Whiston admits the failed 1716 reckoning
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Daniel 8:1–27 · Daniel 8: the sanctuary and the 2,300 evenings and mornings · Source evidence ↗
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William Whiston
1667–1752
English mathematician and theologian who dated Christ’s kingdom to 1716 in 1706 and later revised his dates to 1764 and 1766.
Whiston’s revised dates: 1764 and 1766
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Daniel 8:1–27 · Daniel 8: the sanctuary and the 2,300 evenings and mornings · Source evidence ↗
Whiston in 1724: Daniel’s 2300 years end in 1731 or 1764, not 1716
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Daniel 8:1–27 · Daniel 8: the sanctuary and the 2,300 evenings and mornings · Source evidence ↗
Whiston in 1727: the six thousand years end in 1517, or in 1766 by the Samaritan count
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2 Peter 3:3–13 · Delay, judgment, and a renewed world · Source evidence ↗
Whiston: Christ’s kingdom to commence in 1716
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Revelation 11:1–13 · Revelation 11: the two witnesses · Source evidence ↗