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15,
1901
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(176179)
promised
blessings
and
kmgdom.
In
addition
to
this,
it
was
the
custom
for
many
of
the
most
religious
to
per~anent~y
remove
to
Jerusalem
in
their
old
age,
that
they
might
dIe
there
j
and
thus
we
see
that
the
Lord's
arrangements,
and
ihe
human
arrangements
which
his
providence
had
fa.vored,
all
cooperated
at
this
time
for
the
favorable
presentatIOn
of
the
good
tidings
that
Messiah
had
come,
and
that
he
had
redeemed
Israel
and
the
world,
according
to
the
prophets
and
the
types;
that
he
haa
ascended
to
the
Father
as
the
great
High
Priest
for
his
people;
and
that
this
Pentecostal
blessing
rcpresented
the
divine
favor
bestowed
through
him,
and
open
to
as
man~'
as
would
really
receive
him
and
become
his
followers
disciples.
When
we
consider
the
class
of
hearers,
and
the
miraculous
power
resting
upon
the
speakers,
it
need
not
8urprise
us
that
so
many
were
converted
in
so
short
a
time
three
thousand.-Acts
2:
41.
\Ve
are
givrn
but
a
meagre
account
of
the
preaching;
viz.,
an
extract
from
Peter's
discoufi'le;
but
from
the
number
of
('on
verts
it
is
evident
that
all
of
the
apostles
engaged
in
the
8ervice.
A
summary
of
their
preaching
is
given
in
vs.
11,
where
the
hearers
arc
represented
as
saying,
"We
do
hear
them
speak
in
our
tongues
the
wonderful
works
of
God."
Thrse
wonderful"
orks
we
have
already
referred
to
as
relating
to
our
Lord's
death
and
resurrection,
and
his
commission
to
his
apostles,
which
they
were
now
carrying
out.
True,
it
is
~n
id
tha
t
thr
apostles
used
other
words,
amongst
them,
"Save
yoursl'lves
from
tId.,
untoward
generation"-thus
intimating
the
condemnation
of
the
Jewish
church
and
polity,
and
the
firl'
of
divine
wrath,
the
trouble,
shortly
to
come
upon
them.
But
the
main
part
of
their
di.,eourses
was
not
a
tirade
again~t
the
Jews,
but
rather
a
showing
forth
of
the
wonderful
featurl'S
of
the
divine
plan:
and
even
in
the
charge
against
the
rulers
and
the
people
for
the
great
crime
they
had
com
mittNl.
in
crucifying
Jesus,
thc
Apostle
puts
the
ll1att~r
as
kindly
as
posEdble,
saying,
"I
\Vat
that
in
ignorance
ye
did
it,
as
dill
also
your
rulers."
Herein
we
have
a
valuable
lesson
for
all
the
followers
of
Christ
who
pleach
in
his
name
and
who
would
win
souls
from
the
darknl'Ss
of
error
to
harmony
with
God.
TIll'
proper,
the
effective
preaching,
today
and
then,
is
that
which
tells
of
thl'
won,lerful
works
of
God
in
man's
I
edemption,
and
not
that
which
tirades
agoainst
the
nominal
"hurch-even
though
it
be
neces'lary
occasionally
to
point
out
the
enors
of
Babylon,
as
the
apostles
pointed
out
the
errors
of
Judaism.
Our
course,
like
theirs,
should
be
one
of
great
mod
eration
and
kindness,
as
well
as
plainness
of
speech,
"speaking
the
truth
in
love."
The
harvest
work
of
the
present
time
reminds
us
much
of
this
gathering
of
the
harvest
in
Israel.
Now,
us
then,
those
who
are
addressed
by
the
holy
Spirit
are
the
Israelites
indeed
"devout
men
out
of
every
nation
under
heaven."
And
so
prominently
is
this
the
direction
in
which
the
holy
Spiri~
is
lYuiding
in
this
harvest
work
that
one
of
the
charges
agamst
the
work
is,
that
we
are
not
going
after
the
drunkards
and
harlots
and
O'amblers
and
thieves
and
vagabonds,
but
are
seek
ing
to
feed
the
Lord's
sheep
and
lambs,-seeking
to
present
present
truth,
meat
in
d~e
se!1son
to
.the
devout
of
ev~ry
nation.
And
such,
we
belIeve,
IS
the
Will
of
God
concernmg
us;
and
so
we
advise
that
all
of
the
Lord's
people,
as
they
seek
to
proclaim
the
grace
of
God,
remember
the
words
of
the
Lord,
that
we
are
to
feed
his
sheep
and
his
lamb'l,
and
not
spend
unnecessary
time
with
the
goats
and
the
wolves,
as
soon
as
we
recognize
their
kind,
except
it
be
to
drive
them
off
or
to
expose
their
true
character
to
the
sheep.
Our
commission
is
to
"preach
the
Gospel
to
the
meek,"
not
to
the
froward
and
the
vile;
to
bind
up
the
broken-hearted.
not
to
seek
to
break
the
hard
hearts.
The
Lord
has
his
own
plan
for
dealing
with
the
stony
hearts
in
the
time
of
trouble
which
is
near,
and
during
the
Millennial
age,
in
which
the
necessary
force
will
be
used
to
restrain
the
evil
and
to
open
their
eyes
and
ears
of
understanding.
Now
our
commission
is
to
go
to
those
who
have
'a~
ear.
"He
that
hath
an
ear
let
him
hear."
Those
who
have
hot
the
ears
to
hear
the
message.
and
who
have
not
the
hearts
to
appreciate
its
beauty,
should
not
be
argued
with
or
wrangled
with,
but
wisely
left
as
quietly
as
possible
in
their
ignorance
and
blindness
until
the
Lord's
due
time
for
scattering
the
raIl
of
darkness,
the
gross
darkness
which
Satan
has
brought
upon
the
people.
We
had
rather
leave
in
ignorance
and
under
the
bonds
of
superstition
those
who
manifest
no
appreciation
of
the
grace
of
God
j
for
doubtless,
if
their
superstitions
were
loosed
in
the
present
time,
it
would
be
nothing
to
their
advantage;
perhaps
to
the
dis
advantage
of
others.
Let
us
remember
that
the
GO'lpel
message
is
to
gather
out
the
Lord's
peculiar
people,
a
little
flock,
and
that
so
far
as
the
world
is
concerned
the
Gospel
is
only
1\
"witness"
now.
"01,.
XXII
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ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
JUNE
1,
1901
No.
11
A
HIGH
PRIEST
OF
COMING
GOOD
THINGS
HEB.
9:11-14;
24-28.-JuNE
2.
GOLDEN
TEXT:-"He
e1Jer
liveth
to
make
intercession."-Heb.
7
:25.
~0
sIgnature
is
attached
to
the
Book
of
Hebrews,
nor
does
the
writer
of
it
in
any
way
identify
himself,
except
as
we
see
111
its
style,
close
reasoning,
deep
penetration
and
wide
knowl
edge
of
the
divine
plan,
strong
evidence
that
it
was
written
by
the
Apostle
Paul.
Who
but
he
could
have
written
itT
It
is
not
addressed
to
Jews.
as
if
with
the
intention
of
converting
those
who
did
not
believe
in
Christ-but
to
the
Hebrews
to
tho'le
who
were
the
children
of
Abraham
according
to
the
flesh,
but
who
had
accepted
Christ.*
The
Apostle
would
strengthen
llnd
establish
the
faith
of
these
(and
indirectly
of
all
others
who
would
come
to
a
similar
knowledge
of
God's
dealings
with
Israel).
In
this
epistle
he
seeks
to
show
that,
so
far
from
the
new
dispensation
repudiating
the
old
one,
it
was
merely
an
advance
step
whil'h
was
being
taken
because
its
due
time
had
corne.
The
.Tewish
system
was
not
being
re
pudiated
as
a
divine
institution,
but
was
being
established
as
such,
everything
in
the
new
diflpensation
having
an
analogy
to
the
things
in
the
old
one,
but
on
a
higher
plane.
Thus
all
the
Mosaic
arrangements
were
honored,
and
shown
to
be
of
divine
institution,
good
for
the
time,
and
serving
a
noble
purpose
as
types
and
lessons
of
instruction
and
preparations
for
the
GOflpel.
The
time
had
now
come
for
the
establishment
of
the
antitype-the
antitypical
Covenant
through
the
antitvpical
Mediator,
sealed
with
the
antitypical
blood
of
the
Cov~nant.
and
to
be
followed
by
the
anti
typical
----.>Nev~~theless,
we
believe
the
Book
of
Hebrews
to
be
a
presenta
tion
of
the
Gospel
specially
suitable
as
a
message
to
unbeheving
Jews
superior
in
its
influence
to
anything
which
we
or
others
could
present.
Accordingly,
we
are
preparing
a
booklet
giving
this
Epistle
in
the
Hebrew-Jar/<on,
familiar
to
Jews
of
all
nationalittes,
for
use
among
lhem.-hoping
that
throuRh
the
assi~tance
of
onr
re"ders
In
all
lands
it
may
be
the
means
~nder
clivin!!
providence
of
blessing
a!,d
enlighten
ing
some.
and
preparmR
them
for
the
mercy
future,
mentIOned
hy
the
Apostle
in
Romans
11
:31.
We
will
send
a
copy
of
this
hrochure
when
issued
to
each
WATCH
TOWER
subscriber.
and
trust
that
fe
....
if
any
will
be
wasted,-the
stewardship
then
will
be
yours,
Day
of
Atonement,
preceding
the
anti
tYPICal
blessing
of
the
people
and
their
full
and
permanent
release
from
sin
and
con
demnation.
In
line
with
the
foregoing,
the
Apostle,
in
the
lesson
be·
fore
us,
is
pointing
to
Jesus,
ascended
and
in
the
heavens,
as
the
antitype
of
the
earthly
high
priests
when
they
went
into
the
"most
holy"
on
the
day
of
atonement
to
sprinkle
the
blood
of
the
atonement
upon
the
ml'rcy
seat.
It
will
be
remem
bered*
that
on
the
day
of
atonement
the
high
priest
put
on
his
linen
~arments
(not
his
glorious
garments.)
and
with
the
blood
of
the
sacrifice
went
into
the
mo~t
holy
to
present
it
as
the
ransom
price-thl'
atonpmpnt.
'Vhile
he
was
within
the
people
had
no
evidence
of
divil'e
favor
re'lulting
from
his
'lucrifiee,
but
waited
on
thpir
fa('PfI
in
the
dUflt,
representing
the
prostrate
and
helpless
l'onrlition
of
mankind
in
degra
dation,
needing
and
waitinl!
for
the
divine
blessing.
So
now,
our
great
High
Priest
comes
forth
with
the
promised
blessingc;
the
blp~sings
of
restitution
until
all
the
work
of
atonement
be
accomplished,
and
until
all
the
members
of
his
body
shall.
with
their
Head,
have
put
on
the
garmpnts
of
glory
and
beauty,
typifying
honor,
rna
ieflty
and
authority.
Then
the
blpssinO'
will
quickly
follow.
from
the
uplifted
hands
(mani
fested
power),
of
our
great
High
Priest;
then,
ind~ed,
res
titution
bleflfling'l
will
prevail
toward
the
whole
creatIOn
now
groaning
and
travailing
in
pain
tog-ether.-Rom.
8
'22.
It
is
in
re~pect
to
thi'l
corning
blessing
that
the
Apostle
declares
our
Lord
to
he
a
High
Priest
of
coming
good
things
-coming
blesflings-ohtained
of
God
in
a
higher
tabernacle
or
temple
than
the
Jewish
earthlv
one-a
tabernacle,
the
Holy
of
Holies
of
which
is
heaven
itself,
from
which
in
due
time
our
great
High
Priest
comes
forth
with
the
promised
blessings
of
restitution,
etc.
•
See
TaberMCle
Shadows
of
Better
Silcrmces-this
office.
[2821]
May 15, 1901 promised blessings and kingdom. In addition to this, it was the custom for many of the must religious to permanently remove to Jerusalem in their old age, that they might die there; and thus we see that the Lord’s arrangements, and the human arrangements which his providence had favored, all cooperated at this time for the favorable presentation of the good tidings that Messiah had come, and that he had redeemed Israel and the world, according to the prophets and the types; that he had aseended to the Father as the great High Priest for his people; and that this Pentecostal blessing represented the divine favor bestowed through him, and open to as many as would really receive him and become his followers— disciples. When we consider the class of hearers, and the miraculous power resting upon the speakers, it need not surprise us that so many were converted in so short a time— three thousand.—Acts 2:41. We are given but a meagre account of the preaching; viz., an extract from Peter’s discourse; but from the number of converts it is evident that all of the apostles engaged in the service. A summary of their preaching is given in vs. 11, where the hearers are represented as saying, “We do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.” These wonderful works we have already referred to as relating to our Lord’s death and resurrection, and his commission to his apostles, which they were now carrying out. ‘True, it is said that the apostles used other words, amongst them, “Save yourselves from this untoward generation”—thus intimating the condemnation of the Jewish church and polity, and the fire of divine wrath, the trouble, shortly to come upon them. But the main part of their discourses was not a tirade against the Jews, but rather a showing forth of the wonderful features of the divine plan: and even in the charge against the rulers and the people for the great crime they had committed in erucifving Jesus, the Apostle puts the matter as kindly as possible, saying, “I wot that in ignorance ve did it, as did also your rulers.” Herein we have a valuable lesson for all the followers of Christ who preach in his name and who would win souls from the darkness of error to harmony with God. The proper, the effective preaching, today and then, is that which tells of the wonderful works of God in man’s redemption, and not that which tirades against the nominal church—even though it be necessary occasionally to point out ZION’S WATCH TOWER (176 -179) the errors of Babylon, as the apostles pointed out the errors of Judaism. Our course, like theirs, should be one of great moderation and kindness, as well as plainness of speech, “speaking the truth in love.” The harvest work of the present time reminds us much of this gathering of the harvest in Israel. Now, as then, those who are addressed by the holy Spirit are the Israelites indeed— “devout men out of every nation under heaven.” And s0 prominently is this the direction in which the holy Spirit is guiding in this harvest work that one of the charges against the work is, that we are not going after the drunkards and harlots and gamblers and thieves and vagabonds, but are seeking to feed the Lord’s sheep and lambs,—seeking to present present truth, meat in due season to the devout of every nation. And such, we believe, is the will of God concerning us; and so we advise that all of the Lord’s people, as they seek to proclaim the grace of God, remember the words of the Lord, that we are to feed his sheep and his lambs, and not spend unnecessary time with the goats and the wolves, as soon as we recognize their kind, except it be to drive them off or to expose their true character to the sheep. Our commission is to “preach the Gospel to the meek,” not to the froward and the vile; to bind up the broken-hearted, not to seek to break the hard hearts. The Lord has his own plan for dealing with the stony hearts in the time of trouble which is near, and during the Millennial age, in which the necessary force will be used to restrain the evil and to open their eyes and ears of understanding. Now our commission is to go to those who have-an ear. “He that hath an ear let him hear.” Those who have hot the ears to hear the message, and who have not the hearts to appreciate its beauty, should not be argued with or wrangled with, but wisely left as quietly as possible in their ignorance and blindness until the Lord’s due time for scattering the pall of darkness, the gross darkness which Satan has brought upon the people. We had rather leave in ignorance and under the bonds of superstition those who manifest no appreciation of the grace of God; for doubtless, if their superstitions were loosed in the present time, it would be nothing to their advantage; perhaps to the disadvantage of others. Let us remember that the Gospel message is to gather out the Lord’s peculiar people, a little flock, and that so far as the world is concerned the Gospel is only a “witness” now. Vou. XXTI ALLEGHENY, PA., JUNE J, 1901 A HIGH PRIEST OF COMING GOOD THINGS HEB. 9:11-14; 24-28—June 2. GOLDEN TEXT:—“He ever liveth to make intercession.’—Heb. 7:25. No signature is attached to the Book of Hebrews, nor does the writer of it in any way identify himself, except as we see in its style, close reasoning, deep penetration and wide knowledge of the divine plan, strong evidence that it was written by the Apostle Paul. Who but he could have written it? It is not addressed to Jews, as if with the intention of converting those who did not believe in Christ—but to the Hebrews— to those who were the children of Abraham according to the flesh, but who had accepted Christ.* The Apostle would strengthen and establish the faith of these (and indirectly of all others who would come to a similar knowledge of God’s dealings with Israel). In this epistle he seeks to show that, so far from the new dispensation repudiating the old one, it was merely an advance step which was being taken because its due time had come. The Jewish system was not being repudiated as a divine institution, but was being established as such, everything in the new dispensation having an analogy to the things in the old one, but on a higher plane. Thus all the Mosaic arrangements were honored, and shown to be of divine institution, good for the time, and serving a noble purpose as types and lessons of instruction and preparations for the Gospel. The time had now come for the establishment of the antitype—the antitypical Covenant through the antitypical Mediator, sealed with the antitypical blood of the Covenant, and to be followed by the antitypical * Nevertheless, we believe the Book of Hebrews to be a presentation of the Gospel specially suitable as a message to unbelieving Jews— superior in its influence to anything which we or others could present. Accordingly, we are preparing a booklet giving this Epistle in the Hebrew-Jargon, familiar to Jews of all nationalities, for use among them,—-hoping that through the assistance of our readers in all lands it may be the means under diviné providence of blessing and enlightening some, and preparing them for the mercy future, mentioned by the Apostle in Romans 11:31. We will send a copy of this brochure when issued to each WatcH Tower subscriber, and trust that few if any will be wasted,—the stewardship then will be yours. Day of Atonement, preceding the antitypical blessing of the people and their full and permanent release from sin and condemnation. In line with the foregoing, the Apostle, in the lesson before us, is pointing to Jesus, ascended and in the heavens, as the antitype of the earthly high priests when they went into the “most holy” on the day of atonement to sprinkle the blood of the atonement upon the mercy seat. It will be remembered* that on the day of atonement the high priest put on his linen garments (not his glorious garments) and with the blood of the sacrifice went into the most holy to present it as the ransom price—the atonement. While he was within the people had no evidence of divine favor resulting from his sacrifice, but waited on their faces in the dust, representing the prostrate and helpless condition of mankind in degradation, needing and waiting for the divine blessing. So now, our great High Priest comes forth with the promised blessings the blessings of restitution until all the work of atonement be accomplished, and until all the members of his body shall, with their Head, have put on the garments of glory and heauty, typifying honor, majesty and authority. Then the blessing will quickly follow. from the uplifted hands (manifested power), of our great High Priest; then, indeed, restitution blessings will prevail toward the whole creation now groaning and travailing in pain together.—Rom. 8-22. It is in respect to this coming blessing that the Apostle declares our Lord to he a High Priest of coming good things —coming blessings—obtained of God in a higher tabernacle or temple than the Jewish earthly one—a tabernacle, the Holy of Holies of which is heaven itself, from which in due time our great High Priest comes forth with the promised blessings of restitution, etc. * See Tabernacle Shadows of Better Sacrifices—this office. [2821]
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