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Gernot L. Windfuhr
Describes letter-number techniques applied to future dynasties and Mahdi expectations, and points to Ibn Khaldun's skeptical treatment.
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Encyclopaedia Iranica online, displayed author and date metadata
Opening definition and methods through exegetical context
Sebastian Murken; Rheinland-Pfalz ministry publisher
Uses a coping framework to explain differing responses to end-time expectations and failed predictions, expressly allowing both continued commitment and departure.
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Public German transcription or author PDF
Authorship preface; pages 12–16, 27–34
Author not identified on inspected frontmatter; hosted Jainworld
Describes sixth-era decline,49-day Pralay, survivors and next Utsarpini; cyclical Jain renewal, not divine second coming.
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Jainworld150-page PDF
PDFpp29–32 and125(one-based), cycle/end-Avsarpini discussion
Aryika Jnanamati Mataji; English translation N. L. Jaina
Digambara-oriented cosmology gives repeated Kalkis and future Tirthankara list that differ from Hemacandra narrative.
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Decline and renewal in a Digambara account · commentary →
Vira Jnanodaya Granthamala 281, Digambar Jain Institute of Cosmographic Research, Hastinapura
English imprint PDF page 2; printed pp. 20–22, plus hosted chapter 02 future-cycle sections
Attributed Jamasp; translation Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
The Jamasp Namak presents questions from King Vishtasp and replies attributed to Jamasp, including signs of Ushedar’s approach, the coming saviors and the renewal of the world.
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Sixteen signs before Ushedar →
Ushedar, Ushedarmah and Soshyant: the world's renewal →
Modi1903 hosted translation
Chapter6, Soshyant millennium and Yasna sequence
L. G. Moses
Reconstructs Mooney’s 1892 visit and mediated interviews, Wovoka’s reported rejection of ghost-shirt responsibility, and scholarly criticism of universalizing different messianic traditions.
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Public full-text edition or reprint
Nevada Historical Society Quarterly summer 1987 reprint, pages 138–143
Muhyi al-Din al-Iji
Distinguishes Jesus’ descent as a sign, his reviving the dead as evidence, and the Qur’an as an alternative referent containing indications of the Hour.
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Arabic HTML transcription at Quran-tafsir.net.
Quran 43:61, full commentary entry
Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (compiler)
A report attributed to Abdullah anticipates a ruler from the Prophet's family with a matching name. The site's Hasan (Darussalam) grade is an attributed editorial assessment, not this researcher's authentication.
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Sunnah.com English/Arabic online edition
Hadith 2230; report and displayed grading
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown
Distinguishes the primary application to Jerusalem from a greater final realization at Christ's personal coming.
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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown connect the tribulation to the Jewish war · commentary →
Bible Hub English transcription of Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary; exact print edition requires collation.
Mark 13:24-27
Baha'u'llah
Introduces the problem of apparently unmet scriptural expectations and cites Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 in an argument against exclusively literal interpretation.
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Official Bahai Reference Library English HTML
Paragraphs 1–10, especially 6–10
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Examines uncertainty in composition dates and changes between the foundational text and later sanctification; distinguishes a scholarly article from the manuscript work it studies.
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Encyclopaedia Iranica online, displayed author and date metadata
History and manuscripts; eschatological orientation and later Horufi tradition
Karl F. Klein
Life story of Karl F. Klein in The Watchtower of 1 October 1984. A footnote reports J. F. Rutherford’s own remark about his statements on 1925.
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Karl Klein recalls Rutherford: “I made an ass of myself” · commentary →
Karl F. Klein, “‘Jehovah Has Dealt Rewardingly With Me’” (as told by Karl F. Klein), The Watchtower, 1 October 1984, pp. 21–28, footnote b (keyed in paragraph 24, p. 24), complete. Watchtower Online Library transcription, retrieved 1 October 2026. HTML and footnote letter removed.
The Watchtower, p. 24, footnote b
Jolene Chu and Ollimatti Peltonen; practicing Witness authors affiliated with Witness institutions
Describes a distinction between fallible prophetic interpretation and trusted biblical prophecy, applying it to 1975. Authors identify their account as insider description, not official history.
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Cambridge Elements in New Religious Movements, online open-access edition
Section 2, Modern Religious Authority; author affiliations and methodological statement; footnote 25
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Retrospectively describes 1918–1925 survival expectations and the 1923 relocation of sheep/goats judgment from the millennium to an earlier period. Narrates subsequent Ezekiel/Jonadab interpretation. This is institutional self-history.
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Official online text of institutional history
Chapter 12, restitution expectation and Sheep at the Right Hand of Christ through Taking a Firm Stand for Pure Worship; 1994 publication box
Daesoon Jinrihoe; sayings/actions attributed to Kang Jeungsan
The Jeon-gyeong records teachings and actions attributed to Kang Jeungsan, revered as Sangje. This scripture of Daesoon Jinrihoe includes expectations for a transformed later world. In Reordering Works 2, paragraphs 18 and 20–23 describe sustenance, ritual balancing, rival spiritual activity, grievance resolution and economic exchange. Paragraph 26 records a diagram dated to the fourth lunar month of 1908. These ritual accounts provide context.
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Remarriage in the Later World →
What the fifty-thousand-year decision concerns · commentary →
Marriage and balance · commentary →
Waiting for the proper time · commentary →
Official English web scripture; chapter title still to verify
Hosted chapter page15, numbered16–27
Traditional attribution; historical authorship not established here
Covenant internalized in the heart, knowledge of God and forgiveness; numbering differs from common Christian editions.
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JPS1917; Mechon-Mamre electronic English; Hebrew verse numbering
31:31–34 in host Hebrew numbering
Ekkehardt Mueller; Biblical Research Institute
Argues that Revelation's language of soon signifies temporal nearness rather than rapid travel; distinguishes judgment comings to churches from final return and rejects calculating its precise date.
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Biblical Research Institute institutional HTML article
Sections II.3–4, III.1 and IV
Islam — Ahmadiyya
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad argues that Jesus survived crucifixion, travelled east and died in Kashmir. He interprets the promised return of Jesus as spiritual and identifies himself as the Promised Messiah. His reading of Matthew 24:30 is included here in his own words.
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Ghulam Ahmad identifies himself with Jesus’ spiritual return · commentary →
Qazi Abdul Hamid English; Islam International third revised2019 ISBN9781848803213
Chapter4 printedpp105–111; foreword and imprint
James E. Talmage
James E. Talmage’s account of Jesus’ life and mission concludes with a discussion of his expected return and the Millennium, drawing on the Bible and Latter-day Saint scripture.
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Talmage gathers the scriptural promises · commentary →
The last enemy and the final judgment · commentary →
The kingdom of God prepares for the kingdom of heaven · commentary →
Modern revelations announcing Christ’s return · commentary →
The earth’s regeneration · commentary →
Enoch and his city · commentary →
Those who knew no law · commentary →
Zion, Jerusalem, and the signs before the return · commentary →
Zion, Jerusalem, and the signs before the return · commentary →
Life during the Millennium · commentary →
Life during the Millennium · commentary →
Life during the Millennium · commentary →
Sixth edition, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1922. Project Gutenberg 22542 transcription.
Chapter 42
Jnaneshwar; English translation by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat
Explains divine manifestation as protection of the world’s spiritual order when evil threatens the good; directly relevant to the existing Gita4 renewal passage.
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Protecting dharma in every age · commentary →
Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat English translation, host-dated1954, Wisdom Library transcription.
Commentary on Bhagavad Gita4.7, chapter4, following verse49
Joanna Southcott; editorial prefatory note
Reproduces accusations about sealing, invasion, harvest, attendance and death deadlines, then explains that the 1803 sealing cutoff concerned unbelievers. Earlier newspaper and original prophecy texts must be collated before classifying failure or revision.
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IAPSOP scan of historical print; edition details as noted
PDF pp. 1–3, quoted charges and first answer
Joanna Southcott
Responds to hostile prophetic imagery and interprets the Lamb’s marriage as Christ’s union with the church, while allowing a woman as its initial shadow. Forecasts further judgments conditionally upon continued rejection.
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IAPSOP scan of historical print; edition details as noted
PDF pp. 1–2, 5 and 7–9
Dr. J. S.; full identity not verified
Argues that Shiloh must be a distinct future earthly ruler rather than Jesus’s personal bodily return, and associates that ruler with the promised Comforter. Demonstrates internal variation in Southcottian messianic interpretation.
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IAPSOP historical scan; edition details noted separately
PDF/printed pp. 3–6
Hebrew Bible · Book of Joel
Joel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible. Its visions connect communal distress, divine intervention and restoration; the passage collected here promises an outpouring of the spirit before the Day of the Lord.
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Joel 3: the nations judged in the valley of Jehoshaphat →
JPS1917; Mechon-Mamre electronic English; Hebrew verse numbering
3:1–5 in host Hebrew numbering