History of Jehovah's Witnesses book, "Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World", was published in early 1877. It articulated ideas that remained the teachings of Russell's associates for the next 40 years, many of which are still embraced by Jehovah's Witnesses: it identified a 2520-year-long era called "the Gentile Times", which would end in 1914, and broke from Adventist teachings by advancing Russell's concept of "restitution" — that all humankind since Adam would be resurrected to the earth and given the opportunity for eternal perfect human life. Russell claimed it was the first book to combine biblical end-time prophecies with the concept of
Jehovah-nissi (hoist; lift up) and was rendered "Jehovah Is My Exaltation". In many modern Christian translations, such as the New International Version, the name is translated “the is my banner." Nes (nês), from which Nissi derived, means "banner" in Hebrew. The chapter recounts that Israel had the advantage over Amalek as long as Moses, watching the battle from a vantage point, held his staff aloft. Matthew Henry considered that "Jehovah-nissi–The Lord is my banner" "probably refers to the lifting up of the rod of God as a banner in this action. The presence and power of Jehovah were the banner under