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 the fourth beast.—Wisdom, as exhibited in the Father’s Plan, now
unfolded before our delighted gaze, is the fourth, and complete,
manifestation of God to man. “He is never confused, bewildered, perplexed,
anxious or careworn, or in the least fearful that His plans will miscarry
or His purposes fail; because all power and wisdom inhere in Him. The
scope of His mighty intellect reaches to the utmost bounds of possibility,
comprehends all causes and discerns with precision all effects;
consequently He knows the end from the beginning, and that, not only upon
philosophical principles, but also by intuition. As the Creator of all
things and the Originator of all law, He is thoroughly acquainted with all
the intricate subtleties of physical, moral and intellectual law, so that
no problem could arise, the results of which are not manifest to His mind.
‘God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.’ (1 John 1:5.)”—Z.
’95‐153.
Was like a flying eagle.—Of all known birds, the eagle flies the highest
and with the greatest rapidity. “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
(Isa. 55:9.) The ones attracted to Present Truth are the eagles, the far‐
sighted ones that “behold the land that is very far off.” (Matt. 24:28; 2
Pet. 1:9; Isa. 33:16, 17; Psa. 103:5.) In the training of its young the
eagle manifests wisdom of high order: “ ‘As an eagle stirreth up her nest’
(she mixes the thorny outside with the downy inside, so that the eaglets
will leave it and learn to fly), so God, by His testing providences makes
the place of rest one of unrest to us, and thus lures us out to trust
ourselves to His care and guidance over untried ways.”—Z. ’04‐116.
4:8. And the four beasts.—Justice, Power, Love and Wisdom.
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