1916_The At-one-ment Between God and Man.pdf

STUDIES

IN THE

SCRIPTURES

“The Path of the Just is as the Shining Light,

Which Shineth More and More

Unto the Perfect Day.”

SERIES V

The At-one-ment

Between

God and Man

“There is One God, and One Mediator Between

God and Men, the Man Christ Jesus; Who Gave

Himself a Ransom for All, to be Testified in

Due Time.” “We Also Joy in God Through our

Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom We Have Now

Received the Atonement.” 1 Timothy 2:5,6;

Romans 5:11

To the King of Kings and Lord of Lords

IN THE INTEREST OF

HIS CONSECRATED SAINTS,

WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION,

—AND OF—

“ALL THAT IN EVERY PLACE CALL UPON THE LORD,”

“THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH,”

—AND OF—

THE GROANING CREATION, TRAVAILING AND WAITING FOR THE

MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD,

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED.

“To make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning

of the world hath been hid in God.” “Wherein He hath abounded toward

us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known unto us the

mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which

He hath purposed in Himself; that in the dispensation

of the fulness of the times He might

gather together in one all things,

under Christ.”

Eph. 3:4,5,9;1:8-10

Written in 1899 by Pastor Russell

“The At-one-ment Between God and Man”

THE AUTHOR’S FOREWORD

THE FIRST EDITION of this Volume was published in 1899. It is now in the hands of large

numbers of God’s people in various languages throughout the civilized world. Numerous letters

tell us of great help received from its pages in the elucidation of Divine Truth—in the explanation

of the Bible. Some have found special help along one line, some along another; and some along

all lines. The chapter entitled, “The Undefiled One,” relating to our Lord’s assuming earthly

conditions when born the babe at Bethlehem, has attracted special attention, and has been

declared by many to reflect a great light upon a variety of Scriptural and scientific subjects.

With a system of theology which acknowledges its own fallibility, and asks and expects Divine

guidance and enlightenment to the end of the Church’s journey, it seems remarkable that this

Volume, written 19 years ago, requires little correction, in order to be in full line with the latest

thought of Bible students respecting the teachings of the Divine Word.

The keynote of this Volume is the Ransom-price. Apparently this doctrine, from which radiates

all other doctrines connected with our salvation, has been in a great measure lost sight of,

obscured, from the time the apostles fell asleep in death until now. Bible students have found the

Ransom to be the key which unlocks the entire Bible—which decides at once what is Truth and

what is error.

It is not surprising that, appreciating the subject and studying it so carefully, our views respecting

it have become more and more clear. The Bible statements respecting the Ransom have not in

any wise changed, nor has our confidence in them changed; but they are more luminous; we

Author’s Foreword

understand them better. We hold that the Bible statements on the subject are infallible, and that it

is because we are not infallible that our views are capable of expansion as we search the

Scriptures and are guided into the understanding of them as promised, by the holy Spirit. We are

not demurring against the Divine Plan of gradual unfoldment, but rejoicing in it. We have nothing

to apologize for. The Ransom looms before us more grandly with every fresh ray of Divine Light.

Now we see that our Lord Jesus left the Heavenly glory that He might accomplish a ransoming

work for Adam and his race. We see that His change of nature from a spirit to a human being was

with a view to enabling Him to be the Ransom-price—a perfect man for a perfect man—

Antilutron —a corresponding price. We now see that Jesus gave Himself to be a Ransom-price

for all at the time of His consecration at thirty years of age at Jordan. He continued in giving the

Ransom-price, that is, in laying down His life, which in due time would constitute the Ransom-

price for Father Adam and his race. He finished this work of laying down His life, surrendering it,

sacrificing it, permitting it to be taken from Him, when He on the cross cried: “It is finished!”

Nothing more could be laid down than was there laid down—a Ransom, a corresponding price,

for Father Adam. But it was not paid over as a price in settlement of Adam’s account, else Adam

and the entire sinner race would then and there have been turned over to Jesus. The price was

merely laid in the hands of Divine Justice as a deposit, to the credit of the One who had died, that

He might apply it later in harmony with the Divine Plan. Our Lord Jesus was raised from the

dead a spirit being of the Divine nature, as a reward for His faithfulness and loyalty to God in

surrendering His earthly life sacrificially. “Him hath God highly exalted and given a name above

every name.”

Jesus could not make any use of the Ransom-price while

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