THE GREAT COMPANY
(3) Bro. Russell's forecasts on what would happen to the Great Company during the Epiphany, or tribulation period, confirm that he was "that Servant." He taught that they as represented in their humanity in the scapegoat, or Azazel's goat (Lev. 16: 8, margin), would have the sins of Christendom confessed over them, that as new creatures they would be remanded from the Holy into the Court, and that in their humanity they would be led out of the Court into the fit-man's hands, taken to the wilderness by the latter and there let go, and then fall into Azazel's hands for buffeting experiences (T 68-72, 130-133; Z 4273, 4864, 4921, 5056, 5463, 5874; comp. PT No. 214). We have seen the fulfillments in the Epiphany period both toward the Truth section and the nominal church section of Azazel's Goat. Bro. Russell further showed that, remanded from the Holy into the Court, the crown-lost new creatures would thereafter cleanse themselves and serve as Levites (F 126; Z 172, 4428, 4745, 4876). The Epiphany period witnesses this fulfillment also. The fulfillment of these forecasts proves that Bro. Russell was "that Servant."
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