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
(4) _Samuel_, as a historian, recorded Hannah’s prophecy, “The Lord
killeth and maketh alive; He bringeth down to hell and bringeth up.” (1
Sam. 2:6.) This is one of the first places in the Bible where we are shown
that what goes into hell does not necessarily stay there. Another
instance, in which Samuel foretold pictorially the coming of the better
King, was in the case of the coronation of King Saul. Saul had been
selected king, but had an attack of bashfulness; and when they had
searched, they found him behind the baggage. The record is, “They ran, and
fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than
any of the people from his shoulders and upward. And Samuel said, See ye
him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among the
people? And all the people shouted and said, God save the king.” (1 Sam.
10:17‐24.) Saul was God’s choice for king; his name means “desired,” and
in this he typified Christ, the “desire of all nations.” This incident
looks forward to the time when all the people of the world will say of
Christ, “Oh! who is like unto our God? Lo! This is our God; this is our
King; this is the One we have waited for; He is head and shoulders, as a
ruler, above all kings and rulers we have had.”
(5) _Job_, after the Sabeans had made off with his oxen and asses, after a
bolt of lightning had burned up his sheep, after the Chaldeans had stolen
his camels and murdered his servants, after a whirlwind had blown down his
house and killed all his children, after he was covered with boils from
head to foot, after his wife had gone back on him, and after his three
remaining friends tried to prove to him that he was a hypocrite, prayed
that he might go to hell and stay there until God’s wrath should be past,
and that then God would remember him in resurrection. (Job 14:13‐15.) Job
records Elihu’s prophetic statement that when the Messenger of the
Covenant has returned, death will cease and men not need to go into the
tomb. (Job 33:19‐30.) Job also describes the steam engine—stationary,
railway and marine.
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