Below is the ninth of multiple excerpts of commentary on the Book of Revelation from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell: " The First Vision "THE MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. "[Rev.] Chap. i. 10-20; ii. iii [Rev. 1:10-20; 2, 3] [SEVEN CHURCHES: LITERAL, 1ST-CENTURY CONGREGATIONS] "Notwithstanding what has been said respecting the imagery and symbolism of the Apocalypse [Revelation], it is not to be forgotten that underlying these symbols there is everywhere a substratum of fact and reality. We have only to read the messages to the seven churches to discover that we are in a region of actual fact and intense reality. There is such individuality of character in the graphic delineations of the spiritual state of the several churches, that we cannot doubt that they are accurate and truthful portraits of the Christian communities [in 1st-century Asia Minor] which they describe . There is indeed...
Below is the 31st of multiple excerpts of commentary on the Book of Revelation from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. In this excerpt, Russell concludes his explanation of why Revelation's "Babylon" represents 1st-century Jerusalem, not Rome. [THE HARLOT CITY] [TRUE MEANING OF 'KINGS OF THE EARTH' APPLIES TO JERUSALEM] "11. Thus interpreted [i.e., that the 'kings of the earth' is equivalent to 'the ruling authorities in the land' of 1st-century Israel], the description of Babylon the great as ‘reigning over the rulers of the land’ becomes perfectly appropriate to Jerusalem. This appears from the language in which both the Scriptures [such as Lamentations 1:1] and other Hebrew writings speak of the authority and pre-eminence enjoyed by that city. ... [JERUSALEM'S APOSTASY EVIDENT IN ITS REJECTION OF THE MESSIAH] "12. It may possibly be felt to be a difficulty that the ...
THE 1st-CENTURY RAPTURE (SNATCHING AWAY) OF LIVING SAINTS Below is the text of a 4-page leaflet written by James Stuart Russell, author of the late 19th-century masterpiece The Parousia: The New Testament Doctrine of Our Lord’s Second Coming . The authorship of the pamphlet, published anonymously before 1895, was identified through meticulous research by Mateus Fonseca Souza. The document is housed at Brigham Young University and can be accessed on the Internet ( https:// archive.org/details/therap tureofsain697engl … ). Text placed in brackets [such as this] has been added for clarity by the editor of this blog ( http:// russellparousia.blogspot.com ). Text placed in bold reflects the emphasis of the blog editor. -------------------- Leaflet No. [no number given] "The Rapture of the Saints." "Then, we that are alive, that are left; shall together with them (the dead in Christ) be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, &c.” — I. THESS. IV., 1...
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