Publication date
2/1/14
Volume
35
Number
3
The WatchTower
The Anointed--The Messiah--The Christ
The Watchtower Magazines
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JANUARY 
IS. 
1914 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
of 
truth 
and 
the 
spirit 
of 
error, 
the 
spirit 
of 
God 
and 
the 
spirit 
have 
received 
a 
knowledge 
of 
the 
truth, 
there 
remaineth 
JlO 
of 
Satan. 
more 
a 
sacrifice 
for 
our 
sins, 
but 
a 
certain 
fearful 
looking 
for 
a 
Man 
was 
not 
created 
in 
this 
condition 
of 
inability 
to 
discern 
decision 
and 
a 
fiery 
indignation 
which 
shall 
devour 
the 
adver· 
right 
and 
wrong, 
good 
and 
evil. 
He 
was 
created 
perfect, 
in 
the 
saries 
"-of 
God. 
The 
Apostle 
mentions 
especially 
the 
rejec- 
image 
and 
likeness 
of 
God. 
Sin 
has 
wrought 
death, 
not 
merely 
tion 
of 
the 
atoning 
work 
of 
Christ, 
saying 
that 
such 
count 
the 
to 
man's 
body, 
but 
also 
to 
his 
mind, 
his 
conscience. 
The 
ability 
blood 
of 
the 
covenant 
wherewith 
they 
were 
sanctified 
a 
com· 
to 
discern 
between 
right 
and 
wrong 
varies, 
therefore. 
Addi- 
mon 
thing, 
and 
do 
despite 
to 
the 
spirit 
of 
favor 
which 
has 
tionally, 
some 
have 
opportunities 
for 
instruction 
more 
than 
brought 
them 
thns 
far. 
others, 
and 
-thus 
their 
responsibility 
is 
increased. 
The 
world 
in 
'rhose 
who 
quench 
the 
spirit 
of 
holiness, 
or 
"grieve 
the 
general 
knows 
not 
God, 
and 
hence 
could 
not 
sin 
against 
the 
spirit," 
are 
described 
by 
St. 
James 
(5: 
14) 
as 
spiritually 
sick. 
holy 
Spirit 
in 
that 
full 
sense 
or 
degree 
which 
would 
be 
pun· 
Cut 
off 
from 
fellowship 
with 
God, 
they 
have 
one 
last 
resort; 
ished 
with 
the 
second 
death. 
"The 
god 
of 
this 
world 
hath 
viz., 
to 
request 
the 
assistance 
of 
sanctified 
elders 
of 
the 
church 
blinded 
the 
minds 
of 
them 
that 
believe 
not.' 
'-2 
Corinthians 
to 
pray 
for 
them 
and 
to 
anoint 
them 
with 
oil, 
symbolic 
of 
the 
4 
:4. 
holy 
Spirit. 
The 
prayer 
of 
faith 
shall 
save 
these 
spiritually 
Some 
knowledge 
is 
necessary 
to 
bring 
us 
to 
an 
appreciation 
sick; 
and 
the 
Lord 
will 
raise 
them 
up; 
and 
though 
they 
ha 
va 
of 
Christ 
as 
the 
Sent 
of 
God. 
'rhen 
if 
we 
accept 
him 
and 
be· 
committed 
sins, 
these 
shall 
be 
forgiven 
them. 
come 
his 
consecrated 
disciples, 
or 
followers, 
we 
receive 
the 
"THE 
HOLY 
SPIRIT 
SHALL 
TEACH" 
~~~~~ti~~r 
o~y~:e 
o~o~n~~:::~~d~~s 
o~~i:g~~rSe 
t~n~l 
V~l~~~g~rdo;l;~ 
The 
Lord's 
faithful 
followers 
were 
to 
expect 
that 
amongst 
in 
proportion 
as 
we 
are 
filled 
with 
the 
holy 
Spirit. 
Our 
reo 
their 
tribulations 
would 
be 
false 
accusations 
which 
would 
bring 
sponsibility 
increases 
with 
our 
joy 
in 
the 
Lord 
and 
our 
prepara. 
them 
before 
magistrates. 
For 
the 
most 
part 
the 
disciples 
were 
tion 
for 
the 
heavenly 
glories 
to 
which 
we 
have 
been 
called. 
It 
unlearned, 
and 
would 
feel 
great 
trepidation 
in 
the 
presence 
is 
these 
advanced 
disciples 
of 
Jesus 
that 
are 
in 
danger 
of 
of 
educated 
officials. 
They 
wpre 
to 
know, 
howeVl'r, 
that 
the 
grieving 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
whereby 
they 
were 
sealed-of 
quench. 
Lord's 
blessing 
would 
be 
upon 
them; 
and 
that 
they 
would 
have 
ing 
the 
spirit 
of 
holiness 
in 
their 
hearts. 
(Ephesians 
4: 
:30; 
\\isdom 
superior 
to 
that 
whieh 
was 
naturally 
theirs. 
They 
need 
1 
Thessalonians 
5 
:]9) 
While 
the 
quenching 
and 
the 
grieving 
not 
anxiously 
premeditate 
what 
their 
ans,rers 
would 
be, 
but 
commit 
all 
to 
the 
Lord, 
expecting 
divine 
assistance. 
are 
not 
instantaneous 
works, 
they 
are 
the 
paths 
which 
lead 
to 
the 
second 
death. 
Ii;very 
Christian, 
therefore, 
should 
press 
on 
Nothing 
in 
this 
implies 
that 
the 
ministers 
of 
Christ 
either 
toward 
perfection 
of 
holiness-the 
filling 
with 
the 
spirit. 
in 
the 
pulpit 
or 
in 
the 
class 
meeting 
should 
attempt 
to 
repre· 
The 
Apostle 
presents 
this 
thought 
in 
Hebrews 
6 
:4-6, 
de. 
sent 
the 
Lord 
without 
studying 
their 
subjeet. 
On 
the 
con- 
eluring 
that 
those 
who 
have 
tasted 
of 
the 
good 
"Word 
of 
God 
trary, 
eaeh 
should 
aceept 
to 
himself 
St. 
Paul's 
words 
to 
Tim- 
and 
the 
powers 
of 
the 
age 
to 
come, 
and 
who 
have 
been 
made 
othy:" 
Study 
to 
show 
thyself 
approved 
unto 
God, 
a 
workman 
partakers 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit, 
cannot 
be 
renewed 
unto 
repent. 
that 
needeth 
not 
to 
be 
ashamed, 
rightly 
dividing 
the 
Word 
of 
ance, 
if 
they 
with 
full 
wilfulness 
and 
deliberation 
reject 
Christ 
truth." 
(2 
Timothy 
2: 
15) 
There 
is 
a 
difference 
between 
and 
righteousness, 
and 
turn 
to 
sin. 
Again, 
later 
on, 
he 
says 
standing 
before 
a 
congregation 
of 
God's 
people 
as 
a 
mouth· 
(Hebrewi 
10: 
26, 
27), 
"For 
if 
we 
sin 
wilfully 
after 
that 
we 
pieee 
of 
his 
Word 
and 
being 
called 
before 
magistrates. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LEVITICUS 
NINE 
AND 
SIXTEEN 
Apparently 
we 
have 
failed 
to 
make 
clear 
our 
thought 
reo 
sJleeting 
the 
teachings 
of 
these 
two 
chapters. 
Our 
statement 
in 
TABERNACLE 
SHADOWS 
that 
they 
both 
picture 
the 
Day 
of 
Atonement 
saerifices 
has 
been 
misunderstood. 
We 
do 
not 
mean 
to 
say 
that 
the 
two 
ceremonies 
took 
place 
on 
the 
same 
par­ 
ticular 
Day 
of 
Atonement. 
Our 
thought 
is 
that 
the 
anti 
type 
of 
the 
two 
took 
place 
at 
the 
same 
time 
in 
the 
antitypical 
atone­ 
ment 
day-the 
Gospel 
age. 
The 
record 
of 
the 
Ninth 
Chapter 
relates 
to 
the 
consecration 
of 
the 
priests. 
The 
serviee 
there 
pictured 
represents 
the 
con­ 
secration 
of 
Aaron, 
and 
was 
to 
be 
repeated 
in 
the 
case 
of 
every 
priest 
who 
attained 
the 
office 
of 
high 
priest. 
That 
is 
to 
say, 
this 
service 
\\"as 
to 
be 
repeated 
only 
when 
a 
high 
priest 
should 
die 
awl 
his 
successor 
in 
the 
office 
should 
be 
inaugurated. 
Thus 
the 
eerpmony 
might 
be 
performed 
several 
times 
in 
one 
year, 
if 
several 
high 
priests, 
one 
after 
another, 
died 
in 
one 
year 
and 
successors 
took 
their 
places. 
Or 
this 
ceremony 
of 
Leviticus 
9 
might 
not 
be 
repeated 
for 
many 
years; 
as, 
for 
example, 
Aaron 
!i'"ed 
nearly 
forty 
years 
after 
his 
appointment 
to 
the 
office, 
and 
llE'nee 
not 
until 
his 
son 
Eleazar 
became 
high 
priest 
would 
this 
conspcration 
service 
be 
repeated. 
On 
the 
contrary, 
the 
Day 
of 
Atonement 
descrilled 
in 
the 
16th 
chapter 
recurred 
every 
year. 
The 
lines 
of 
harmony 
between 
the 
two 
ceremonies 
are 
indio 
eated 
by 
the 
saerifices, 
which 
in 
both 
cases 
were 
a 
bullock 
and 
a 
goat. 
These 
represented 
the 
same 
sacrifices 
in 
antitype­ 
the 
hullock 
representing 
the 
high 
priest 
and 
the 
goat 
represent· 
ing 
the 
Ululer 
pripsts; 
for 
J 
csus 
died 
only 
once--not 
twiee. 
Therdore 
the 
death 
of 
the 
bullock 
in 
both 
instances 
repre· 
sented 
the 
one 
saerifice 
of 
Jesus. 
And 
beeause 
the 
church 
dies 
only 
once, 
therefore 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
the 
goat 
in 
both 
instances 
represents 
the 
death 
of 
the 
church 
as 
members 
of 
the 
antitypical 
priesthood 
under 
the 
headship 
of 
their 
great 
High 
Priest. 
Why, 
then, 
the 
two 
pietures1 
may 
be 
asked. 
We 
reply, 
Be· 
eause 
the 
death 
of 
Jesus 
had 
two 
distinct 
aspects, 
and 
similarly 
the 
death 
of 
the 
church 
has 
two 
aspects. 
Only 
by 
dying 
to 
the 
earthly 
nature 
was 
it 
possible 
for 
Jesus 
and 
the 
church 
to 
at· 
tain 
the 
heavenly 
nature 
and 
the 
offiee 
of 
the 
royal 
priesthood 
-to 
qualify 
for 
the 
work 
of 
Messiah. 
Even, 
therefore, 
if 
the 
world 
had 
not 
needed 
to 
be 
redeemed 
from 
sin, 
the 
Priest 
must 
have 
given 
the 
same 
sacrifice 
exactly, 
in 
order 
to 
attain 
his 
high 
position. 
And 
so 
would 
the 
undn-priests. 
On 
the 
other 
hand, 
as 
mankind 
are 
sinners, 
needing 
to 
be 
redeemed, 
atonement 
for 
sin 
would 
have 
been 
necessary 
before 
the 
work 
of 
restitution 
eould 
go 
on, 
entirely 
regardless 
of 
the 
exaltation 
of 
Christ 
and 
the 
ehurch 
to 
the 
heavenly 
plane. 
Thus 
the" 
better 
saerifiees" 
of 
Messiah 
eover 
two 
distinct· 
Iy 
separate, 
yet 
both 
important, 
works. 
It 
was 
necessary 
that 
.Tesus 
and 
his 
followers 
should 
suffer 
and 
enter 
into 
their 
glory. 
Anll 
this 
is 
emphasized 
by 
Levitieus 
9. 
It 
was 
also 
necessary 
that 
a 
sacrifice 
for 
sins 
should 
be 
offcrpd 
on 
behalf 
of 
man· 
kind, 
in 
order 
to 
permit 
them 
to 
come 
to 
restitution 
blessing; 
and 
this 
is 
typified 
in 
Leviticus 
16. 
So 
we 
repeat 
that 
the 
sacriiiccs 
of 
Levitieus 
9 
and 
those 
of 
the 
16th 
ehaptn 
are 
identical 
sacrifices, 
accomplished 
in 
this 
same 
antitypical 
atone­ 
ment 
day-the 
Gospel 
age. 
VOL. 
XXXV 
---------------- 
----._------------ 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
FEBRUARY 
1, 
1914 
_____ 
-_--_--:--_-_--:c..-_-_-=:-=====--:-=-=- 
=-=- 
_---'------'- 
No.3 
THE 
ANOINTED-THE 
MESSIAH-THE 
CHRIST 
The 
teaching 
of 
the 
Law, 
in 
type 
and 
testimony, 
is 
to 
the 
come. 
The 
secret 
was-Ii 
Ghrist 
in 
you, 
the 
hope 
of 
glory."- 
effect 
that 
God 
purposed 
to 
raise 
up 
11 
great 
Priest, 
who 
would 
Colossians 
1 
:26, 
27. 
also 
be 
a 
King; 
and 
that 
this 
priestly 
King 
and 
kingly 
Priest 
In 
other 
words, 
our 
Lorcl 
.Tesus 
is, 
primarily, 
the 
Anointell 
should 
cancel 
the 
sins 
of 
the 
people, 
and 
be 
investpd 
with 
power 
One 
and, 
according 
to 
the 
Scripture 
tei'timony, 
is 
very 
high· 
to 
rule, 
and 
with 
authority 
as 
a 
Mediator 
to 
help 
them 
back 
ly 
exalted. 
But 
he 
was 
not 
the 
completion 
of 
the 
divine 
ar· 
to 
God. 
To 
the 
surprise 
of 
the 
typical 
people, 
Israel, 
instead 
rangement 
regarding 
the 
anointecl. 
The 
heavenly 
Father 
pur- 
of 
assuming 
the 
office 
of 
Priest 
and 
King 
in 
conjunction, 
he 
posed 
not 
to 
have 
Jesus 
alone, 
but 
that 
he 
should 
be 
the 
Head 
merely 
died!-Luke 
24:20,21. 
of 
the 
anointed, 
and 
the 
church 
the 
body. 
(Eph. 
1:22, 
23; 
Thpn 
came 
the 
time 
for 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
to 
reveal 
to 
the 
5: 
29-~2; 
Col. 
1: 
24) 
This 
was 
the 
mystery. 
The 
great 
Messiah 
church 
what 
had 
previously 
been 
a 
mystery; 
for 
when 
God 
was 
to 
bless 
the 
world 
as 
the 
antitypical 
Prophet, 
Priest, 
and 
had 
through 
the 
propllets 
spoken 
of 
Messiah 
as 
a 
King 
upon 
King. 
God 
appointed 
Jesus 
as 
the 
Head, 
awl 
elected 
certain 
his 
throne, 
he 
hall 
declared 
that 
whieh 
would 
l,e 
mysterious 
to 
saintly 
ones 
to 
he 
the 
members 
of 
his 
body. 
Until 
this 
body 
the 
people-wonlcl 
not 
he 
ensily 
understood. 
God 
hnd 
pllrposely 
of 
Christ 
was 
complete, 
the 
hlpssing 
promised 
to 
Abraham 
could 
kept 
his 
plan 
a 
secret 
until 
the 
due 
time 
for 
revealing 
it 
s:hould 
not 
come 
upon 
the 
wOl'ld.-Gal. 
:1: 
Hi, 
29. 
[5391] 
JANUARY 15, IQT4 of truth and the spirit of error, the spirit of God and the spirit of Satan. Man was not created in this condition of inability to discern right and wrong, good and evil. He was created perfect, in the image and likeness of God. Sin has wrought death, not merely to man’s body, but also to his mind, his conscience. The ability to discern hetween right and wrong varies, therefore. Additionally, some have opportunities for instruction more than others, and-thus their responsibility is increased. The world in general knows not God, and hence could not sin against the holy Spirit in that full sense or degree which would be punished with the second death. ‘‘The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not.’’—2 Corinthians 4:4. Some knowledge is necessary to bring us to an appreciation of Christ as the Sent of God. Then if we accept him and become his consecrated disciples, or followers, we receive the begetting of the holy Spirit. This brings us to a vantage point where our eyes of understanding open more and more widely, in proportion as we are filled with the holy Spirit. Our responsibility increases with our joy in the Lord and our preparation for the heavenly glories to which we have been called. It is these advanced disciples of Jesus that are in danger of grieving the holy Spirit whercby they were sealed—of quenching the spirit of holiness in their hearts. (Ephesians 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:19) While the quenching and the grieving are not instantaneous works, they are the paths which lead to the second death. Every Christian, therefore, should press on toward perfection of holiness—the filling with the spirit. The Apostle presents this thought in Hebrews 6:4-6, deelaring that those who have tasted of the good Word of God and the powers of the age to come, and who have been made partakers of the holy Spirit, cannot be renewed unto repentance, if they with full wilfulness and deliberation reject Christ and righteousness, and turn to sin. Again, later on, he says (Hebrews 10:26, 27), ‘‘For if we sin wilfully after that we THE WATCH TOWER (29-35) have received a knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for our sins, but a certain fearful looking for a decision and a fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries’’—of God. The Apostle mentions especially the rejection of the atoning work of Christ, saying that such count the blood of the covenant wherewith they were sanctified a common thing, and do despite to the spirit of favor which has brought them thus far. Those who quench the spirit of holiness, or ‘‘grieve the spirit,’’ are described by St. James (5:14) as spiritually sick. Cut off from fellowship with God, they have one last resort; viz, to request the assistance of sanctified elders of the church to pray for them and to anoint them with oil, symbolic of the holy Spirit. The prayer of faith shall save these spiritually sick; and the Lord will raise them up; and though they have committed sins, these shall be forgiven them. ‘THE HOLY SPIRIT SHALL TEACH’? The Lord’s faithful followers were to expect that amongst their tribulations would be false accusations which would bring them before magistrates, For the most part the disciples were unlearned, and would feel great trepidation in the presence of educated officials. They were to know, however, that the Lord’s blessing would be upon them; and that they would have wisdom superior to that which was naturally theirs. They necd not anxiously premeditate what their answers would be, but commit all to the Lord, expecting divine assistanec. Nothing in this implics that the ministers of Christ either in the pulpit or in the class meeting should attempt to represent the Lord without studying their subject. On the contrary, each should accept to himself St. Paul’s words to Timothy: ‘‘Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.’’? (2 Timothy 2:15) There is a difference between standing before a congregation of God’s people as a mouthpiece of his Word and being called before magistrates. LEVITICUS NINE AND SIXTEEN Apparently we have failed to make clear our thought respeeting the teachings of these two chapters. Our statement in TABERNACLE SHADOWS that they both picture the Day of Atonement sacrifices has been misunderstood. We do not mean to say that the two ceremonies took place on the same particular Day of Atonement. Our thought is that the antitype of the two took place at the same time in the antitypical atonement day—the Gospel age. The record of the Ninth Chapter relates to the consecration of the priests. The service there pictured represents the consecration of Aaron, and was to be repeated in the case of every priest who attained the office of high priest. That is to say, this service was to be repeated only when a high priest should die and his suecessor in the office should be inaugurated. Thus the ceremony might be performed several times in one year, if several high priests, one after another, died in one year and suecessors took their places. Or this ceremony of Leviticus 9 might not be repeated for many years; as, for example, Aaron lived nearly forty years after his appointment to the office, and hence not until his son Eleazar became high priest would this consceration service he repeated. On the contrary, the Day of Atonement described in the 16th chapter recurred every year. The lines of harmony between the two ceremonies are indieated by the sacrifices, which in both cases were a bullock and a goat. These represented the same sacrifices in antitype— the bullock representing the high priest and the goat representing the under priests; for Jesus died only once—not twice. Therefore the death of the bullock in both instances repre Vou. XXXV__ The teaching of the Law, in type and testimony, is to the effect that God purposed to raise up a great Priest, who would also be a King; and that this priestly King and kingly Priest should cancel the sins of the people, and be invested with power to rule, and with authority as a Mediator to help them back to God. To the surprise of the typical people, Isracl, instead of assuming the office of Priest and King in conjunction, he merely died!—Luke 24:20, 21. Then came the time for the holy Spirit to reveal to the church what had previously been a mystery; for when God had through the prophets spoken of Messiah as a King upon his throne, he had declared that which would be mysterious to the people—would not he easily understood. God had purposely kept his plan a secret until the due time for revealing it should a BROOKLYN, N. Y., FEBRUARY 1, 1914 ; THE ANOINTED—THE MESSIAH—THE CHRIST sented the one sacrifice of Jesus. And because the church dies only once, therefore the sacrifice of the goat in both instances represents the death of the church as members of the antitypical priesthood under the headship of their great High Priest. Why, then, the two pictures? may be asked. We reply, Because the death of Jesus had two distinct aspects, and similarly the death of the church has two aspects. Only by dying to the earthly nature was it possible for Jesus and the church to attain the heavenly nature and the office of the royal priesthood —to qualify for the work of Messiah. Even, therefore, if the world had not needed to be redeemed from sin, the Priest must have given the same sacrifice exactly, in order to attain his high position. And so would the under-priests. On the other hand, as mankind are sinners, needing to be redeemed, atonement for sin would have been necessary before the work of restitution could go on, entirely regardless of the exaltation of Christ and the church to the heavenly plane. Thus the ‘‘hetter sacrifices’’ of Messiah cover two distinctly separate, yet both important, works. It was necessary that Jesus and his followers should suffer and enter into their glory. And this is emphasized by Leviticus 9. It was also necessary that a sacrifice for sins should be offered on behalf of mankind, in order to permit them to come to restitution blessing; and this is typified in Leviticus 16. So we repeat that the sacrifices of Leviticus 9 and those of the 16th chapter are identical sacrifices, accomplished in this same antitypical atonement day—the Gospel age. No. 3 come. The secret was—‘‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’’— Colossians 1:26, 27. In other words, our Lord Jesus is, primarily, the Anointed One and, according to the Seripture testimony, is very highly exalted. But he was not the completion of the divine arrangement regarding the anointed. The heavenly Father purposed not to have Jesus alone, but that he should be the Head of the anointed, and the church the body. (Eph. 1:22, 23; §:29-32; Col. 1:24) This was the mystery. The great Messiah was to bless the world as the antitypical Prophet, Priest, and King. God appointed Jesus as the Head, and elected certain saintly ones to be the members of his body. Until this body of Christ was complete, the blessing promised to Abraham could not come upon the world.—Gal. 3:16, 29. [5391]

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