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.— In glory and great power at His Second Advent."until He shall have set judgmentin the earth."— Isa. 42:4.And from the seven spirits.— Lamps of fire, or eyes. (Rev. 6:5. 6.) "In thissymbolical picture the eye ofthe Loerd is represented as seven or complete, allseeing,everywhere, all-knowing. This is ourconfidence, thisis our rejoicing."— Z.'05-318; Zech. 3:9, 4:10.Which are before His Throne.— Which are "sent forth into all the earth."— Rev.5:6.Revelation 1:5And .— Kai, even. For a similar use of the word seethe expression. "God Himself and our Father" (1Thess, 3:11), which, in the Diaglott, is rendered,"God Himself, even our Father."From Jesus Christ the faithful Witness .— "Whobefore Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession."(1 Tim. 6:13.) Our Lord's admission to Pilate, "I am aKing; to this end was I born, and for this cause cameI into the world" (John 18:37), was the direct cause ofHis death. The accusation set up over His head was."This is Jesus the King of the Jews." (John 19:19;Matt. 27:37.) Similarly faithful admissions may endthe earthly careers of the feet-members of His Body.The First Begotten of the dead .— "The First-Bornof the dead ones." (Diaglott.) (1 Cor. 15:20; Col.1:18; Acts 26:23.) "This verse clearly teaches whatthe creeds of Christendom ignore; namely, that ourLord was the first to experience a resurrection toperfection and eternal life in the full sense of theword."— Z.'16-343; Acts 13:33.FM14And .— Even.The Prince .— The King-Elect, now ruling in theirhearts.Of the kings of the earth .— His associate kings."The kings of the East." (Rev. 16:12.) "All are to beawakened from the Adamic death, as though from asleep. They will then be under the care of the RoyalPriesthood, whose experience with sin, and withvictory over sin, well fitted them to be helpful toward