Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished MysteryRussell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
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Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery
Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jehovah's witnesses -- Controversial literature
The fact that Jehovah intends some unique experiences for the antitypical
Isaac may be judged from the fact that between Isaac’s conception (Gen.
17:19 and 18:10) and his birth (Gen. 21:1) occurred the destruction of
Sodom (Gen. 18:16 to end of 19th Chap.) and _Abraham’s denial of Sarah_
(Gen. 20). But reading the latter account, the child of God is comforted
with God’s care of His little ones (Gen. 20:3) with the assurance that
none of Satan’s plans can mature (Gen. 20:18) without the Lord’s
permission. Isaac was a type of the complete Christ; and if now The Christ
is complete, as we believe, and ready to be born into the Kingdom, we
should not be surprised at anything that might look like our repudiation
at the Father’s hands. If He pours the cup, it will only be because He
knows that we can drink it, and because He wishes to prove to angels and
to men that we are worthy of the honors He is to give us.—Lu. 22:42, 43; 1
Tim. 1:16.
Till we.—You “four angels,” Harvest workers in the flesh, and Myself, the
Lord of the Harvest.
Have sealed the servants of our God.—See Rev. 19:20; 14:1. Satan is a
diligent student of time prophecy (Luke 12:39); but not having the Holy
Spirit he is unable to reach accurate conclusions. Seeing a definite Plan,
and a definite time for every important feature of that Plan, his aim has
ever been to thwart the purposes of the Almighty. This attempt to destroy
the Seed began with the death of Abel and still continues. No doubt Satan
_believed_ the Millennial Kingdom was due to be set up in 1915; and no
doubt, also, he knew that seven years prior to the time of the setting up
of that kingdom the restraints upon the evil spirits would be lifted. Be
that as it may, there is evidence that the establishment of the Kingdom in
Palestine will probably be in 1925, ten years later than we once
calculated. The 70 jubilees, reckoned as 50 years each, expire October,
1925. (B. 186.) Gen. 15:1‐16:3, read connectedly, indicates that Abraham’s
vision as to when he would receive the Kingdom was not granted until ten
years after the Covenant was made, or 2035 B. C. The ages of the animals
offered aggregated eleven years, which, applied prophetically, on the
scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the length of time from the
date of the visions to A. D. 1925 (Z. ’07‐79). It seems conclusive that
the hour of Nominal Zion’s travail is fixed for the Passover of 1918. (See
Rev. 3:14.) That will be 7 years prior to 1925. At that time there is
every reason to believe the fallen angels will invade the minds of many of
the Nominal Church people, driving them to exceedingly unwise conduct and
leading to their destruction at the hands of the enraged masses, who will
later be dragged to the same fate. The great war now raging is most
certainly the work of evil spirits, and the Kaiser is not the only clever
ruler who has been deceived by evil spirits, as history will sometime
show.—Lu. 12:56.
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