Sickle of Truth

After having been shown some of the various aspects governing the general construction of the Temple, the duties of the Prince (the Ancient Worthies), the Levites (the Great Company class), and the Priest (the Little Flock) as well as the specific manner of worship required of mankind with regards to entrance into God’s Temple (Ezekiel Chapters 40- 46), the man (a.k.a. Pastor Russell, the Harvest Messenger) whose appearance was like that of bronze (copper: representing his justification) who held in…

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The servants and services of the Temple In our explanation of the Levites (which please see) we had hoped to have distinguished between the Levites in general, and the Priestly class which was selected from amongst them. The Levites as a whole were a consecrated class taken from amongst the twelve tribes in the place of the first born of all the tribes of Israel and as such dedicated to the Lord and to his service. “They were given title…

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  “Outside the inner gate (that is in the inner court) were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway (M), and the other facing north at the side of the east gate (P).” (The New King James Version has the second one at the side of the southern gate, but it should be placed at the side of the east gate as stated in the Original King James,…

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“The side chambers (G) were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but not fastened to the wall of the temple. As one went up from story to story, the side chambers became wider all around, because their supporting ledges in the wall of the temple ascended like steps; therefore the width of the structure increased as one…

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Before we precede any further we should first like to mention a few of the various individuals mentioned in our study, and who they represent and/or typify. 1) The Prophet Ezekiel, likewise referred to as the “Son of Man” (Ezek 40:4), represents the Elijah class (B252), the true Church in the flesh, more particularly the feet members (Isa 52:7). 2) “The Man”, (Ezek 40:3) the individual who showed the Temple to Ezekiel, likewise “The man in linen with the writer’s…

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“Now there was a wall (U) all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.” (Ezek 40:5) The outer wall types the Ancient Worthies who will then be under the headship of Christ. As anyone approaching the literal sanctuary would first see the high outer wall, which will…

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Once again it is important to keep in mind that Ezekiel’s Temple is a vision or picture of the establishment of the Messiah’s Kingdom on earth and the blessing of fleshly Israel and the whole world during the thousand-year kingdom of Christ when restitution blessings flow to all the willing and obedient. This however as we had previously stated in no way prohibits the actual temple being built as an everlasting memorial to the Lord, in fact there seems to…

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Ezekiel Chapter 40 VERSE 1 “In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there.” “Ezekiel was taken captive when King Jehoiachin was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, about 617-618 B.C. – 25 years from that date would be 592 B.C. The city, Jerusalem was…

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