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 He [will dwell] DWELLETH with them and they shall be His people.—“All
mankind will be treated from the standpoint of reconciliation, the
Propitiation (price) for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2) having
been provided at Calvary, and the due time having then come for the
manifestation of Divine favor.”—Z. ’01‐200; Psa. 68:18; Ezek. 37:27; Zech.
8:8.
[And] God Himself shall be with them, [and be their God].—“It will be the
Kingdom of God, because God’s dear Son and His joint‐heir, the Church,
will be in absolute accord with the Father, and all that shall be done
under their control will fully and completely represent the Divine will
respecting men. Nevertheless, it will be a separate Kingdom from that of
the remainder of the Universe, as the Apostle Paul indicates. (1 Cor.
15:24, 25, 28.)”—Z. ’01‐200; Jer. 30:22; 31:33; Ezek. 11:20.
21:4. And [God] HE shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.—“The wiping
away of tears implies a gradual work, such as we see will be the process
of that glorious time. Man will not be exempt from every weakness and
trial and difficulty at the beginning, but if he will conform to the Laws
of the Kingdom, all cause for distress will gradually pass away, as
restitution blessings will lift him out of death into life.”—Z. ’01‐200;
Isa. 25:8; 65:19.
And there shall be no more death; neither sorrow nor crying SHALL
BE.—“What a glorious sun‐burst of blessing is in these words! What a grand
fulfilment will be there of the Apostle’s declaration respecting ‘Times of
Restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the
holy Prophets since the world began’! The declaration, however, applies to
the very end of the Millennial Age, and not in full to any previous time
in that Age. (John 5:28, 29.)”—Z. ’01‐200; 1 Cor. 15:26, 54; Rev. 20:14;
Isa. 35:10; 51:11; 65:19.
[Neither shall there be any more pain] For the former things are passed
away.—The reign of Satan, sin and death will have ended forever. “To gain
a place in the earthly phase of the Kingdom of God will be to find the
gratification of every desire and ambition of the perfect human heart.”—A.
291.
21:5. And He that sat upon the Throne said, Behold, I make all things
new.—“This expression does not relate merely to rocks and trees, etc., but
to the great work which our Lord undertook; viz., the regeneration of
humanity to the complete perfection contemplated in the original Divine
Plan.”—Z. ’01‐201; Rev. 20:11.
And He said unto me, Write: for these words are [true and] faithful, AND
TRUE.—“Present conditions seem so contrary to all this grand Restitution
outcome that it cannot be fully believed and trusted by any except those
who have learned to walk with the Lord. To all others these things will
appear untrue, and God will appear unfaithful, and the matters which we
are here discussing will seem ‘idle tales,’ as fables and golden fancies:
but to us who believe, these promises are precious.”—1 Pet. 2:7.
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