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
Even unto the horse bridles.—So deep as to strangle and drown the old
false doctrinal hobbies so long ridden. Sectarianism will be the universal
laughing‐stock. See Rev., chapters 8 and 9. “Because I have called, and ye
refused; I have stretched out My hand, and no man regarded; but ye have
set at nought all My counsel, and would none of My reproof; I will mock
when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon
you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek
Me early, but they shall not find Me; for that they hated knowledge, and
did not choose the fear of the Lord. They would none of my counsel: they
despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their
own way.”—Prov. 1:24‐31.
By the space of a thousand and [six] TWO hundred furlongs.—This can not be
interpreted to refer to the 2100 mile battle line of the world war. A
furlong or stadium is not a mile and this is without the city whereas the
battle line is within the city. See Rotherham’s translation.
A stadium is 606‐¾ English ft.; 1200 stadii are, mi., 137.9.
The work on this volume was done in Scranton, Pa. As fast as it was
completed it was sent to the Bethel. Half of the work was done at an
average distance of 5 blocks from the Lackawanna station, and the other
half at a distance of 25 blocks. Blocks in Scranton are 10 to the mile.
Hence the average distance to the station is 15 blocks, or, 1.5 mi.
The mileage from Scranton to Hoboken Terminal is shown in time tables as
143.8 and this is the mileage charged to passengers, but in 1911, at an
expense of $12,000,000, the Lackawanna Railroad completed its famous cut‐
off, saving 11 miles of the distance. From the day the cut‐off was
completed the trainmen have been allowed 11 miles less than the time table
shows, or a net distance of 132.8 mi.
Hoboken Ferry to Barclay Street Ferry, New York, is 2.0 mi.
Barclay Street Ferry to Fulton Ferry, New York, is 4,800 feet or 0.9 mi.
Fulton Ferry, New York, to Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, is 2,000 feet or 0.4
mi.
Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, to Bethel, is 1,485 feet or 0.3 mi.
Shortest distance from place where the winepress was trodden by the Feet
Members of the Lord, Whose guidance and help alone made this volume
possible. (John 6:60, 61; Matt. 20:11.), mi., 137.9
Revelation 15—The Song Of The Saints
15:1. And I saw another sign.—_Seemion_, the same word used by our Lord
when He said, “Then shall appear the _sign_ of the Son of Man.” The proofs
of the Lord’s Second Advent are here referred to.
In heaven.—Among God’s professed people.
Great and marvelous.—Very different in tone and contents from other Bible
“helps.”
Seven angels.—The seven volumes of _Studies in the Scriptures_.
Having the seven last plagues.—The seven volumes of _Studies in the
Scriptures_ together constitute the third and last woe poured out upon
papacy.—Rev. 16:1‐21; 22:18.
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