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
[And] FOR their works do follow them.—“Their _work_ will not cease with
this change; for all those who will be counted worthy of that change to
glory will be already enlisted in the service of the Kingdom on this side
the veil: only the weariness, the labor feature, will cease with the
change.” (C. 238.) “We may not be able to judge accurately as to what
features of the great work are now being carried on by the Lord and His
glorified saints beyond the veil; but we may be sure that they are active
participants in the work assigned the members of the same Kingdom class,
whose course and service are not yet ended on this side the veil—the
Harvest work.”—D. 624; 1 Cor. 15:58.
14:14. [And I looked], and behold a white cloud.—See Rev. 10:1. As the
cloud indicates the Time of Trouble, so the white indicates the pure
motive back of it.
And upon the cloud [one sat] I SAW ONE SITTING like unto the Son of
Man.—“To the Jewish House Jesus presented Himself in three characters—as
Bridegroom (John 3:29), Reaper (John 4:35, 38) and King (Matt. 21:5, 9,
4). To the Christian House He presents Himself in the same characters. (2
Cor. 11:2; Rev. 14:14, 15; 17:14.)”—B. 238.
Having on His head a golden crown.—The Divine nature, Immortality, the
highest form of life.—2 Tim. 4:8; Jas. 1:12; 1 Pet. 5:4.
And in His hand a sharp sickle.—“This Harvest, like the Jewish one, is to
be first a time of trial and sifting upon the Church, and afterward a time
of wrath upon the world, including the nominal Church. That which tried
fleshly Israel in the Harvest of their Age was the truth then presented to
them. The truth then due was the sickle, and it separated the ‘Israelites
indeed’ from the nominal Jewish Church; and of the true wheat there was
but a fragment compared to the professors. So also is the Harvest of this
Age. The Harvest of the Gospel Age, like that of the Jewish Age, is under
the supervision of the Chief Reaper, our Lord Jesus, who must then be
present.”—A. 238.
14:15. And another angel.—The Witness to the Lord in the Land of Egypt.
(Isa. 19:20.) See pages 309, 311, Vol. III, and observe that Chapter 10,
Vol. III, _Scripture Studies_, is in reality a separate book.
Came out of [the] HIS temple, crying with a loud voice.—Throughout the 66
pages of his testimony.
To Him that sat on the cloud.—To our Present Lord.
Thrust in Thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come [for thee] to
reap.—The Great Pyramid confirms the Bible’s teaching that the time of
Harvest has come.
For the Harvest of the earth is ripe.—“The use of a sickle is to gather
wheat, not to ripen it.”
14:16. And He that sat on the cloud.—The Lord Jesus, during His Parousia,
overruling and withholding the Time of Trouble.
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