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
21:6. And He [said] SAITH unto me, [It is done.] I am Alpha and Omega, the
Beginning and the End.—“It was the Father’s good pleasure that the Blessed
One, the Only Begotten of the Father, should accomplish the entire program
of redemption and restitution; and be forever the Associate and
Representative of the Father, through whom and by whom all things should
continue, as He was the one through whom all things were made that were
made.”—Z. ’01‐201; Rev. 1:8; 22:13.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life
freely.—“It is this one who, during the Millennial Age, will extend to all
the willing and obedient the Water of Life, everlasting life—the privilege
of perpetual existence. But they must thirst for it, must desire it; and
this desire must be manifest in obedience to the terms, the laws, upon
which it will be supplied freely.”—Z. ’01‐201; Rev. 22:17; Isa. 55:1; John
7:37.
21:7. He that overcometh shall inherit [all] THESE things.—These earthly
things.—Acts 3:21.
And I will be his God, and he shall be My son.—“Those addressed are not
the Bride class, selected during the Gospel Age, (1 John 3:2) but the
sheep class of Matt. 25—such of mankind as during the Millennial Age
become the Lord’s sheep and obey His voice. They shall inherit the earth,
the purchased possession—which Jesus will restore at the close of the
Millennium to all the children of Adam who shall have accepted His
gracious favors and been regenerated by Him, and thus become His sons, and
He their God—their Father. (Isa. 9:6)”—Z. ’01‐201; Zech. 8:8; Heb. 8:10;
Rom. 8:21.
21:8. But the fearful.—“If any, enlightened by the Truth, and brought to a
knowledge of the love of God, and restored to human perfection, become
‘fearful,’ and ‘draw back’ (Heb. 10:38, 39), they, with the unbelievers,
will be destroyed from among the people. (Acts 3:23.)”—A. 107.
And unbelieving.—Who will not trust God, after all the marvels of His
grace they will have seen and experienced.—Heb. 11:6; Rom. 10:17; John
20:31; John 17:20; 1 Tim. 6:12; Luke 17:5; James 2:17.
And the abominable.—“Those abominable characters among men, who, knowing
the truth, yet love unrighteousness.”—H. 60.
And murderers.—Slanderers.—Psa. 141:3; Deut. 5:17; Matt. 5:21, 22;
15:18‐20; 1 John 3:15; James 3:2‐12; James 4:11; Prov. 4:23, 24; Matt.
12:34‐37; Eph. 4:31; Psa. 15:1‐3; 19:14; 34:13; 101:5; Prov. 12:19; 16:28;
17:4; 26:20‐21; Jer. 20:10; 1 Cor. 10:10; James 1:19; Deut. 32:2.
And whoremongers.—Not at heart faithful to the Lord.
And sorcerers.—Dreamers, theorists, pseudo‐philosophers, endeavoring to
accredit to themselves the great salvation wrought.—Rev. 22:15.
And idolaters.—“Such as misappropriate and misuse Divine favors, who give
to self or any other creature or thing that service and honor which belong
to God.”—H. 63.
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