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Biblical Comments
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Scripture-Studies, The Watch Tower, etc.

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GENESIS:

1:1 In the beginning…. Not of the universe, but of our planet…………F17 God created……… Prepared for the work of the six creative days. … F18 And the earth……. Doubtless our earth is the most advanced of all the worlds yet created……………..Z ’07-12

1:2 And the earth was … It already existed before the six days began……F23 And the spirit…… The power or energy…………………..E190, 175 Moved upon………. Fecundated, rendered fruitful or prolific. E190, 176 This manifestation of God’s spirit is easier to understand than its transforming power … E199,183

1:3 And there was light. Probably electrical, as Aurora Borealis………..F30

1:5 And the evening….. The obscure beginning………………………..F31 And the morning….. The perfect completion……………………….F31 Were the first day.. The Azoic or lifeless age of 7000 years………..F31 Certainly not a sun day, for the sun itself was not visible until the fourth creative day…….F19

1:6 Be a firmament…… An expanse of atmosphere……………………..F31 In the midst of….. Between the…………………………………F31

1:8 Were the second day. The Palaeozoic age, Silurian period, 7000 years … F31

1:9 The dry land appear. The weight of the seas caused the earth to buckle as it cooled, gradually forcing portions of its crust above the water. Similar paroxysms of nature will, probably, occur soon…………F32

1:12 Grass and herb…… Carbonic and nitrogenous gases causes extraordinary plant growth during the third creative day, storing carbon for coal deposits and purifying the atmosphere for animal life……..F32 Seed after his kind. Contrary to Evolution theories………………..F32

1:13 Were the third day.. The Carboniferous era of 7000 years……………F32

1:16 And God made…….. Literally “Caused to shine.” The word does not mean created…………………………..F33 The greater light … Said by papists to represent the pope…………B308 To rule the day….. To indicate the time of day…………………..F34 Said by papists to represent spiritual things. … B308 The lesser light…. Said by papists to represent civil power………B308 To rule the night … Said by papists to represent temporal affairs. … B308

1:19 Were the fourth day. The Devonian period of 7000 years……………..F34

1:20 Waters bring forth.. By Divine power given for the purpose………….F35 Abundantly………. The untellable trillions of shell-fish which absorbed the excess of hydrocarbons………………….F36 The moving creature. The creeping creature…………………E348, 324 That hath life…… Nephesh, soul, sentient being as of man. E348, 324

1:21 Living creature….. Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man…….. E348, 357, 324, 334

1:23 Were the fifth day.. The Reptilian period of 7000 years…………….F35

1:24 Let the earth, etc.. A comprehensive scientific expression………….F54 Living creature….. Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man…….. E348, 357, 324, 334 Cattle………….. Domestic animals as distinguished from others…..F36

1:26 Let us………….. The plural form calls our attention to the fact that, “The Word was in the beginning with God”………………………………….Z’94-12

REVELATION—BIBLICAL COMMENTS

Worship God………. The source from which come all these blessings and all this light………………….Z ’96-305

22:10 Seal not the sayings. When the time comes for a full understanding of the book of Revelation, the Church is not to hide the matter………………….Z ’05-173

22:11 Unjust still……… The proclamation of the message of Present Truth is not expected or intended to convert the world………………………….Z ’05-173 Righteous still…… The message of Present Truth applies only to those who are righteously inclined……Z ’05-173

22:12 Reward is with me…. And will not be given until I come………….F665

22:13 And the end………. Of the direct creation of God………….Z ’93-115

22:14 His commandment…… “This is his commandment, that we should love one another”…………………..Z ’94-356 Through the gates…. The Ancient Worthies, through whose instrumentality all may enter into the Kingdom………..Z ’92-16 Into the city…….. The Kingdom of God……………….A296, D25, H23

22:15 Without are dogs….. Idlers, breeders of spiritual contagion, self-seeking, biting and devouring, treacherously lying in wait to deceive…………….Z ’94-216 The word used refers to the wild dogs which roam Palestine and which are pests; not the pet house dogs mentioned by our Lord in his remark to the Syro-Phoenician woman. Z ’00-191 And murderers…….. Brother-haters…………………………….H63

22:16 I am the root…….. Origin, source of life, by virtue of my purchase of David’s life-rights…………….E150, 135 No longer a branch out of the root of Jesse and David………………………..E150, 135 And the offspring…. Through Nathan’s line……………….E150, 135

22:17 And the Bride…….. The Bride does not say Come, until there is a Bride, following the marriage of the Lamb…………………..A98, E226, 208, F336 And whosoever will … And whosoever will receive it………………D198 During the Millennial Age…………………..A97 The water of life will not be forced on any Z’05-217 Now, “No man can come to me except the Father which sent me draw him”……….Z ’05-171 The water of life…. Restitution blessings: Truth, clear as crystal.. D655, E179, 165, H47 Freely…………… “Ho every one that thirsteth: come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money”……Z ’05-217

22:20 I come quickly……. The second advent of the Lord is thus shown to be beyond Pentecost and beyond the destruction of Jerusalem, for John wrote these words long after both of these events had transpired………………………………A90

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— April 15, 1912 —