The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

We understand that time expired in October, 1874, and we are now in that blessed time, the time for theunveiling of all the mysteries, the time for the knowledge of the time prophecies, the time to understand that theGospel age will soon be finished, and the Bride will soon have made herself ready. When we realize these facts,we want to get established in the matter of the time prophecies. You know our motto for this year is, "In duetime." It is a very important message, and none but those who understand Millennial Dawn recognize the truesignificance of those words "In Due Time."In the talks I shall give there will be nothing new, but it will all be confirmatory of what is already taught in thesecond and third volumes of Millennial Dawn. I was not always sure that Brother Russell's interpretation wascorrect, but now I am positive that the interpretations of time prophecies in the Dawn are absolutely correct.That is a great thing to be able to say, dear friends, and I hope that every one of you will be able to say the samething.There are a great many things to speak about, and it is impossible in the course of two talks to mention all thereis in reference to all the charts before us, but it will be necessary to make a selection.We will first take up this chart, called the Rest and Restitution chart. You know God used the people of Israel asa typical people, to carry out certain types and shadows for our admonition. One of the important things Godhad these people do was to observe times and seasons; he had them divide time into periods of weeks or years,from the time they entered the land of Canaan. The seventh year was to be held as a Sabbath year, a rest year, ayear in which they were not to work on the land; the land had its rest. Then after a cycle of seven of thoseperiods, the next year, the 50th, was to be observed as a jubilee year, and during that year the Israelites were toget back all the possessions they owned fifty years before, or that their forefathers had owned at that time. Inthis way God was showing forth the great times of restitution, about which we all know-the great Jubilee whichbegan in October, 1874.Some who do not understand much about these subjects may say, "Well, if the great times of restitution of allthings began in October, 1874, we do not see the things restored yet. How does that come about?" Simply because these great times of restitution fill the whole period of a thousand years. This is the great antitype. If youlook back to the typical times of restitution you can easily comprehend that in the first month of that time,corresponding to the first forty years of this time, there was a great deal of unrest; there was nothing restored