Cornell University Library Digital Collections
History Fulfilling Prophecy
- Title:
- History Fulfilling Prophecy
- Alternate Title:
- History Fulfilling Prophecy
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Reeve, William
- Other Creators:
- National Press Limited, Printer.
- Date:
- 1908
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2557.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2557_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Religion
- Measurement:
- 26 x 40 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This is a roadmap and timeline to the British Israelite movement. The movement has been described as a melange of "Protestant apocalypticism, British nationalism, New Age belief, and racial pseudo-science." Cottrell-Boyce 2021. According to the British Israelites, the white, Protestant people of Britain - including the British royal family - are directly descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel, specifically the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. As such, these Protestant "Anglo Saxons," including Americans and others from the British Colonies, are divinely blessed and the inheritors of the biblical prophecies and promises bestowed on the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. From the end of the 19th century until World War II, the movement flourished in Britain and spread to the United States and Canada. See generally Kidd 2006, 43-44 & ch. 7. In the view of many historians and religious scholars, British Israelites "propagated a religious justification for white superiority," and "served to sanctify the British imperialist enterprise," as well as American Manifest Destiny and sometimes virulent anti-Semitism. Ibid 213-14, 220.
The prophecy chart was produced in 1908, accompanied by a book providing a "Key to Chart," by William Reeve. Reeve was an Anglican priest who emigrated to Canada and served as Bishop of Mackenzie River from 1981 to 1907 and then as Assistant Bishop of Toronto. His work promises that "for all who will, to read, mark, learn, see and handle, we have the facts of history illuminated by the Bible, the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and the [British] Coronation Stone." (P.5.) From these sources, Reeve distills his "Historical Chart including the seven times period of 360 years upon Israel and Judah and the 2520 years of Gentile Dominance and Darkness divided into hours of 225-3/4 years, from sunset 6 P.M. 776 B.C. to sunrise 6 A.M. 1933 A.D." (Chart, top center.)
The book and chart include numerous biblical and historical references, as well as explanations of the significance of the Coronation Stone (or Stone of Scone) and the various chambers and passages of the Great Pyramid at Giza. According to Reeve, Russia under the Czar was the apocalyptic Gog, allied with Satan in the ultimate war against God. (Pp. 103-106). He elaborated a prophecy that the war would climax with the victory of God in the year 1933, "Gog Russia & Antichrist destroyed, Israel & Judah restored." (Chart, top right.) At that time, "Christ comes to sit on David's throne as King and reigns for 1000 years, giving peace to the world." (Chart, bottom right; see pp. 112-115.) Reeve died in 1925 and was thus spared the unhappy outcome of his prophecy.
For a 1947 version of this chart, see ID #2397, Hall, "God's Great Week." The collection includes other British Israelite materials; Search > "Israelite."
For other examples of geographic and cartographic pseudo-science in the collection, Search > "pseudo*".
For other religious charts and timelines in the collection, Search > "Religious Charts."
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University.
- Source:
- Reeve, William. 1909. History Fulfilling Prophecy. Key to Chart. Toronto: William Reeve & D. Sutherland.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
