| Ancient Worthies and those who follow the same courseSeptember 1 2008 at 11:59 AM | Bro. James (no login) from IP address 75.59.205.83 |
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| WT 1911 reference and others I'm sure you are aware of:
“Thus this Gospel Age is called the "acceptable day (or time) of the Lord," because, during this Gospel Age God is willing to accept a predestinated number as joint-sacrificers with Jesus. But as soon as that predestinated number shall have been completed the acceptable time will immediately end. No more presentations will be accepted as sacrifices--the antitypical Day of Atonement will have ended. But suppose that some should present themselves after the close of the acceptable time; what would be their status and God's dealing with them?
Since God is unchangeable, we must assume that He would always be pleased to have His creatures devote their lives wholly and unreservedly to the doing of His will, as He was pleased with the faithfulness of the AncientWorthies to lay down their lives before a Covenant of sacrifice was in force. We may reason that as God has promised human perfection to those Ancient Worthies who laid down their lives, He would be willing similarly to reward any who might follow the same course after the completion of the Church--after the ending of the acceptable time of sacrifice…”
It’s obvious Bro. Russell was the Parousia Messenger and addressed items Parousia related. The Youthful Worthies we believe are an Epiphany class and had a 40 year call from 1914 – 1954 as the Epiphany writings specifically point out. It has been suggested that the Youthful Worthies are included with the Ancient Worthies under G on the Chart of the Ages – Messianic Age on plan z.
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