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
(19) _Habakkuk_ was the next one of the holy Prophets, and in Hab. 2:14 he
says, “The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
Lord as the waters cover the sea.” In places, the water in the Pacific
Ocean is seven miles deep. Imagine a condition in which the knowledge of
the glory of God is like that in the earth! It will be as impossible for a
man not to know about God as it would be for one to be down at the bottom
of the ocean without getting wet.
(20) _Zephaniah_ foretold that the Lord will starve all the false gods to
death; for all men will worship the one only and true God, even including
the heathen we have worried so much about (Zeph. 2:11); that after the
present inequitable condition of society has passed away—been devoured,
not with literal fire but with the fire of the Lord’s jealousy—there will
be no more sectarianism, but all the people will be taught the pure Truth
and worship the Lord with _one_ consent; the liar and deceiver will no
longer be abroad in the land and the people will eat and rest without fear
of disaster, dispossession or death.—Zeph. 3:9, 13.
(21) _Haggai_ was the next one of the holy Prophets, and he says in Hag.
2:7, “The desire of all nations shall come.” In Rom. 8:19‐22, the Apostle
tells us what is the desire of all nations. He says, “The whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain, waiting for the manifestation [showing
forth] of the sons of God.” It is in the plural, and means not Jesus only,
but all of the Little Flock. The groaning will not be in vain; for in the
same passage the Apostle says the outcome will be that the groaning
creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into a glorious
liberty from sin and every evil thing.
(22) _Zechariah_ prophesied that many nations shall be joined to the Lord
in that Day and be His people and He will dwell in the midst of them
(Zech. 2:11); that when every man dwells under his own vine and fig tree
every man will love his neighbor and his brother (Zech. 3:10); that the
coming Kingdom will be a Kingdom of Truth, the people will be God’s people
and He will be their God in truth and righteousness; the ground shall give
its increase and the heaven its dews and the Lord will do well to the
people and remove their fears (Zech. 8:3, 8, 12, 15); that the inhabitants
of one city will go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before
the Lord, and to seek the Lord of Hosts; I will go also. Yea, many people
and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts and to pray before
the Lord (Zech. 8:21; 22); that the battle bow shall be cut off, that the
Lord shall speak peace to the people; corn shall make the young men speak,
and new wine (better doctrines) the maids (Zech. 9:10, 17); that the Lord
shall be King over all the earth and men shall dwell in it, and there
shall be no more utter destruction, but all shall be holiness unto the
Lord.—Zech. 14:9, 11, 20.
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