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Revelation Chapter 18, Part 2

Revelation Chapter 18, Part 2

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  Revelation Chapter 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL OF BABYLON (Rev 18:1-24) Introduction to This Chapter, continued Verse 20: A statement about how the saints rejoice because they know the good that is to follow. Chapter 13 in Volume Four covers this. Only here does the order of Volume Four differ from the order of Revelation 18. Whether Brother Russell was cognizant that his Volume Four was a detailed explanation of Revelation 18 is questionable. What does not seem questionable…

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Revelation Chapter 18, Part 1

Revelation Chapter 18, Part 1

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  Revelation Chapter 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL OF BABYLON (Rev 18:1-24) Introduction to This Chapter It should be said from the outset that Chapter 18 of Revelation has an uncanny resemblance to Volume Four of Studies in the Scriptures. It seems most probable that the “voice from heaven” in Rev 18:4 is the Seventh Messenger to the Church, Charles T. Russell — the same as is symbolized in Rev 17:1 as “one of the seven angels who had the…

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FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, Part 2

FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, Part 2

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We continue with the common hindrances which prevent some of the Lord’s professed followers from obtaining a full assurance of faith. (2) Even amongst those who are REAL Christians (true Disciples of Christ), and WHO HAVE MADE A FULL COVENANT OF SACRIFICE unto the Lord, we find many who say, and more who think it without saying, – “O that I could feel sure that God’s goodness and mercy would continue with me all the days of my life, and that…

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FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, Part 1

FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, Part 1

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“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psa 23:6   The apostle Paul speaks of the full assurance of hope and of full assurance of faith, as being the proper conditions for the Lord’s people. (Heb 6:11; 10:22) And this is the thought expressed by the Prophet, in our text – full confidence that he who has begun a good work in us…

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Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 4

Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 4

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DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT SALVATIONS Here note the difference between the blessing God designed for the elect church He is selecting during this gospel age and the one he purposes for the world of mankind. The church’s blessing is NOT “restitution,” and in harmony with this we can see no evidence of restitution anywhere about us. The restitution work waits for the restitution time, which begins with the establishment of the kingdom. Believers of this present time receive, indeed, a faith equivalent…

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Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 3

Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 3

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FEW HAVE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE The means for the blessing we see provided in Christ and His bride, the elect church of the Gospel age, but the guarantee of the whole is fixed beyond peradventure in the fact that “Jesus Christ by the grace of God tasted death FOR EVERY MAN,” or, as our text declares, became the Mediator between God and man by giving Himself A RANSOM FOR ALL. A point I desire to emphasize here is that the giving…

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Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 2

Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 2

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A COMMON ERROR CORRECTED At this point many good people laboring under a degree of blindness, the “smoke of the dark ages,” feel disposed to object and to insist that there can be no future probation. Ask them why, their reply is that, the entire Scriptural teaching contradicts the thought of a future hope beyond the tomb. We reply that this is an error that the very reverse is true, as we shall show. We ask them for a single…

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Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 1

Ransom Implies Restitution, Part 1

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The following topic, “Ransom Implies Restitution” was the title of an address given by Pastor Russel. The Apostle Paul’s words are my text: “There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” (1 Tim. 2:5-6.) At another time we may consider the forepart of this text, but on this occasion invite your attention to the last clause, which explains that our…

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THE DESTRUCTION OF MYSTIC BABYLON, Part 2

THE DESTRUCTION OF MYSTIC BABYLON, Part 2

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BABYLON, THE GREAT CITY It is not to be expected that either the Mother or the daughters, who are now claiming to reign with Christ, who are now claiming that His Kingdom is already set up (that Christ’s kingdom is represented in them), who are now claiming that their union with the kingdoms of this world is legitimate, can have the bridegroom’s approval. It is not to be expected that they realize their true condition–that they are disloyal to the…

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THE DESTRUCTION OF MYSTIC BABYLON, Part 1

THE DESTRUCTION OF MYSTIC BABYLON, Part 1

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“Declare you among the nations, and publish; set up a standard; say, Babylon is taken.”—Jer. 50:2. While our message for today is “meat in due season” to the Household of Faith, and in every way important to be understood, it is, nevertheless, a subject difficult to treat without giving offense, without seeming harsh. Bear with me, then, while expressing what I believe to be the Divine Message in as kindly a manner as I know how. The Scriptures which I…

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