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 this is the Second Death; THE LAKE OF FIRE.—“This destruction or death
is called the Second Death in contradistinction to the First or Adamic
death, and not to signify that everything which goes into it dies a second
time. For instance, death (the first or Adamic death), and Hades, the
grave, are to be cast into it, which work will require the entire
Millennium to accomplish it; and in no sense will they ever have been
destroyed before. So also the devil, the beast, and the false prophet,
will never have been destroyed before.”—H. 58; Rev. 21:8.
20:15. And whosoever [was] SHALL not BE found written in the Book of
Life.—The writing, the judging, is still future.
Was cast into the Lake of Fire.—“The Second Death, during the Millennial
Age, is a part of the utter destruction which will include every improper,
injurious and useless thing. (Isa. 11:9; Psa. 101:5‐8.) But the Second
Death, the sentence of that individual trial, will be final: it will never
be destroyed. We rejoice that there is no danger of this, but that Divine
Justice unites with Divine Wisdom, Love and Power, to bring in everlasting
righteousness on a permanent basis.”—H. 67; Rev. 19:20; Psa. 50:22.
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“A thousand years, earth’s coming glory,
’Tis the glad Day so long foretold;
’Tis the bright Morn of Zion’s glory
Prophets foresaw in times of old.
“What if the clouds do for a moment
Hide the blue sky where Morn appears?
Soon the glad Sun of Promise given
Rises to shine a thousand years!”
Revelation 21—The Descending Kingdom
21:1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.—“It may be that this, rather
than ‘the Millennium,’ is the name which we ought to give to the Golden
Age, of purity and bliss which next awaits the world. The words seem to
include a transformation and glorification of our material globe.”—Weym.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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