1927_The Time Is At Hand.pdf

STUDIES

IN THE

SGRIPTURES

"The Path of the Just is as the Shining Light,

Which Shineth Mora and More

Unto the Perfect Day."

SERIES

The Timers, at Ha:«d.

ling Shu!! <

a Hcf

TrON OF ALL THINGS

Which God Hntb Spoken by the Mouth of All His

Holy Prophets Since the World IJrfl»in." **Ye

Brethren. Arc Not in Darktwnn, Th-»,t Th*t Dny

Should OverUke You «" ft Thief."-Acts 3:19*21|

1 Then. 51 4*

INTERNATIONAL BIELE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

Baoojo/nr, I^ONDOIT,MwLBounKB,CAra Towir,

3L92T

THE TO

tbe fdng of "Kings an& 2Lor& of 2Lor&0

IN THE INTERESTOP

HIS CONSECRAPED SAINTS,

WAITING FORTHK ADOPTION.

"""AND OF -

**ALL THAT IN EVERYPLACECALL UPONTHE LORD**

"THE HOUSEHOLD OP FAITH*'

- AND OF-

THE GROANING CREATION, TRAVAILING AND WAITING FOR THE

MANIFESTATION OP THE SONS OP COD

To maKe all see what is the fellowship of tbe mystery which from

tlic beginning of the world hath been hid in God.*' "Wherein

Ho hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

having made kuo-vvnunto us the mystery of Ilia will,

according to Hlrf good pleasure which He hath

purposed in Himself; that in the dispensa-

tion of the fulness of the times Ke

might Aather together in one all

things, under Christ."

Ephesians 3:4, 5, 9; 1: 8-10.

WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY

BROOKLYN, N. *.» U. S. A.

Written 1839 by Pastor Russell

Made in U. S. A.

supplied in the Arabic, Dano-Nor-

and Swedish languages,

1927

the public in A. D. 1889. Since then, one edition

after another has gone forth in various language^,

ttntil now more than one million and a half copies are in

the hands of the people. These figures are astonishing wheti

vre consider how few people today have any faith in th$

Bible as a Divine Revelation, and how few of those who da

Ibave faith in the Bible have an appreciation of prophecy

and of chronology-especially of Bible chronology and th«

Bible's history of the world

The author and the publishers have great cause foi

rejoicing in the evidence continually coming to hand that

ihis Volume has proven very helpful to the people of Go4

in every land in the study of the Bible-in collating the mes-

sage of the Lord's Word tinder various headingsand classi-

fications assistful to the student. Especially have we heard of

many being blessedin their study of the manner of the Sec*

end Advent-in the Scriptural proof set forth in this Volume

lhat our Lord vill never again come to this earth as a man,

liaving fulfilled completely His mission as a human being

ivhen He by the grace of God tasted death for every man

at Calvary, The texts brought to the attention of the reader,

proving that now our Lord is the glorified One at the

leather's right hand, and is soon to become King of the

"world,have been assistful to many, as their letters testify:

This Volume makes ^ no claim to infallibility, and no

claim of any direct inspiration from .God in the interpreta-

tion of His Word. On the contrary, it does claim that the

Divine Revelation is the Bible, Its endeavor has been to>

collate the Bible evidencesand to offer suggestionsin respect

to their significance.

Dealingwith subjectsso difficult that they are rarely

touched by others, it is not to be considered strange if

some of the suggestions made in this Volume have not been

fulfiifed with .Absolute accuracy to the very letter. But the

the polishers,and the thousandsof readersof

Volume

given

EDITION

this

was

THE AUTHOR'S FOREWORD.

THEFIRST

Author's Foreword,

thisVolumearenot ashamed

of its presentations,

and are

in Bible

study-asmostinterestingand most helpful in an under-

standingof theLord'sWord*

The Bible chronology herein presented shows that the

«Sxgreat thousand-yearDays beginningwith Adajn are

ended,andthat the greatSeventhDay, the thousandyears

of Chrisfs Reign, began in 1873. The events of these 43

ytars,which

it forthto all whohavean interest

fcerein set fortk During these 43 years, nearly all

the inventionsof our day' have been accomplished.'The

«ewing'machine,'one

thisvolumeclaimsasthebeginning

of theMil-

to reachits perfec-

tion 43 years ago. Since then, we have all kinds of farm*

ing machinery

of the first, began

in abundanceand cheap-through human

invention. These are shortening the hours of labor, and

flyingawaywith the,"sweatof face/1whichthe Bible de*

cferesto be identified with the curse.

It is entirely safe to say that in these 43 years the

Uporldhas increasedits ricies one thousand fold. And when

*re rememberthat behind the 43 years lies a total of six

thousandyearsof humanendeavor,

it seemsalmost a

aniraclethat the world should accomplish one thousand

tfime&more in the pact 43 years than in the six thousand

years preceding. Surely this well attests the claim of this

Volumethat we have entered'the great Seventh Day, and

that what we are alreadyexperiencingas a race are only the

fotegleams

still to come-*

when the Sun of Righteousnessshall arise with healing in

His beams,and scatter all the darkness, ignorance, and

jtoperstitionof the world!

This Volumesetsforth, what its author lins been preach*

Ing for over forty years, that the Times of the Gentiles**

jarxmolagfcallyendedin the fall of A* D, 1!>K The ex*

jpwrion, "Times of the Gentiles/' in Bible usage signifies

"fileyears,or period of time, in which the Gentile nations

5»f

of themuchgreaterblessings

ft*t worldwereto bepermittedto havecontrol,following

Ufa tekaagawayof the typical kingdom from natural Israel

and filling the hiatus betweenthat event and,the establish-

still handing

Jennitmv

westill findfully corroboratingBibleprophecies,

andtools,and workshop,store,factory and

homeconveniences,

Foreword.

tnent of God's Kingdom in the hands oi Messiah-"**v&<«»

right it is."-Ezeldcl 21:27,

We could not, of course,know in-1889,whether the date

1914, so clearly marked in the Bible as the end of the Gontile

lease of power or permission to rule the world, v/ouidl

mean tfiat they would be fully out of power at that time,

or whether, their leaseexpiring, their eviction would begin.

The latter we perceive to be the Lord's program; and

promptly in August, 1914, the Geatile kingdoms referred

to in the prophecy began the present great struggle, which,

according to the Bible, will culminate in the complete over-

throw of all human government, opening the way for the?

£ull establishmentof the Kingdom of God's dear Son-

We are not able to seebehind the veil; we are not abfe

to "know the things progressing under the direction *>f our

£*orious Lord and the members of His Church. already

glorified. Our thought is that somehowthe Lord is taking a

Iiand in the affairs of the world now as He did not do ia

times past We do know that the great Time of Trouble,

-which has begun, very closely corresponds to the Divine

declaration respecting the time and conditions of the estab*-.

llsliment o£ Messiah's Kingdom. The Lord Himself informs

us that, at the time He shall take to Himself His &rca£

Slowerand reign, the nations will be mad and the Bivine

-wrath will come, A little later on the time will cosne iatf

tb',- judging of the dead, an4 the giving: of the reward to*

God?(3servants*small and &reat, leading on £nally to the

destruction of the incorrigible, who would exercise -a cor>

arupfc

tJ:atwe are in the pay of- the Lord, and

that very soon,all of Ilia saiats will be gathered to Him

iii

influence upon,the earth.--Revelation 21:8.

All over the world people knew of the expectations o£

Bible Studentsin, respectto the year A, D. 1914;and when

so stupendous a war as the present one broke loose* when

the winds of strife began to How with such fury and

destruction, thousands remembered what they had heard

and read respectingthe end of the Gentile Times. Thou-

sandstoday hrtvc cometo fully appreciatethe times in \vhic!»

we nre Jiving, The influence is very hcij>ful and inspiring!

A realization

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