Witnesses base their beliefs about the significance of 1914 on the Watch Tower Society's interpretation of biblical chronology,[REF][REF] which is hinged on their assertion that the Babylonian captivity and destruction of Jerusalem occurred in 607 BC [REF].
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that since October 1914, humanity has been living in a period of intense increased trouble known as "the last days", marked by war, disease, famine, earthquakes, and a progressive degeneration of morality [REF].