How the prophecies of the 1974 year have been fulfilled? – today's comment Students of the Bible at United States announced received by faith the fact of the second presence of Christ since 1874 and expiry of so-called Times of the Gentiles (1914). These two matters are mutually closely connected. Zedekiah turned out to be the last king who sat down on the "throne of Jehovah" (1 Chron. 29:23). Prophet Ezekiel announced the king's dethronization and the fall typical kingdom of God, and declared to expect on the legitimate claimant to the crown that is the Jesus Christ (21:26, 27). From Divine Plan of the Ages it results, that this period of the interregnum had to last more than two and a half millenium. At that time it was permitted to the Pagan rulers to administer the matters of the world according to their own fancy. That is why the Lord Jesus named that entire period the Times of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24). Our Lord, from the very beginning of his invisible presence (1874), until expiration of the Pagans power (1914), he did not violate the laws of kings, aristocracy and clergy. Nevertheless, all the meantime of the forty years, ...more