Obadiah (Part 4)
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Ghe WAICTITOWER
AND HERALD OF CHRIST'S PRESENCE
Vor. LVIL
Avcust 1, 1936
No. 15
OBADIAH
PART 4
“But upon meunt Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall pos-
sess their possessions.’’—Obad. 17.
ant of God long ago expressed the heart senti-
ments of the remnant now on earth when he
wrote: ‘‘I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The
Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
my Cod, my strength, in whom I will trust ; my buck-
ler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I
will eall upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised ;
so shall I be saved from mine enemies.’’ (Ps. 18: 1-3)
Now Jehovah has builded up Zion, his capital organiza-
tion, and placed Christ Jesus the great antitypical
David, the Ifead and King thereof, upon the throne.
Jchoyah has appeared in his glory, and the time is
at hand when he will deliver his faithful people by
the hand of Christ Jesus, his King and Vindicator.
Before the battle of the ‘‘great day of God Almighty’”’
ends, even the enemy shall be eompelled to see that
Jehovah’s favor is upon Zion. While the modern
Edomites persceute Cod’s faithful people they hypo-
critically elaim that deliveranee of the people of the
world shall be by the hand of the Roman Catholie
Hierarchy and their allics, Deelaring that the hypo-
critical clergy erowd shall come to an ignominious
end, Jehovah says: ‘‘But upon mount Zion shall be
deliverance [(#.V.) those that escape].’’? That shall
take place when Psalm 102: 13-16 is fulfilled, declares
the Lord; and that day has now eome. Jehovah mani-
fests his zeal for his organization and thercfore speaks
to his people, by his prophet Zeehariah: “Thus saith
the Lord of hosts, I was jealous for Zion with great
jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion, and
will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem
shall be ealicd, A city of truth, and the mountain of
the Lord of hosts, The holy mountain [the kinedom
of God].’’ (Zech. 8:2, 3) ‘‘Christendom’’ and all
the Devil’s organization are traveling swiftly in the
rapids and soon will be erushed beyond recognition.
Therefore this is the time when God’s message must
be proclaimed by his faithful witnesses to those who
are of good will towards Jehovah, that they may flee
to the place of safety. ‘‘And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord
Jim or 6 is the delivercr. David the beloved serv-
shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusa-
lem shall be deliverance [(2.V.) those that escape],
as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the
Lord shall eall.’’—Joel 2: 32.
?The promise is sure and certain that God’s faith-
ful remnant shall be delivered from the oppressive
organization of Satan and shall fully enjoy the priv-
ileges of God’s organization, (Zech, 2:7; Isa. 4: 2-6;
10; 20-22; 37: 31, 32) Even now the modern Edom-
ites behold the hand of the Lord over his faithful
remnant, and this they have seen since their mur-
derous assault made upon Cod’s people during the
World War. The complete unity of the faithful rem-
nant, their determination and zeal to serve Jchovah
God regardless of opposition, their united shout of
loyalty and faithfulness to God and his kingdom that
goes up throughout the Jand, strike terror to the
Edomites, the Roman Catholic Therarchy. The faith-
ful ones of the Lord in Germany and New Jersey re-
fuse to yicld to the threats of their perseeutors, and
this fills the enemy with fear, There shall be no de-
liveranee or eseape for the modern Edomites and their
alhes.—Jder. 25: 35,
Then says the Lord by his prophet: ‘‘There shall
he holiness’’; (22.V.) ‘(And it shall be holy,’? Rother-
ham vendors this part of the text in this manner:
“‘In Mount Zion shall be a delivered remnant which
shall be holy.’’ Clearly this text means that the faith-
ful remnant, delivered from Satan’s erowd, will ke
holy and completely devoted to Jehovah and will ren-
der holiness unto the Lord. These faithful ones are
holy, in having come elean from Babylon or Satan’s
organization, and will be eontinually offering their
sucrifice of praise to God and to his King, (Isa. 42;
11, 12; 2 Cor. G: 17, 18; 7:1) The great Refiner and
Purifier sees to it that the ‘‘delivered remnant’ are
made pure and holy and that they offer continually
an offering in righteousness before the Lord. (Sce
Malachi 3: 3, 4) The faithful ones will not be puttine
forward their own expression of ‘‘wisdom’’ with a
view to attracting attention to themselves. They will
be blind to everything save the kingdom interests.
They will be entirely dependable, faithful and true
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