Continuing the above discourse on the things due during the day of the revelation of his presence, Jesus says: “I tell you in that night (before the day has dawned yet a part of that day) there will be two in a bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two will be grinding together; the one will be taken and the other left.” [Diaglott.] A bed is a place in which to rest; it is here used, we believe, to represent the resting…
Among Christians there is much which passes for “entire consecration,” but it is often a consecration to some self-imposed tasks, or work, instead of to God. Some are consecrated and are living sacrifices to business, some to their families, some to the temperance work, some to building up and working for their particular denominational church or to some particular ministry, some to ministering to the poor and the sick, some to social or moral reforms. These are each good enough…
The following request was sent to Pastor Russell, which he allowed his wife to answer. (We have edited it here a bit, but have not changed the questions or answers.) Are we to expect revivals and the conversion of sinners now? Are we to labor for this result? Is the church coming up higher? Are we to come out of the church, take our name off church books, or remain in the church and labor to bring the rest upon the higher plain; or is each individual to be fully persuaded in…
“In the day that the Son of man is revealed; in that day, he which shall be on the housetop and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.” Luke 17:30-33. The description is relative to matters due to take place AFTER the…
Can the promises to Abraham be fulfilled? We think so – let us see. We read (Gen 12:1-3), “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country [Chaldea] and from thy kindred and from thy father’s house, unto a land which I will shew thee, and I will make of thee a great nation, (we believe the Lord here speaks not simply of the nation or people of Israel, but of all the peoples of the world…
THE NEW JERUSALEM is a figure of the coming kingdom of God. It represents, we believe, both spiritual and earthly beings. When first seen (Rev 21:2.) it contains only the bride, it has not reached earth yet – it is “coming down from God out of heaven,” (Coming into power and control). From the commencement of the reign of Christ, the kingdom or dominion of God will commence; it will continue to overthrow evil and establish right, until in the end of…
“Art thou greater than our father Abraham which is dead and the prophets are dead? Whom makes thou thyself?” John 8:53. In being born of a virgin, Jesus had taken “the seed of Abraham” and so continued until he was 30 years of age when, in baptism he consecrated his being to God a living sacrifice. He was accepted, and from that moment, being begotten of the Spirit and sealed as a new creature, he is a partaker of the divine nature, the human nature…
“Many are familiar with the outline of God’s plan as embodied in the three worlds, – The world that was before the flood, the world that now is, and the world to come. This is a striking example of the fundamental character of the number three in the structure of the Bible plan of revelation and salvation. Each of these worlds, or orders, is spoken of in succession as having its own “heavens and earth.” 2 Pet 3. Here we have the foundation…
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let us keep the feast. 1 Cor 5:7 The Passover was a Jewish feast kept annually (and is still observed by them) as a commemoration of their remarkable deliverance under the tenth plague upon Egypt – the Passing-over or sparing from death of their first-born. The circumstances as narrated in Exodus Chapter 12 – the slaying of the Lamb, the roasting of the flesh with fire, and the eating of it with bitter herbs and unleavened bread while…
Those who will first recognize the millennial day as begun, and its sun of righteousness as having risen, the kingdom of God as having been “set up,” or commenced its reign, will be the “great company who go through the coming time of trouble and come up (to the family condition, as partakers of the Divine nature) but not being the overcomers – the bride – they do not sit in the throne, but therefore are they before the throne.” NOTE: this was an early assumption however after further review one which…