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A Heavyweight Jehovah's
Witness Embarrassment -
The Finished MysteryDan Corner
The Finished Mystery 191 Edition
Char!es Ta"e #$sse!!% the &o$nder and &irst resident o& the Jehovah's
Witnesses% $t his $nderstanding o& the (ib!e into a series o& boo)s
*a!!ed%Studies in the Scriptures.Before Charles Taze Russell died six
volumes were written and after his death Clayton J. Woodworth and George
H. Fisher used Russells tea!hings and "ut those do!trines into this seventh
volume # The Finished Mystery. Hen!e$ the seventh volume identifies itself
as theposthumous work of Pastor Russell. %&ll 'uotes in this arti!le$ $n!ess
otherwise se*i&ied% are from the ()(* edition of Studies in the Scriptures,series +,,$ The Finished Mystery, !o"yrighted -y the eo"les ul"it
&sso!iation. &ll -old em"hasis in 'uotes is my own$ while all !a"ital
em"hasis in 'uotes is in the original./ This seventh vo!$me +The Finished
Mystery, is #$sse!!'s *ommentary on #eve!ation% ong o& o!omon and
E"e)ie!.
0ets -egin with a!tual 'uotes "roving that this seventh volume is Charles
Taze Russells do!trines1
This osth$mo$s wor) o& /astor #$sse!! %arranged for use as a text-oo2/is mu!h !ondensed$ in*!$ding the e0tra*ts &rom the astor's en%all of
whi!h are referred -a!2 to his wor)s %". (3/.
/TH2M2 W#3 F /AT# #2E44 %". 4$ if num-ered/.
,n the -a!2 of this -oo2 is an advertisement for all seven volumes1
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The 5xhaustive and Cele-rated Wor2s of &6T7R R866500 Com!ete in
even Handsome!y (o$nd 5o!$mes %would -e ". 93:$ if num-ered/.
Clearly$ volume seven !ontains the tea!hings of Russell though he didnt
a!tually write it li2e he did the first six volumes. Furthermore$ C. T. Russells
uni'ue im"ortan!e is o"enly stated1
astor Russell -eing the messenger o& the 4aodi*ean Ch$r*h% and
o!!u"ying the "osition of the 4ord's se*ia! servant to give the
Ho$seho!d o& Faith meat in d$e season .... %". ;/.
Those !onse!rated
Christians who have read
and fully a""re!iated the
Truth as !ontained in the
"re!eding six volumes of
6T8/.
The se*ia! messenger to
the !ast Age o& the
Ch$r*h was Char!es T.
#$sse!!%-orn Fe-ruary (9$
(:?4. He has rivate!y
admitted his be!ie& that
he was *hosen &or hisgreat wor) &rom be&ore
his birth %". ?>/.
6o Russell himself "rivately admitted that he himself is thatspecial
messenger to the last Age of the Church. &lso$ from Rev. 4(143$ we read the
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following inter"retation of amethyst, whi!h is su""osed to refer to C. T.
Russell and the seventh volume1
Amethyst was /astor #$sse!!'s birth-stone6 and -ehold how "erfe!t its
a""li!ation@ He was true -lue in his faithfulness$ and fully loyal to the -lood
of Christ$ as shown -y the red. He has the royalty now$ than2 God@ The !u"
whi!h he "oured never intoxi!ated with error those who dran2 its life#giving
draughts from the Fountain of all Truth$ our Fathers Word. The si0-sided
*rysta!!i"ation reresents his i0 5o!$mes o& *rit$re t$dies and this
the eventh% a s$mmary o& a!!% re"resents the stone as a whole %"". >49$
>4*/.
Are #$sse!!'s Tea*hingsKeys
as C!aimed in The Finished Mystery7
,t seems that a somewhat !ommon !hara!teristi! of the !ults is that their own
material is exalted to that s"e!ial key needed to understand the Bi-le. This
same faulty$ dangerous !on!e"t was taught -y John Calvin and Aary Ba2er
5ddy regarding their own writings$ -ut they were not alone # Charles Russell
did the same in The Finished Aystery1
By the 0ords gra!e$ he wrote the six volumes of 6T8
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Studies in the Scriptures? But even more im"ortant$ why isn't the
Wat*htower o*iety *$rrent!y tea*hing as #$sse!! did7 ,n this arti!le$ the
reader will -e ex"osed to a list of false "ro"he!ies$ 6!ri"tural errors and
do!trines denied today -y the W6$ whi!h will answer this !ru!ial 'uestion
for us.
Thus far we have read
where Russell is su""osed
to -e all of the following1
the messenger o& the
4aodi*ean Ch$r*h
the 4ord's se*ia!
servant to give the
Ho$seho!d o& Faith meatin d$e season
the se*ia! messenger to the !ast Age o& the Ch$r*h
to him the 0ord gave the 8)ey8
to him was given the "rivilege of ma)ing *!ear to the Ch$r*h in its !ast
years the 8Mystery o& od8
and regarding the seventh volume %The Finished Aystery/$ we read
where it is a summary o& a!! o& the re*eding si0 vo!$mes.
:s Char!es Ta"e #$sse!!% the Faithful and Wise Servant7
The ex"lanation under Rev.(1( tells us more a-out Russell and his
!onne!tion to At. 4;1;?1
John the Revelator and the ro"het Ha-a22u2 have foretold that the
understanding of this revelation$ given in )9 &.
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The same ange! mentioned in #ev. 1>1 E ()1)$(3E re"resenting Russell$
-eyond the veil %". >>;/.
The meaning of Rev. >1(; reveals the same1
The s"e!ial messenger to the last &ge of the Chur!h was Charles T.Russell ... %". ?>/.
Beyond that$ it was su""osed to -e Jes$s and #$sse!! together that are the
onefaithful and wise undershepherd
God has esta-lished Jes$s +David, the (e!oved +Jer. @=6 ?% 6 John 1B>11,%
and /astor #$sse!! as a &aith&$! and wise $ndersheherd% to -ring forth
from the Bi-le 6torehouse truths new and old$ to feed the shee" %". ?>:/.
1(;$
appeared to the &"ostle John$ as found in the ex"lanation under By His
angel in Rev. (1(D 56 =7.
11
The year (::( is signifi!ant for those who 2now the !laims of Russell.
onder the following two 'uotes and it will -e!ome a""arent1
For seven years after Christ's #et$rn in 1? - $nti! 11 - /astor
#$sse!!% a!tho$gh he )new m$*h o& od's /!an% was in some degree inthe same *ondition as other Christians in imer&e*t $nderstanding o&
od's Word %". >:9/.
Then$ in 11% he be*ame od's wat*hman &or a!! Christendom% and
-egan his giganti! wor2 of witness %". >:*/.
#$sse!!'sMeat in Due Season
To tal2 with a Jehovahs Witness in our day will usually mean that the
identity of the 0ord Jesus will -e readily redu!ed far -elow the truth foundin the Bi-le regarding his deity. But strangely$ Char!es Ta"e #$sse!!
be!ieved Jes$s is the lmi!hty at #ev. 1>. %This is one of the very few
times Russell was !orre!t in his tea!hings a-out Jesus./
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,t is sin!e His resurre!tion that the message has gone forth # &ll "ower in
Heaven and in earth is gi!en unto Ae. %Aatt. 4:1(:./ Conse'uently it is only
sin!e then that He !ould -e !alled the A!mighty8 %". (?/.
&gain$ C. T. Russell$ the original Jehovahs Witness himself$ taught in The
Finished Mysterythat Jes$s a&ter his res$rre*tion islmi!hty"-ut this
!ertainly isnt what the JWs in our day -elieve. Aoreover$ under Rev. (1;$
Jesus is des!ri-ed as all#knowin! by #$sse!!>
,n this sym-oli!al "i!ture the eye of the 0ord is re"resented as seven or
!om"lete$ all#seeing$ every#where$ a!!-)nowing ... %". (>/.
Matthias$ot /a$!
Russells understanding of Rev. (1(> would have us$ this time wrong!y%thin2 that aul was the &"ostoli! re"la!ement of Judas1
... in that of His Twelve &"ostles$ His re"resentatives # t. /a$! ta)ing the
!a*e o& J$das ... %". (:/.
The real truth is it was not aul -ut Matthias who re"la!ed Judas. This is
!learly the message of the Bi-le1
... Therefore it is ne!essary to !hoose one of the men who have -een with
us the whole time the 0ord Jesus went in and out among us$ -eginning fromJohns -a"tism to the time when Jesus was ta2en u" from us. For one of
these must -e!ome a witness with us of his resurre!tion. 6o they "ro"osed
two men1 Jose"h !alled Barsa--as %also 2nown as Justus/ and Aatthias.
Then they "rayed$ 0ord$ you 2now everyones heart. 6how us whi!h of
these two you have !hosen to ta2e over this a"ostoli! ministry$ whi!h Judas
left to go where he -elongs. Then they !ast lots$ and the !ot &e!! to
Matthias6 so he was added to the e!even aost!es. %&!ts (14(#49/
From this data we should all now -e aware of two fa!ts1 +1, Char!es Ta"e
#$sse!! was not de*!aring the same message that is ta$ght by the Wtoday and +@, at other times he de*!ared a message not *onsistent with
the (ib!e in*e these are $ndis$ted &a*ts% it is impossi%le &or #$sse!! to
be who he and his immediate &o!!owers $nashamed!y *!aimed him to be.
Dates and /rohe*ies in The Finished Mystery
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8nder Rev. 91(( and the !lause$ &nd it was said unto them$ Russells
thoughts are given1
=ot a!tually$ -ut -y the tea!hings of the "arallel dis"ensations$ whi!h show
that as Christ was raised from the dead in &. >$ the s!eeing saints
wo$!d be raised 1? years !ater% in the ring o& 1 %". ((:/.
7ther dates im"ortant to Russell were (:*;$ ()(;$ ()(:$ ()43$ ()4? and
()>41
Fa!! 1? A. D. e*ond Advent o& the 4ord %". 93/.
He !alled his semi#monthly "u-li!ation$ The Wat!h TowerE and$ &irm in
the be!ie& that the e*ond Advent too) !a*e in 1? ... %". >9:/.
8nto the seven e"o!hs$ ending res"e!tively$ in &. $ >4?$ ((93$ (>*:$
(?(:$ (:*; and 191 %". *4/.
This *hater re!ates to the Divine wrath% a&ter 191 A. D.% u"on the
governments$ sym-oli!ally !alled mountains and hills$ and the rivers$ the
denominations .... A!! state *h$r*hes are to be destroyed% !itera!!y by the
sword% and -y the truth a-out them in the Word of God$ the 6word of the
6"irit %". ;34/.
:n one short year% 191-191% the vast and *om!i*ated system o&se*tarianism rea*hes its "enith o& ower% only to -e suddenly dashed into
ob!ivion %". 4:?/.
Their time has !ome # 191 # when ini'uity in the House of the 6ons of God
shall have an end %". ;9:/.
5ze2. ?14$ (4$ (9$ (*$ relate to features of the destr$*tion of literal
Jerusalem in 939 B. C. and *3#*> &.
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&lso$ in the year 191% when od destroys the *h$r*hes who!esa!e and
the *h$r*h members by mi!!ions% it shall -e that any that es!a"e shall !ome
to the wor2s of astor Russell to learn the meaning of the downfall of
Christianity %". ;:?/.
&s the fleshly#minded a"ostates from Christianity$ siding with the radi!als
and revolutionaries$ will reoi!e at the inheritan!e of deso!ation that wi!! be
Christendom's a&ter 191% so will God do to the su!!essful revolutionary
movementE it shall -e utterly desolated$ even all of it. =ot one vestige of it
shall survive the ravages of wor!d-wide a!!-embra*ing anar*hy% in the &a!!
o& 19@B %". ?;4/.
... a&ter the wars% revo!$tions and anar*hy o& the eriod &rom 191? to
19@ have assed. The time of the esta-lishment of the ingdom in "ower
is indi!ated as in the fourteenth year after that the !ity %Christendom/ wassmitten # or fourteen years after 191% viz.$ in 19=@ %". ?9)/.
A&ter 191 the "eo"le su""orting !hur!hianity wi!! *ease to be its
s$orters% be destroyed as adherents%-y the s"iritual "estilen!e of errors
a-road and the famine of the Word of God among them %". >))/.
5ven the re$b!i*s wi!! disaear in the &a!! o& 19@B %". 4?:/.
The three days in whi!h haraohs host "ursued the ,sraelites into the
wilderness re"resents the three years from 191 to 19@B at whi*h time a!! o&/haraoh's messengers wi!! be swa!!owed $ in the sea o& anar*hy %".
4?:/.
The year 191? bro$ght the end o& the Times o& the enti!es%-ut not the
end of the Harvest wor2 %". 9(/.
... The ring o& 191 wi!! bring $on Christendom a sasm o& ang$ish
greater even than that e0erien*ed in the Fa!! o& 191?. Reexamine the
ta-le of the arallel * to ;3$ *3 to *> and 191? to 191% andwe -elieve it is !orre!t and will -e fulfilled 8with great ower and g!ory8
%Aar2 (>149/ %". 94/.
The aforementioned ()(: date is !learly referring to the 0ords return or the
Son of man comin!. This is evident -y "ondering Aar2 (>149$ whi!h was
!ited there. Here is that 6!ri"ture1
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&nd then shall they see the on o& man *oming in the !louds with great
ower and g!ory %Aar2 (>149/.
Aoreover$ we read elsewhere a-out ()(:1
I... what then are we to e0e*t in the ara!!e! year 1917' (rother#$sse!!"ut the 'uestion to three "rominent -rethren$ all of whom re"lied
that they did not 2now$ -ut were willing to wait and see. When he !alled
u"on me , said$ I6in!e the year *> &. E0a*t!y. That is
e0a*t!y the in&eren*e to draw' %". (4)/.
Hen!e$ ()(: was !learly su""osed to -e the !oming of Christ and the fall ofBa-ylon$ a!!ording to his seventh volume. JW "eo"le living at that time
thought they were in the truth,-ut instead they were decei!ed.
#$sse!! Comared to the
Prophet E"e)ie!
Furthermore$ the "ro"het 5ze2iel was su""osed to -e a ty"e of Charles
Russell$ -ased on their inter"retation of 5ze2 (3141
E"e)ie!% tying /astor #$sse!!% sees himself as a!ting in the manner here
des!ri-ed %". ;4(/.
Russell is re"eatedly li2ened to theprophet 5ze2iel1
Truly$ mourning$ lamentation and woe were the -urden of od's /rohet
E"e)ie!% as he &oresaw the destr$*tion o& his be!oved *ity% Jer$sa!em -
and o& /astor #$sse!!% as he &ore)new the deso!ation o& a wor!d %". >:3/@
uestion1 9*$ >9:/.
&s E"e)ie! was the son of Buzi$ Contemned of God$ /astor #$sse!! was
-orn the !hild of a nominal religious system whi!h is unfaithful to Jehovah.
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/astor #$sse!!%-y the faithful !arrying out of his vow of !onse!ration to
9:/.
They Wi!! 3now That a
Fa!seGProphet C. T. #$sse!!GHas (een Among Them
Theprophet 5ze2iel of the Bi-le had a message of destru!tion$ -ut God
wanted him to 2now the following1
When all this !omes true and it surely will # then they wi!! )now that a
rohet has been among them %5ze2 >>1>>/.
,t is under the same verse %5ze2. >>1>>/$ the following inter"retation and
!om"arison is made to Russells -oo2s1
But when the things redi*ted in the entire seven vo!$mes o& theStudies
in the Scriptures *ome to ass% then shall the tares$ too late$ realize that a
great and Divine!y ordained rea*her 8hath been among them8 %". ?>4/.
6in!e the thingspredicted in the seven volumes of Studies in the
Scriptures did not !ome to "ass$ -ut flatly failed$ should we therefore
-elieve Russell is a false "ro"het instead of a great and "i!inely ordained
preacher? 56 =7.
Weird 2ns*rit$ra! Tea*hings
Besides C. T. Russells meat in due season unfulfilled "ro"he!ies$ at other
times his tea!hings were nothing more than weird$ s"e!ulative tea!hings
without any real 6!ri"tural -a!2ing. While Russell taught the num-er
1??%BBBis the num-er of the #lect %". >4>/ or the $ride of Christ %". (>:/$
he said something different a-out the sheep class
&s the num-er of the (ride o& Christ is to be 1??%BBB% it would -e
reasona-le to thin2 that ea!h num-er of this !lass may have (;;$333 to loo2after$ as (;;$333K(;;$333 e'uals @B%=%BBB%BBB %twenty -illion seven
hundred and thirty#six million/$ evidently ust a-out the right num-er to -e
!ared for # 1??%BBB wo$!d be I$ite a host &or ea*h individ$a! o& the (ride
*!ass to !oo) a&ter. o we *an see the ne*essity &or the wor) o& the reat
Comany %". (>:/.
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From Rev. 4(1(*$ Russell got the following1
We should ex"e!t to find the num-er of those res!ued during the Aillennium
shown somewhere in these measurementsE and this we also find. The !u-it$
in sym-olism$ is flexi-le in length$ li2e the word day. ,f we multi"ly the
num-er of s'uare furlongs in the !ity -y the (;; measures of a man the
result is (;;$333$333 -y (;; or @B%=%BBB%BBB% the estimated n$mber o&
the shee *!ass at the end o& the Mi!!ennia! Age %". >4>/.
Russell$ with his understandin! of all the Divine purposes for mankind
and of some for the an!els %". >:?/ also allegedly figured out the num-er of
the angels %who he !alls the %reat Company& in Rev. ?1((. He thought1
The num-er of the Great Com"any will a""arently ex!eed one hundred
millions Lsi!M. =um. ;1;9#;: and 5x. 4:1( indi!ate -ut one "riest to ea!h4$:93 0evites$ whi!h would ma2e the n$mber o& the reat Comany
aro0imate Lsi!M ?11%?B%BBB %". (3>/.
&nd shall lead them unto LlivingM &o$ntains o& waters F 4:FE - They wi!!
not have within them the 8we!! o& water sringing $ $nto ever!asting
!i&e%8 as wi!! the (ride *!ass%-ut may freely ta2e of the Water of life
whi!h flows forth from the united well#s"rings of the Fountain and its
1??%BBB asso*iates %". (;4/.
The Wat!htower 6o!ietys inter"retation of Rev. :1> is an endorsement ofRussell$ who though dead is still mana!in! every feature of the &arvest
work'
&nd another angel. # =ot the voi!e of the 0ord$ mentioned in the "re!eding
!ha"ter$ -ut the !or"orate -ody # the W&TCH T7W5R B,B05 &=1(3./ He heard the &$!!
harmony o& 8the song o& Moses and the 4amb.8 %Rev. (?1>./ To him the
wings %Rev. (41;/$ the Word o& od% !d Testament and ;ew% so$nded
their !ad Tidings% a message whose arts 8to$*hed one another%8 were
in *om!ete to$*h% &$!! harmony. He heard &or the &irst time sin*e
Aosto!i* days the /!an o& od% 8the noise o& the whee!s *y*!es% agesG.8
He heard the mani&estations o& the oeration o& the Ho!y irit% the
8noise o& a great r$shing%8 and was &i!!ed with the irit in a meas$re
beyond the ortion o& most Christian men %". >:?/.
astor Russell was given a *!ear% bea$ti&$!% *om!ete *omrehension o&
the /!an o& od as revealed in the Ta-erna!le arrangements and sa!rifi!es
%". 4>?/.
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Adam's Creation+efore ?1@ (. C.
To the average "erson who reads the Bi-le$ when &dam was !reated is
a-solutely meaningless$ -ut !ertainly not for the Wat!htower 6o!iety and the
JWs we en!ounter at our doors. That -it of information$ to them$ is !riti!alfor their date setting@ Russell taught the following$ not a-out &dams
!reation$ -ut a-out hisfall, whi!h allegedly o!!urred in ?1@ (. C. %". 93/.
From that we 2now #$sse!! be!ieved Adam was *reated sometime %efore
?1@ (. C.
,n a different volume of Russells so#!alled Studies in the Scriptures, we read
the following1
i0 tho$sand years &rom Adam ended in A. D. 1@ %+ol. 4$ ()3: ed.$ ".
>*;$ if num-ered/.
,f we su-tra!t 9$333 years from &.
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,n an uns!ri"tural attem"t to !onfuse the issue and !on!eal their own
identity$ The Wat!htower says they admit their +mistakes.+ The reader
sho$!d note> The Wat*htower o*iety re&$ses to a*)now!edge their 19
&a!se rohe*y +or 8mista)e8 as *a!!ed by some,.
The reat /yramid - )od*s Witness(
=o one has to -e a Bi-le s!holar to 2now that something is not right when
the Great yramid in 5gy"t is !ited as a !onfirmation for Bi-li!al tea!hing@
6trangely though$ it seems that the JWs of our day are unaware that it was
!ited for su!h or la!2 this a-ility to 2now1
The reat /yramid *on&irms the (ib!e's tea*hing that the time of Harvest
has !ome %". 449/.
Russell taught the same amazing thing in volume two of the Studies in the
Scriptures The Time is at -and
... the reat /yramid o& Egyt is one o& od's Witnesses %+ol. 4$ ()3:
ed.$ ". >99/.
+olume two of the Studies in the Scriptures has many dates in it. ,n a single
"aragra"h we read of three of these1
We are a!ready !iving in the seventh mi!!enni$m - sin*e *t. 1@. Thelease of "ower to the enti!e )ingdoms m$st terminate with the year
191?. The great antity"i!al Ju-ilee$ the Time of Restitution of all things$ had
its -eginning in the year 1?% when the resen*e o& the great #estorer
was a!so d$e %+ol. 4$ ()3: ed.$ ". >9>/.
7n a different "age$ in the same -oo2$ we read of the e,act date of the
0ords return1
The next !ha"ter will "resent Bi-le eviden!e that 1? A. D. was the e0a*t
date o& the beginning o& the 8Times o& #estit$tion%8 and hen*e o& o$r4ord's ret$rn %+ol. 4$ ()3: ed.$ ". (*3/.
Then we have the ()(; false "ro"he!y again1
,n view of this strong Bi-le eviden!e !on!erning the Times of the Gentiles$
we !onsider it an esta-lished truth that the &ina! end o& the )ingdoms o&
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Could even one of those !laims for Russell -e true in light of the a-ove
eviden!eD 56 =7.
(/E the seven
angels of Rev. (?19 are The seven volumes of 6!ri"ture 6tudies %". 4>?/E
the Till the seven "lagues of the seven angels were fulfilled in Rev. (?1:
refers to 8ntil the seven volumes of 6!ri"ture 6tudies were written$
"u-lished and !ir!ulated %". 4>9/E the 6aying to the seven angels in Rev.(91( refers to The seven volumes of 6!ri"ture 6tudies %". 4>*/E et!.
H$mb!e #$sse!! Again
Those are sur"rising$ -ut here is another from Rev. (31(#> whi!h we should
examine. Before it is !ited "lease "onder those verses from the Bi-le1
Rev (31( &nd , saw another mighty ange! !ome down from heaven$
!lothed with a !loud1 and a rain-ow was u"on his head$ and his fa!e was as
it were the sun$ and his feet as "illars of fire1 Rev (314 &nd he had in hishand a little -oo2 o"en1 and he set his right foot u"on the sea$ and his left
foot on the earth$ Rev (31> &nd *ried with a !o$d voi*e% as when a lion
roareth1 and when he had !ried$ seven thunders uttered their voi!es.
lease note1 The mi!hty an!el o& 1B>1 is the same one that cries with a
loud voice in 1B>=. A&ter that o**$rred the seven thunders so)e. onder
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those verses and this will -e!ome !lear. ,n !ontrast$ the so#!alled s"e!ial
messenger to the last &ge of the Chur!h %C. T. Russell/ wants us to thin2$
a!!ording to his own inter"retation$ the angel in (31( is the 0ord Jesus$
b$t the one that cries with a loud voice in 1B>= is not Jes$s% b$t instead
himse!& - 8/astor #$sse!!8 %". (9*/@ Furthermore$ the 6even thunders of
(31> are su""osed to refer to the 8even vo!$mes o& T2D:E :; THE
C#:/T2#E'8 %". (9*/.
6o$ ust li2e the hereti!al 0
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Thevidence et Forth
in The Finished Mystery
5arlier the following 'uote was !ited1
Those !onse!rated Christians who have read and fully a""re!iated the Truth
as !ontained in the "re!eding six volumes of 6T8/.
The last senten!e in the a-ove 'uote is given to those that elie!e the $ile.
To the ones that do -elieve the Bi-le$ the e!idence set forth in this seventh
volume is su""osed to esta-lish the so#!alledfact that Russell was themessenger of the Church of /aodicea. /!ease be ass$red that :
who!ehearted!y be!ieve the (ib!e and have a!so *are&$!!y e0amined the
evidence *ontained in vo!$me seven and m$st% there&ore% not on!y reKe*t
the *!aims abo$t #$sse!!% b$t even go &$rther and de*!are him to be a
sirit$a!!y dangero$s man - a false prophet.
Three Fina! $estions
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