The Fundamentals - Torrey - LXXIV - Chapter 9 (Millennial dawn: A counterfeit of Christianity)

Required reading
The Fundamentals edited by R. A. Torrey (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 9 (Millennial dawn: A counterfeit of Christianity).

My summary
Today Moorehead explains and refutes the false doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses.

In particular:
1. Christ before His advent was not Divine;
2. When He was in the world He was still not Divine;
3. His atonement was exclusively human, a mere man's;
4. Since His resurrection He is Divine only, no longer human at all;
5. His body was not raised from the dead; 
6. His Second Advent took place in 1874;
7. The saints were raised up in 1878;
8. Both Christ and the saints are now on earth and have been for thirty-seven and thirty-three years respectively;
9. The professing Christian Church was rejected of God in 1878; 
10. The final consummation and end will take place in 1914;
11. Silence as to the person and work of the Holy Spirit;
12. The destiny of the wicked.

What grabbed me
It is rather surprising that a hundred years have passed and this terrible work of Satan continues.

I think I have to agree with Moorehead's opinion: 'In the discussion of the system it is the doctrines of Millennial Dawn that are arraigned, not the author, Mr. Russell. It is conceivable that he is self-deceived, as some think, and that he believes that what he has published is the truth of the Bible. This is within the range of possibility, of course. Personally, however, the present writer withholds his assent to this opinion. That Mr. Russell is being used of the Evil One to subvert the truth of God, that the Christ he commends to men as an object of trust, love, and worship, is not the Christ of God, is the profound conviction of not a few who are familiar with his views. This is a grave indictment, but it is deliberately made.'

Such doctrine must come from the Devil as it certainly seeks to dishonour our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Next week's reading
Read Chapter 10 (Mormonism: Its origin, characteristics and doctrines).

Now it's your turn
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