12.07.2015 Views

1917_The_Finished_Mystery_Text

1917_The_Finished_Mystery_Text

1917_The_Finished_Mystery_Text

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

the Sword of the Spirit be made to see that theyhave lost their hope of life on the spirit plane—that "the door is shut."Ezekiel 24:22.And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall notcover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.—So universal and dreadful will be the troublesthat the dead will literally lie unburied andunwept. <strong>The</strong>re can be no mourning for the deadin a period when the living are overwhelmed bytroubles worse than death.Ezekiel 24:23.And your tires shall be upon your heads; andyour shoes upon your feet: ye shall notmourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away foryour iniquities, and mourn one towardanother.—<strong>The</strong> mourning will be an innersorrow of a people stupefied by terribleexperiences, who pineFM485away and without outward expression sinktogether into the fellowship of helpless grief.Ezekiel 24:24.Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according toall that he hath done shall ye do: and whenthis cometh, ye shall know that I am the LordGod.— Thus the silent sorrow at Pastor Russell'sheart was to be a sign to Christendom. <strong>The</strong>sorrowful experiences of Pastor Russell in thisconnection shall later on be those of allChristendom; "and when this cometh" they shallknow that Jehovah God is supreme, and back ofall the judgments of the trouble time.PASTOR RUSSELL DEAD,BUT SPEAKING AGAINEzekiel 24:25, 26.Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in theday when I take from them their strength, thejoy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, andthat whereupon they set their minds, theirsons and their daughters. That he that

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!