Fulfilled prophecy is the record of physical facts which are actually existent and definitely fixed.

Physical facts do not stultify themselves.

They stand as silent witnesses whose testimony must be taken as indisputable.
[400]There are two important dates here that we must not confuse, but clearly differentiate, namely, the beginning of "the time of the end" and of "the presence of the Lord".

"The time of the end" embraces a period from A.D.1799, as above indicated, to the time of the complete overthrow of Satan's empire and the establishment of the kingdom of the Messiah.

The time of the Lord's second presence dates from 1874, as above stated.