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Isaac Newton
Criticizes using prophecy to foretell times and argues that fulfillment will make prophecy intelligible; the text also expects restoration of truth at the second coming.
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Newton on understanding prophecy through events · commentary →
Newton on understanding prophecy through events · commentary →
View cited source · gutenberg.org ↗Edition and location
Project Gutenberg #16878, transcribed 1733 edition
Part II, chapter I, paragraph beginning with criticism of interpreters' folly
Nakayama Miki
Nakayama Miki’s scripture presents divine speech in Japanese verses. These selections connect sincerity and purification of the heart with promises of long life and freedom from aging.
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Ofudesaki: salvation and long life →
View cited source · ja.wikisource.org ↗Edition and location
Japanese text, Wikisource revision230316; original-language source for a new machine-assisted English translation
III.96–100 and IV.35–38
Nao Deguchi; edited by Onisaburo Deguchi
Oomoto’s collection of Nao Deguchi’s revelations, edited for publication by Onisaburo Deguchi. Its opening revelation announces a rebuilding of the world and an enduring divine age of peace.
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Oomoto’s first revelation: the world made new →
View cited source · reikaimonogatari.net ↗Edition and location
Ōmoto Shinyū, revelation headed “Meiji 25, old-calendar first month,” opening paragraph, website anchors 001–029. Reikai Monogatari Net transcription based on Shinreikai, 1 April 1917, issue 46, p. 1, collated by the host with later editions. The host modernizes character forms and says proofreading remains incomplete. Japanese copied from the text DOM, with ruby readings, anchor numbers and indentation removed; no words omitted. English is a new Rainbow Watch translation prepared from this Japanese on 20 September 2026.
Opening paragraph of first revelation, anchors 001–029
Edgar C. Whisenant
In On Borrowed Time, Whisenant argues that Christians can know the season of the rapture while remaining ignorant of its exact day and hour. His first footnote specifies sunset 11 September through sunset 13 September 1988.
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Whisenant’s September 1988 rapture prediction →
Whisenant’s argument about the Greek wording · commentary →
Whisenant specifies the September dates · commentary →
View cited source · archive.org · PDF ↗Edition and location
On Borrowed Time, Book 2 in the combined electronic witness with 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988; copyright 1988. Undated later typesetting hosted by Internet Archive, PDF pages 36–37, section “WHY THE FAITHFUL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED,” complete with both author footnotes. This is an electronic transcription. Whitespace normalized and footnotes moved to the margin; visible spelling and reference errors retained.
Book 2; PDF pages 36–37
Hippolytus (attributed)
Connects Christ's future judgment with prophetic forerunners and the two witnesses.
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Hippolytus identifies the witnesses as Enoch and Elijah · commentary →
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Source. Translated by J.H. MacMahon. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 5. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) New Advent revised web edition.
Sections 46–47
Nichiren
Applies canonical calamity passages to Japan and warns of invasion/internal revolt conditionally upon religious conduct.
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Nichiren warns of invasion and rebellion →
Lloyd’s footnote dates the invasion differently · commentary →
Where Lloyd ends his translation · commentary →
A warning addressed to Japan’s rulers · commentary →
The events the official edition identifies · commentary →
Benjamin Calamy; abridged and revised by John Wesley
Calamy argues that divine power can reassemble dispersed bodily matter at the resurrection. His sermon appears within the Wesley collection linked here.
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Why raise the same body? · commentary →
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CCEL electronic presentation of Sermons on Several Occasions, identified 1872 edition where stated; editorial notes not author text
Sermon 137; editorial attribution and opening 1 Corinthians 15:35 exposition
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti rejects organized spiritual dependence and dissolves the organization prepared for the World Teacher. This is an attributed public response to messianic expectation.
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Eighteen years waiting for the World Teacher →
His response and decision to dissolve the Order · commentary →
Why he rejects organized spiritual authority · commentary →
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Online English edition identified by URL; precise limits stated in inspection note
Speech paragraphs on eighteen years preparing for the World Teacher and dissolution
Latter-day Saint — Community of Christ / Reorganized tradition
Community of Christ
Community of Christ’s official statements of Basic Beliefs.
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Community of Christ on the unknown hour and the work of peace · commentary →
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Community of Christ official website, Basic Beliefs: The Reign of God and End Time; inspected 11 September 2026.
Community of Christ official website, Basic Beliefs: The Reign of God and End Time; inspected 11 September 2026.
Steven D. Shumway; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Interprets church service, ministering, and temple worship as preparation for Christ's return.
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Serving prepares us to meet Christ · commentary →
Dieter F. Uchtdorf; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Calls for studying signs and preparing for the return without constant fear or manipulation; evidence of internal critique of fear-based religious motivation.
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Recognizing the signs without living in fear · commentary →
Dale G. Renlund; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Relates covenant keeping and becoming like Christ to readiness for his return; the end-time claim is presented in institutional devotional teaching.
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Using our gifts to serve others · commentary →
Sean Durbin; Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
Explains changing uses of the postmillennial category and warns against imposing modern timing distinctions on early modern writers. Discusses institutional activism across differing millennial expectations.
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The Millennium before Christ’s return · commentary →
Joseph Smith; Joseph Smith Papers edition
Petitions for Israel's gathering, redemption of Jerusalem, escape from final calamity, and meeting the Lord at the resurrection trumpet.
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Dedicating the house commanded in the revelation · commentary →
A prayer to be caught up with the Lord · commentary →
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Joseph Smith Papers featured historical witness, specified in locator and source note; modern documentary transcription
Featured two-page printed prayer, page 2; opening of page 1
Sean Durbin; Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
Distinguishes historic, historicist and futurist premillennialism and describes competing identifications of Israel, including Baldwin’s United States interpretation.
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Christ returns before the Millennium · commentary →
Dallin H. Oaks; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Says exact timing is unknown while applying the ten virgins to spiritual readiness and contemporary commotion to scriptural prophecy.
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Oaks identifies the commotion in his own time · commentary →
What would we change if we expected to meet Christ tomorrow? · commentary →
Oaks’s application of standing in holy places · commentary →
Oaks reads the ten virgins as members of the Church · commentary →
Christoffel Golden; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christoffel Golden describes Christ’s return as drawing nearer and connects preparation with the millennium and prophetic guidance.
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A day of peace for the righteous · commentary →
Neil L. Andersen; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Interprets missionary service as preparation for the return and the gathering of the elect.
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Missionary service and the promised gathering · commentary →
What Andersen expects at Christ’s return · commentary →
J. Wendell
A short Adventist tract by J. Wendell of Edenboro, Pennsylvania, giving evidences for the coming of Christ in 1873. It reckons Daniel’s 1,335 years from AD 538 to that year.
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Wendell’s 1873 expectation →
Wendell: the 1,335 years from AD 538 end in 1873 · commentary →
View cited source · archive.org ↗Edition and location
J. Wendell (Edenboro, Pa.), Present Truth, or, Meat in Due Season: Giving some of the Evidences for the Coming of our Lord and Saviour, this year, 1873 (no imprint; 1873). Internet Archive scan PresentTruthByJonasWendell, first page (leaf 1), title block and first paragraph, transcribed from the page image; the OCR layer is poor and was used only for comparison. Three worn marks in “events, only,” “prophecy, and” and “day, of course” are read as commas, as in the OCR layer. Title lines kept as printed lines; italics rendered plain; line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized.
First page
Traditional attribution; historical authorship not established here
Royal/priestly oracle and judgment of nations; later messianic identification must be separately attributed.
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Psalm 50: God calls his people to judgment →
Psalm 107, the companion text cited by Pratt · commentary →
The Bab
The Qayyumu’l-Asma is the Báb’s commentary on the Qur’an’s chapter of Joseph. Its addresses claim divine authority while drawing on scriptural language and titles.
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The Báb warns the Shah →
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Authorized English excerpts in Selections from the Writings of the Bab, first published 1976; official Bahai Reference Library
Excerpts from chapters I–V, VII and IX
Tuojin and others, by imperial command
The Qing court’s documentary account of the suppression of the 1813 Tianli (Eight Trigrams) rising, arranged by date from Jiaqing 18 to Jiaqing 21 (1813–1816). It prints the Jiaqing emperor’s essays, edicts and officials’ memorials, including the depositions of captured sect members.
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Cui Shijun’s deposition: the White Yang kalpa, 1813 →
The Jiaqing emperor on the Eight Trigrams’ agreed day →
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Qing palace woodblock edition, Peking University Library copy (Internet Archive 02080926.cn–02080964.cn)
Juan shou (imperial essay); juan 1, Jiaqing 18/9/15
Huang Hongshou
Huang Hongshou’s topical history of the Qing dynasty, published in 1914. Its chapter on provincial rebellions narrates the Tianli (Eight Trigrams) rising of 1813 and the day its members fixed by their scripture and the stars.
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The Eight Trigrams’ appointed day, 1813 →
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Lithograph edition, 1914 (Peking University Library copy, Internet Archive 02080664.cn)
Juan 38, Jiaqing 18; volume 3, image n85
The Watch Tower (unsigned)
Unsigned questions and answers in The Watch Tower of 15 June 1918 on the gates of Ezekiel’s temple. The answer on the east gate expects the ancient worthies to be made alive at the beginning of the earthly phase of the kingdom of heaven, “we believe in 1925.”
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The Watch Tower, 15 June 1918: the ancient worthies made alive at the beginning of the earthly kingdom, “we believe in 1925” · commentary →
The Watch Tower, 15 June 1918: the ancient worthies made alive at the beginning of the earthly kingdom, “we believe in 1925” · commentary →
The Watch Tower, 15 June 1918: the ancient worthies made alive at the beginning of the earthly kingdom, “we believe in 1925” · commentary →
View cited source · archive.org ↗Edition and location
The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (Brooklyn, N.Y.), vol. XXXIX, no. 12, 15 June 1918 (masthead, p. 179), unsigned article “Questions Concerning Ezekiel’s Temple,” p. 189, the second question and the first paragraph of its answer, from “Question.—Does the east gate” through “—Hebrews 11.” Read in the Watch Tower Society’s reprint of the magazine, which sets two original pages on each reprint page: Internet Archive item magazines-the-watchtower-and-herald-christ-presence-1918, BookReader leaves 85 (masthead, reprint p. [6273]), 89 and 93 (running heads “June 15, 1918”) and 91 (reprint p. [6279]). Transcribed from the page images. Italic “Question.” and “Answer.” rendered plain; line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized.
p. 189