Those who made up this group were not merely alive in 1914, but they were spirit - anointed as sons of God in or before that year. ​ — Rom.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤَلِّفُونَ هٰذَا ٱلْفَرِيقَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُجَرَّدَ أَشْخَاصٍ عَاشُوا سَنَةَ ١٩١٤ ،‏ بَلْ هُمْ أَشْخَاصٌ مُسِحُوا بِٱلرُّوحِ كَأَبْنَاءٍ لِلهِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ أَوْ قَبْلَهَا .‏ —‏ رو ٨ :‏ ​ ١٤ -‏ ١٧‏ .‏