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Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery

Charles Taze Russell · Public domain text

251,619 words · about 17 h 37 min to read

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Author
C. T. Russell (1852–1916)
Language
English
Subjects
Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jehovah's witnesses › Controversial literature
Length
251,619 words · about 17 h 37 min
Sections
78 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (78)
  1. Opening about 3 min
  2. PUBLISHER’S PREFACE about 10 min
  3. EXPLANATORY NOTE about 1 min
  4. Revelation 1—The Message For This Day about 21 min
  5. Revelation 2—St. Paul, St. John, Arius And Waldo about 39 min
  6. Revelation 3—Wycliffe, Luther And Russell about 51 min
  7. Revelation 4—The Author Of The Plan about 46 min
  8. Revelation 5—The Executor Of The Plan about 14 min
  9. Revelation 6—Six Seals And The Papacy about 36 min
  10. Revelation 7—Seventh Seal And Great Company about 38 min
  11. Revelation 8—Four Preliminary Reformations about 20 min
  12. Revelation 9—Two Ineffective Reformation Woes about 20 min
  13. Revelation 10—The True Reformation Woe about 6 min
  14. Revelation 11—The Time Of The End about 20 min
  15. Revelation 12—The Birth Of Antichrist about 17 min
  16. Revelation 13—The Papal And Protestant Beasts about 44 min
  17. Revelation 14—The Five Harvest Messages about 25 min
  18. Revelation 15—The Song Of The Saints about 11 min
  19. Revelation 16—Ecclesiasticism’s Seven Plagues about 40 min
  20. Revelation 17—The Papacy’s Last Stand about 25 min
  21. Revelation 18—The Fall Of Ecclesiasticism about 28 min
  22. Revelation 19—The Overthrow Of Satan’s Empire about 17 min
  23. Revelation 20—The Thousand Years’ Reign about 30 min
  24. Revelation 21—The Descending Kingdom about 33 min
  25. Revelation 22—The River Of Grace And Truth about 10 min
  26. THE SONG OF SOLOMON about 39 min
  27. The Heavenly Bridegroom about 1 min
  28. THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL about 15 min
  29. Ezekiel 2—The Rebellious House And The Book about 7 min
  30. Ezekiel 3—Pastor Russell’s Divine Ordination about 19 min
  31. Ezekiel 4—The Papal And Protestant Sieges about 13 min
  32. Ezekiel 5—The Severed Hair Calamities about 7 min
  33. Ezekiel 6—Sword—Famine—Pestilence about 3 min
  34. Ezekiel 7—Dawn Of The Evil Day about 9 min
  35. Ezekiel 8—Molech, The Torment Deity about 14 min
  36. Ezekiel 9—The Man With The Inkhorn about 7 min
  37. Ezekiel 10—Scattering Coals Of Fire about 5 min
  38. Ezekiel 11—The Wicked Counsel about 7 min
  39. Ezekiel 12—Christendom’s Blind Flight about 7 min
  40. Ezekiel 13—The Gaps In The Wall about 5 min
  41. Ezekiel 14—Insincere Inquirers about 6 min
  42. Ezekiel 15—Fit For Fuel Only about 1 min
  43. Ezekiel 16—Unfaithfulness Of God’s People about 15 min
  44. Ezekiel 17—Parable Of The Eagles about 7 min
  45. Ezekiel 18—“The Soul That Sinneth” about 6 min
  46. Ezekiel 19—The Lion’s Whelps about 4 min
  47. Ezekiel 20—The Hypocritical Ecclesiastics about 14 min
  48. Ezekiel 21—The Thrice‐Doubled Sword about 11 min
  49. Ezekiel 22—The Melting Pot Of War about 7 min
  50. Ezekiel 23—Two Apostate Church Systems about 12 min
  51. Ezekiel 24—The Boiling Caldron about 9 min
  52. Ezekiel 25—Recompense Upon The Tares about 5 min
  53. Ezekiel 26—Downfall Of Philosophy about 7 min
  54. Ezekiel 27—Philosophy’s Utter Ruin about 11 min
  55. Ezekiel 28—Destruction Of The Devil about 7 min
  56. Ezekiel 29—The Egyptians A Type about 5 min
  57. Ezekiel 30—Pharaoh’s Two Arms Broken about 7 min
  58. Ezekiel 31—Christendom Not To Endure about 6 min
  59. Ezekiel 32—Christendom’s Utter Downfall about 9 min
  60. Ezekiel 33—Why Ecclesiasticism Must Perish about 26 min
  61. Ezekiel 34—The Unfaithful Shepherds about 13 min
  62. Ezekiel 35—Edom A Type about 5 min
  63. Ezekiel 36—Christendom’s Early Restoration about 14 min
  64. Ezekiel 37—The Valley Of Dry Bones about 15 min
  65. Ezekiel 38—Final Overthrow Of Pride about 7 min
  66. Ezekiel 39—Death Of Pride’s Multitude about 11 min
  67. Ezekiel 40‐48—God’s Temple And River Of Truth about 36 min
  68. ADVERTISEMENTS about 2 min
  69. “Both the Houses of Israel” about 1 min
  70. The Watch Tower And Herald Of Christ’s Presence about 1 min
  71. What Say The Scriptures About Hell? about 2 min
  72. What Say The Scriptures About Spiritism? about 1 min
  73. Miscellaneous Advertisements about 1 min
  74. I. Bible Teachers’ Manual under 1 min
  75. II. Instructors’ Guide Texts under 1 min
  76. III. Berean Topical Index under 1 min
  77. IV. Spurious Passages Noted about 7 min
  78. FOOTNOTES under 1 min

The opening of PUBLISHER’S PREFACE

Since the days of the Apostles, Christian people have been looking for the coming of our Lord Jesus in great power and glory; for He said that He would come again and receive His Church unto Himself. He further pointed out that for some time prior to the completion of the Church He would be present, gathering out from Babylon and from the world the truly consecrated, and that during His presence “the Mystery of God” would be finished.

Through St. John the Lord Jesus revealed the fact that the Church would be developed during seven distinct periods, or epochs; and that for each of these epochs He would have a special angel, or messenger, to serve the other members of the Body. It follows, then, that the messenger to the last, or Laodicean, epoch would declare the Presence of the Lord and the time of the Harvest of the Gospel Age.

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