
day 
of 
atonement 
pointed 
forward 
to 
the 
time 
when 
the 
antitypical 
Jubilee 
would 
begin 
on 
the 
antitypical 
day 
of 
atonement, 
the 
end 
of 
the 
Gospel 
age. 
(2) 
Brother 
Hemery 
of 
London 
mentioned 
to 
me 
some 
time 
ago 
that 
he 
had 
noticed 
that 
events 
which 
occurred 
in 
the 
Spring 
foreshadowed 
bless­ 
ings 
for 
the 
church, 
while 
those 
which 
occurred 
in 
the 
Autumn 
foreshadowed 
blessings 
for 
the 
world. 
This 
appears 
to 
me 
to 
be 
a 
natural 
arrangement, 
as 
Spring 
is 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
e('clesiastical 
year, 
whereas 
Autumn 
is 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
civil 
year. 
Applying 
this 
thought, 
we 
find 
that 
the 
Passover 
and 
Pentecost, 
etc., 
foreshadowed 
blessings 
for 
the 
church, 
whereas 
the 
Atonement, 
the 
Feast 
of 
Tabernacles 
and 
the 
Jubi­ 
lee 
foreshadowed 
blessings 
for 
the 
world. 
I 
am, 
with 
love 
in 
thl' 
Lord 
to 
you 
and 
to 
all 
the 
dear 
ones 
in 
Christ 
Jesus. 
Yours 
faithfully, 
JOHN 
EDGAR. 
DAWN 
II., 
p. 
67, 
proving 
that 
the 
70 
weeks 
dated 
from 
Nehe­ 
miah's 
commission 
to 
build 
the 
walls 
of 
Jerusalem 
in 
the 
20th 
year 
of 
Artaxerxes 
(N 
eh. 
2: 
1), 
whereas 
usually 
they 
are 
reck­ 
oned 
as 
beginning 
at 
the 
time 
of 
Ezra's 
commission 
13 
years 
earlier 
(Ezra 
7:7). 
I 
noted 
also 
your 
proofs 
that 
the 
former 
must 
have 
been 
in 
the 
year 
454 
B. 
O. 
Accordmgly 
the 
latter 
must 
have 
been 
in 
the 
year 
467 
B. 
O. 
Rollin, 
in 
his 
Ancient 
History 
of 
the 
MedeB 
and 
Persians, 
agrees 
with 
this. 
In 
Book 
6, 
sect. 
18, 
he 
says 
that 
Xerxes 
died 
in 
473 
B. 
O. 
and 
quotes 
as 
authorities 
CtesIas, 
c. 
ii; 
Diodorus, 
Book 
xi. 
p. 
52; 
Justin, 
Book 
iii., 
ch. 
1. 
He 
says 
Xerxes 
reigned 
12 
years; 
and 
in 
Book 
7, 
sect. 
1, 
states 
that 
Artaxerxes 
was 
crowned 
in 
473 
B. 
C., 
and 
reigned 
49 
years. 
In 
accordance 
with 
this, 
he 
mentions 
in 
sect. 
6 
of 
Book 
7, 
that 
Ezra's 
com­ 
mission 
was 
in 
467 
B. 
C., 
and 
Nehemiah's 
in 
454 
B. 
C. 
Re· 
garding 
the 
latter 
he 
states: 
"Artaxerxes 
immediately 
caused 
a 
decree 
to 
be 
drawn 
up 
that 
the 
walls 
and 
gates 
of 
Jerusalem 
should 
be 
rebuilt, 
and 
Nehemiah 
as 
Governor 
of 
Judea 
was 
ap­ 
pointed 
to 
put 
this 
decree 
in 
execution. 
It 
is 
from 
this 
de· 
cree, 
communicated 
by 
Artaxerxes 
in 
the 
20th 
year 
of 
his 
reign, 
for 
the 
rebuilding 
of 
the 
walls 
of 
Jerusalem, 
that 
we 
date 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
70 
weeks 
mentioned 
in 
the 
famous 
prophecy 
of 
Daniel, 
after 
which 
the 
Messiah 
was 
to 
appear 
and 
to 
be 
put 
to 
death." 
By 
deducting 
490 
years 
from 
1881 
A. 
D., 
we 
get 
the 
year 
1391 
A. 
D., 
corresponding 
with 
454 
B. 
C. 
The 
year 
1378 
A. 
D., 
13 
years 
earlier, 
will, 
therefore, 
correspond 
with 
467 
B. 
C. 
I. 
EZRA'S 
COMMISSION 
IN 
467 
B. 
C. 
On 
consulting 
books 
on 
the 
Reformation, 
I 
was 
not 
long 
in 
discovering 
that 
the 
year 
1378 
A. 
D., 
corresponding- 
with 
the 
year 
467 
B. 
C., 
is 
a 
very 
important 
date 
indeed. 
It 
is 
the 
year 
of 
the 
Great 
Papal 
Schism, 
when 
WyclifTe 
came 
out 
as 
the 
Re­ 
former. 
Workman, 
in 
Dawn 
of 
the 
Reformation, 
p. 
172:-"Wy­ 
cliffe's 
spiritual 
earnestness 
was 
shocked, 
his 
theory 
destroyed 
by 
the 
spectacle 
of 
two 
Popes 
each 
claiming 
to 
be 
the 
sole 
head 
of 
the 
church, 
each 
labelling 
the 
other 
as 
Antichrist. 
To 
Wy­ 
cliffe, 
the 
year 
of 
the 
Schism, 
1378, 
was 
the 
crucial 
year 
of 
his 
life. 
He 
first 
urged 
that 
both 
Popes 
should 
be 
set 
aside 
as 
having 
little 
in 
common 
with 
the 
church 
of 
the 
Holy 
God. 
From 
this 
position 
of 
neutrality 
he 
quickly 
passes 
into 
one 
of 
antagonism 
to 
tIle 
Papacy 
itself." 
Archbishop 
Trench 
in 
Medieval 
Church 
History:-"Greg­ 
ory 
Xl. 
died 
on 
27th 
March, 
1378, 
and 
the 
Papal 
Schism 
broke 
out. 
The 
year 
1378 
marked 
the 
turning-point 
in 
Wycliffe's 
career. 
Hitherto 
he 
had 
concerned 
himself 
with 
matters 
of 
mixed 
ecclesiastical 
and 
political 
import, 
but 
henceforth 
he 
devoted 
himself 
exclusively 
to 
doctrinal 
matters 
and 
came 
out 
as 
the 
Reformer. 
He 
began 
in 
earnest 
the 
translation 
of 
the 
Bible 
into 
English, 
and 
took 
the 
next 
decisive 
step 
by 
an 
open 
attack, 
forced 
upon 
him 
by 
his 
studips 
of 
the 
Bible, 
against 
Transubstantiation. 
The 
effect 
was 
immediate. 
The 
Univpr­ 
sity 
itself 
turned 
against 
him. 
He 
was 
forbidden 
to 
teach. 
Ever 
afterwards 
he 
did, 
in 
nearly 
all 
his 
writings, 
introdu('c 
in 
some 
way 
a 
statement 
of 
his 
views 
upon 
Transubstantiation." 
Can 
anything 
be 
more 
conclusive 
than 
that 
we 
have 
here 
a 
parallel, 
not 
only 
in 
time, 
but 
also 
in 
the 
events 
recorded 
be­ 
twepn 
Ezra's 
commission 
in 
67 
B. 
C. 
and 
"Vycliffe's 
act,> 
in 
1378 
A. 
D.? 
Ezra 
in 
leading 
back 
from 
Babylon 
many 
of 
the 
Israelitps, 
and 
bringing 
with 
him 
the 
vessels 
for 
the 
service 
of 
the 
home 
of 
God 
(E,zra 
7: 
19, 
20) 
did 
for 
the 
literal 
temple 
what 
Wycliffe 
by 
his 
doctrinal 
reforms, 
especially 
by 
his 
attack 
upon 
the 
doctrine 
of 
Transubstantiation, 
did 
for 
the 
spiritual 
temple. 
II. 
NEHEMIAH'S 
COMMISSION 
IN 
454 
B. 
C. 
The 
year 
1391 
A. 
D. 
corresponds 
witI: 
the 
ypar 
454 
B. 
C. 
when 
Nehemiah 
received 
his 
commission 
to 
rebuild 
the 
walls 
of 
Jerusalem. 
WycliffI' 
died 
in 
1384, 
before 
he 
could 
person­ 
ally 
carry 
into 
effect 
all 
that 
he 
h~ld 
longed 
for, 
but 
hIS 
works 
followed 
him. 
It 
was 
John 
Hus 
of 
Bohemia 
who 
more 
partic­ 
ularly 
took 
up 
the 
work 
of 
reform 
after 
Wycliffe's 
death. 
Though 
it 
was 
in 
the 
early 
ye,ars 
of 
the 
15th 
century, 
up 
till 
his 
martyrdom 
in 
1415 
A. 
D., 
that 
hi,> 
work 
attracted 
general 
notice, 
yet 
it 
was 
in 
IS91 
that 
Hus 
might 
be 
said 
to 
have 
re­ 
ceived 
his 
commission 
to 
rebuild 
the 
walls 
of 
Spiritual 
Jeru­ 
salem, 
for 
it 
was 
in 
that 
year 
that 
he 
became 
acqun 
inted 
with 
the 
works 
of 
WycliffI' 
(Blackie's 
Modern 
Oyclopedia, 
Vol. 
IV., 
p. 
483). 
Thatcher 
and 
S('hwill 
in 
Europr 
in 
the 
Middle 
Aqe,~. 
p. 
539· 
-"Political 
considerations, 
the 
alliance 
between 
Henry 
v. 
and 
the 
Papacy, 
led 
to 
repeated 
persecutions 
of 
his 
followers, 
and 
so 
all 
of 
Wycliffe's 
efforts 
at 
Reform 
came 
to 
nothing. 
But 
the 
cry 
for 
the 
reform 
of 
the 
church 
was 
never 
again 
hushed 
in 
Europe. 
Through 
one 
of 
his 
pupils, 
John 
Hus 
of 
Prague, 
his 
teachings 
were 
carried 
to" 
Bohemia, 
where 
they 
also 
caused 
a 
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J There seem, however, to be some deeper meanings in this arrangment, (1) The commencement of the Jubilee year on the day of atonement pointed forward to the time when the antitypical Jubilee would begin on the antitypical day of atonement, the end of the Gospel age. (2) Brother Hemery of London mentioned to me some time ago that he had noticed that events which occurred in the Spring foreshadowed blessings for the church, while those which occurred in the Autumn foreshadowed blessings for the world. This appears to me to be a natural arrangement, as Spring is the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, whereas Autumn is the beginning of the civil year. Applying this thought, we find that the Passover and Pentecost, ete., foreshadowed blessings for the church, whereas the Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Jubilee foreshadowed blessings for the world. I am, with love in the Lord to you and to all the dear ones in Christ Jesus. Yours faithfully, JOHN EDGAR. A LATER LETTER Dear BroTHER RUSSELL:— The Lord has guided me to the discovery of another confirmation of the Chronology as set forth in MILLENNIAL Dawn. In studying the Parallel Dispensations, I noted that the 70th week of Daniel’s prophecy (Dan. 9:24-27) from 29 till 36 A. D. had its parallel as regards both time and events in the Gospel age from 1874 till 1881 A. D. (Dawn 11, p. 219). Thinking that the events at the beginning of the 70 weeks might also have parallels in the Gospel age, I noted your arguments in ZION’S WATCH TOWER ‘MOUHLYAAO IVNIA SLI TILL WOGNGLSTYHO JO NOISIAIC HHL WOUd SUVA S68 AO COTdad (180-182) Dawn I1., p. 67, proving that the 70 weeks dated from Nehemiah’s commission to build the walls of Jerusalem in the 20th year of Artaxerxes (Neh. 2:1), whereas usually they are reckoned as beginning at the time of Ezra’s commission 13 years earlier (Ezra 7:7). I noted also your proofs that the former must have been in the year 454 B. C. Accordingly the latter must have been in the year 467 B. C. Rollin, in hig Ancient History of the Medes and Persians, agrees with this. In Book 6, sect. 18, he says that Xerxes died in 473 B.C. and quotes as authorities Ctesias, c. ii; Diodorus, Book xi. p. 52; Justin, Book iii, ch. 1. He says Xerxes reigned 12 years; and in Book 7, sect. 1, states that Artaxerxes was crowned in 473 B.C., and reigned 49 years. In accordance with this, he mentions in sect. 6 of Book 7, that Ezra’s commission was in 467 B.C., and Nehemiah’s in 454 B. C. Regarding the latter he states: “Artaxerxes immediately caused a decree to be drawn up that the walls and gates of Jerusalem should be rebuilt, and Nehemiah as Governor of Judea was appointed to put this decree in execution. It is from this decree, communicated by Artaxerxes in the 20th year of his reign, for the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, that we date the beginning of the 70 weeks mentioned in the famous prophecy of Daniel, after which the Messiah was to appear and to be put to death.” By deducting 490 years from 1881 A. D., we get the year 1391 A. D., corresponding with 454 B. C. The year 1378 A. D., 13 years earlier, will, therefore, correspond with 467 B. C. I. EZRA’S COMMISSION IN 467 B. C. On consulting books on the Reformation, I was not long in discovering that the year 1378 A.D., corresponding with the year 467 B.C., is a very important date indeed. It is the year of the Great Papal Schism, when Wycliffe came out as the Reformer. Workman, in Dawn of the Reformation, p. 172:—‘‘Wycliffe’s spiritual earnestness was shocked, his theory destroyed by the spectacle of two Popes each claiming to be the sole head of the church, each labelling the other as Antichrist. To Wycliffe, the year of the Schism, 1378, was the crucial year of his life. He first urged that both Popes should be set aside as having little in common with the church of the Holy God. From this position of neutrality he quickly passes into one of antagonism to the Papacy itself.” Archbishop Trench in Medieval Church History :—‘Gregory XI. died on 27th March, 1378, and the Papal Schism broke out. The year 1378 marked the turning-point in Wycliffe’s career. Hitherto he had concerned himself with matters of mixed ecclesiastical and political import, but henceforth he devoted himself exclusively to doctrinal matters and came out as the Reformer. He began in earnest the translation of the Bible into English, and took the next decisive step by an open attack, forced upon him by his studies of the Bible, against Transubstantiation. The effect was immediate. The University itself turned against him. He was forbidden to teach. Ever afterwards he did, in nearly all his writings, introduce in some way a statement of his views upon Transubstantiation.” Can anything be more conclusive than that we have here a parallel, not only in time, but also in the events recorded between Ezra’s commission in 67 B.C. and Wycliffe’s acts in 1378 A. D.? Ezra in leading back from Babylon many of the Israelites, and bringing with him the vessels for the service of the house of God (Ezra 7:19, 20) did for the literal temple what Wycliffe by his doctrinal reforms, especially by his attack upon the doctrine of Transubstantiation, did for the spiritual temple. II. NEHEMIAH’S COMMISSION IN 454 B. C. The year 1391 A.D. corresponds with the year 454 B.C. when Nehemiah received his commission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Wycliffe died in 1384, before he could personally carry into effect all that he had longed for, but his works followed him. It was John Hus of Bohemia who more particularly took up the work of reform after Wycliffe’s death. Though it was in the early years of the 15th century, up till his martyrdom in 1415 A.D., that his work attracted general notice, yet it was in 1391 that Hus might be said to have received his commission to rebuild the walls of Spiritual Jerusalem, for it was in that year that he became acquainted with the works of Wycliffe (Blackie’s Modern Cyclopedia, Vol. Iv., p. 483). Thatcher and Schwill in Hurope in the Middle Ages, p. 539: —Political considerations, the alliance between Henry v. and the Papacy, led to repeated persecutions of his followers, and so all of Wycliffe’s efforts at Reform came to nothing. But the ery for the reform of the church was never again hushed in Europe. Through one of his pupils, John Hus of Prague, his teachings were carried to” Bohemia, where they also caused a [3575]

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