Java 7: IF condition triggered when false

I have this piece of code:

void timerCountDown(){
    while(RaftNode.getTimeoutVar()){
        long x = System.currentTimeMillis();
        if(x >= RaftNode.limit){
            System.out.println(x);
            System.out.println(RaftNode.limit + " THIS SHOULD BE LESS THAN");
            System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() + " THIS");
            System.out.println("TIMED OUT");
            raft.RaftNode.setTimeoutVar(false);
            nextRandomTimeOut();
            raft.RaftNode.onTimeOut();
        }
    }
}

So basically, this is a time-out function and the time-out is refreshed by another condition. My issue is that the x >= RaftNode.limit condition keeps triggering even though it is false (through the print statements).

My console outputs:

1431532870542
1431532872508 THIS SHOULD BE LESS THAN
1431532870542 THIS

So x is indeed the current time, but even though it is less than the limit, the condition is being triggered.

I have no idea why!

The limit var is

public static long limit;

so nothing fancy here