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Nichiren
Retrospective claims of foreknowledge regarding internal conflict/foreign invasion and Latter-Day propagation.
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WND I66 official Soka Gakkai English
WND I pp579ff, three pronouncements and subsequent commentary
William Cuninghame
William Cuninghame of Lainshaw’s chronological treatise of 1838 on the great periods that he holds end in that year. Writing on 15 September 1838, he ends Daniel’s 1260 years in 1792, the 1290 in 1822 and the 1335 in 1867, by when, he argues, the kingdom of God will have been established upon earth.
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William Cuninghame, The Septuagint and Hebrew Chronologies Tried by the Test of Their Internal Scientific Evidence … Also, On the Great Periods Which Terminate in, and Mark the Year 1838 (London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1838), pp. 93–94: from “It remains that I should briefly offer the reasons” through “necessary they should begin immediately.” The footnote on p. 93 dates the writing “September 15th, 1838.” Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy (bsb10410307), Internet Archive item 10410307bsb, BookReader leaves 4 (title page), 114 and 115. Transcribed from the page images. Small capitals (“Fourth Kingdom”, “Christian Europe”) rendered in title case; line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized.
pp. 93–94
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; unsigned article
Unsigned lead article of The Watch Tower for 15 August 1926, applying Isaiah 49 to the Bible Students. It recalls that in 1925 many said the ancient worthies had not returned.
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The Watch Tower in 1926: in 1925 many said “The ancient worthies have not returned” · commentary →
The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (Brooklyn), 15 August 1926, unsigned lead article “The Servant and Service,” p. 247, left column, the paragraph beginning “Verse fourteen of the prophecy reads,” complete (paragraph number omitted). Internet Archive item w_E_19260815, image 6, inspected; the type is worn. Two worn marks after “said” and “revived” are read as commas (the OCR layer reads the first as a period). Line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized.
The Watch Tower, p. 247
Hermas as narrator/attributed author; historical identity not established
The vision's own interpretation connects the beast with a coming trial and repentance with escape.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers volume2 as revised/edited by Kevin Knight for New Advent
Book I, Vision4, chapters1–3
Sayyid Rida Husayni Nasab, under supervision of Ja'far Subhani
Argues that Qur'an 27:82–83 concerns selective return before universal resurrection, cites three days of Qa'im, return and resurrection, and explicitly rejects equivalence with transmigration.
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Mansoor L. Limba English translation; Ahlul Bayt World Assembly.
Question 10, What is raj'ah and why do you believe in it? Entire answer and notes.
Shinbashira, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
Interprets 1838 founding as arrival of Promised Time and presents universal Joyous Life as gradual future transformation that may take a long time.
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Tenrikyo Online English text
Full sermon; founding narrative, Ofudesaki passages, gradual reconstruction and conclusion
Shinbashira, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
Explains conditions of Kanrodai completion and world renewal after the 2015 replacement, and explicitly permits an indefinite succession of generations before Joyous Life realization.
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Tenrikyo Online English translation, translator unnamed
Full sermon, particularly heavenly dew, universal purification, Kanrodai history and final anniversary distinction
Shinbashira, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
Connects unified ritual performance with renewed creation, freedom from disease and transformation into Joyous Life, while requiring practical mutual aid.
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Tenrikyo Online English text
Full sermon, especially Kanrodai/Kagura paragraphs and final world-salvation appeal
Anonymous Jewish and Christian oracle collections in the voice of a Sibyl
The Christian acrostic describes a heavenly king judging the world, resurrection, cosmic change and the cross as a sign.
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Milton S. Terry, English blank-verse translation (1890), Elfinspell transcription.
Book VIII, English lines 268–309, printed pages 185–187; Greek acrostic lines 217–250
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; unsigned institutional article
Denies that the sign can span many human generations and links its beginning and tribulation climax to one generation. Appeals to still-living World War I witnesses after seventy-four years, while warning against impatience and exact-date calculation.
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Watchtower Online Library transcription of identified issue
The Watchtower, pp. 4–6, Why We Need the Sign through Anxieties of Life
John Wesley
Applies a first-coming signs text to a contemporary religious visitation and dawn of a prophesied day.
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Wesley sees signs of a spreading renewal · commentary →
CCEL electronic presentation of Sermons on Several Occasions, identified 1872 edition where stated; editorial notes not author text
Sermon 66; opening Matthew 16:3 and paragraph 11
Max Arthur Macauliffe
Reports predictions attributed to Teg Bahadur and Gobind Singh about European power and Sikh alliance with the English, and explicitly connects one with1857.
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Gobind Singh’s reported predictions about the Khalsa and the English →
Teg Bahadur’s reported vision of Europeans →
A claimed fulfillment at Delhi in 1857 · commentary →
How Macauliffe linked these prophecies to imperial loyalty · commentary →
How Macauliffe linked these prophecies to imperial loyalty · commentary →
His stated reason for presenting the prophecies · commentary →
His stated reason for presenting the prophecies · commentary →
Macauliffe explains the scope of his book · commentary →
Macauliffe explains the scope of his book · commentary →
1909 historical English work, volume I, Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription.
VolumeI, Preface, printed pp.xviii–xix and surrounding political explanation
Daniel A. Metraux
Traces modern application of Nichiren's calamity warnings to wartime and postwar Japan, with world peace presented through religious transformation.
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 13/1, pp. 31–61
Printed pp. 31–42; endnotes pp. 58–60
Tertullian
Argues that bodily restoration is required for personal judgment and treats ordinary language about dead people as involuntary testimony to continued existence. Distinct from his larger Treatise on the Soul.
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S. Thelwall, ANF 3 (1885); New Advent revision
Chapter 4, opening argument and funeral-language examples
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Distinguishes a future natural bodily resurrection from the present spiritual transformation developed in the sermon.
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Spurgeon Library transcription from Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit; printed volume listed on page
John 11:43–44; introductory distinction
Giuliana Iannaccaro
Explores how literary retellings preserve conflicting readings of a failed ancestral-return prophecy, rather than functioning as independent evidence of its original wording.
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Public article or author full-text version
Pages 191–197, introduction and sustained Heart of Redness analysis
George Reynolds
George Reynolds retells and explains the Book of Mormon narrative. These selections interpret Nephi’s vision and Jesus’ teachings about the latter-day gathering and New Jerusalem.
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Reynolds identifies the latter-day work in Nephi’s vision · commentary →
Lehi’s descendants and the building of New Jerusalem · commentary →
Fourth edition, Hillison & Etten Co., Chicago; title page gives no publication year, copyright 1888. Project Gutenberg 50029 historical transcription, updated 22 October 2024. Chapters II and XLVII; paragraph line wrapping normalized. Transcription read.
Chapters II and XLVII
Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott’s early writings describe her prophetic calling, interpret biblical images and predict divine judgment and recognition of her mission.
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Southcott: three years to convince the nation →
The Strange Effects of Faith, Third Part, Exeter: G. Floyde, in a collected historical scan. Part closes with Southcott’s signed date, 19 May 1801, p. 144; printer colophon G. Floyde and J. Winter. Selected pp. 127–128 visually collated against PDF 139–140; closing date collated PDF 156. Long s rendered s, line-end hyphenation joined, whitespace normalized, emphasis plain.
Third Part, pp.127–128, complete bells-and-nations argument
Anonymous canonical work; Dharmachakra Translation Committee
Predicts Maitreya's death in twelve years and rebirth in Heaven of Joy, later teaching after a vast interval, and future encounter/awakening prophecy for devotees.
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Maitreya’s rebirth in the Heaven of Joy →
The Brahmin Bāvarī · commentary →
The village name · commentary →
Threefold liberation or absorption? · commentary →
Lotus seats in the Chinese version · commentary →
Teaching and liberation · commentary →
The later descent and a reference to another sutra · commentary →
84000 first2021 v1.0.12(2024)
Toh199 1.4–1.6;1.21–1.23;1.28–1.32, PDF12,16,18; imprintPDF3
Kalki Avatar International, presenting Kashinath Mishra's interpretations
Explicit contemporary 2032 Satya Yuga expectation, Odisha Kalki birth claim, nuclear-war scenario and asserted modern signs.
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Official website accessed 2026-09-08
Bhavishya Malika introduction, Key Prophecies and Cosmic Timeline sections
George Storrs
Prospectively insists upon a personal visible advent in the impending seventh-month interval of 1844, deriving confidence from typology. Preserves what was asserted before the disappointment.
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Storrs urges the waiting Adventists to wake · commentary →
Storrs urges the waiting Adventists to wake · commentary →
Storrs urges the waiting Adventists to wake · commentary →
Ellen G. White Writings digital transcription; anthology or reprint details specified above
Advent Herald, October 9, 1844, pp. 73.7–74.20; opening argument and signature
Anonymous; narrative attributed to Abraham
Michael explains successive tribunals culminating in final judgment, including judgment at the second coming.
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W. A. Craigie, Ante-Nicene Fathers 9 (1896), New Advent revised transcription.
Version I, chapters 12–14
Anonymous composite work attributed to Jacob’s sons
Anticipates a new priest, worldwide peace, the binding of Beliar and restoration in a new Jerusalem.
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Robert Sinker, Ante-Nicene Fathers 8 (1886), New Advent revised transcription.
Testament of Levi 17–19; Testament of Dan 5–6
Lukas Pokorny
Analyzes Benjamin Creme's reinterpretation of Maitreya, the expected Day of Declaration and explanations for postponed expectations.
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The Occult Nineteenth Century, edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, Palgrave, 2021, chapter 10, pp. 195–220; DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-55318-0_10.
Printed pages 211–216, Maitreya's emergence, The Age of the Group and concluding remarks