"Incidental Features" Misunderstanding - Error - Part 3

Between the period of 2004 - 2006 a certain "US Pilgrim" served local classes in America with the topic: "Incidental Features." In a recent convention held in Tulsa, OK, this same "US Pilgrim" made the comment that this talk would make a return to his discourse repertoire. This brother has misinterpreted Brother Russell's cultural and technical use of that term, and has convinced himself that many essential features of GOD's plan like "Faith Justification" and "The Great Sacrifice for Sin." are in today's meaning of the word "Incidental."

Fact:

The redemptive part of GOD's plan was thoughtfully planned, and deliberate.

R5409: "...The essential features of the Gospel are that Jesus came from above--that He was holy, harmless and undefiled, and gave Himself a Ransom-price for sinners. God recognized the merit of His work and raised Him from the dead, and He ascended on High, there to appear in the presence of God--first for the Church class, later for the world. All this the Christian accepts by faith."

Conclusion: The US Pilgrim who has preached this error should offer a correction.

"Incidental Features" Misunderstanding - Error - Part 2

Between the period of 2004 - 2006 a certain "US Pilgrim" served local classes in America with the topic: "Incidental Features." In a recent convention held in Tulsa, OK, this same "US Pilgrim" made the comment that this talk would make a return to his discourse repertoire. This brother has misinterpreted Brother Russell's cultural and technical use of that term, and has convinced himself that many essential features of GOD's plan like "Faith Justification" and "The Great Sacrifice for Sin." are in today's meaning of the word "Incidental."

Reason, Scripture, and Fact

Scripture - The Writings:

This "US Pilgrim" attempts to backs his claims that this information is found in the writings. Attached is an example from R4555. Also see R4137 and R4656

R4137: "...Our Lord's mission was primarily to make the great sacrifice for sin, which was the redemption price, and to secure ultimately the release of mankind from the sentence of original sin. As an incidental feature connected with the world's salvation through his sacrifice, he preached the good tidings and called for followers to walk in his steps and to be joint-sacrificers with him, and thus ultimately to be joint-heirs with him in the work of distributing the blessings and favor of God,
secured through his death..."

R4555: "... Nevertheless the divine plan does not end with the deliverance of "the Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven" and who shall share with Christ in "his resurrection"--the first, or chief resurrection. The appropriation of the merit of Christ first to the Church is merely an incidental feature of the Divine Plan. Soon the Church shall have shared by the privilege now granted to believers of becoming dead with Christ to the earthly interests and alive as New Creatures by the first resurrection..."

R4656: "...Their hope will be the same as that of the remainder of the world, viz., a hope of actual justification during the Millennial Age --Restitution. In other words, this matter of faith-justification is merely an incidental feature connected with the consecration to death--for the selection of this special class which is now being called. To impute justification to any except these would be greatly to their disadvantage."

Modern definitions belonging to the word "Incidental" are:  (chance, accidental, untended, unintentional, unplanned).  Additional definitions that should be considered from the late 1800's, early 1900's include "Natural Occurring Event", "Followed By" etc.
 

"Incidental Features" Misunderstanding - Error - Part 1

A certain pilgrim in the US continues to misinterpret the Parousia truth writings, and has convinced himself that many essential features of GOD's plan like "Faith Justification" and "The Great Sacrifice for Sin." are in today's meaning of the word "Incidental."

Reason, Scripture, and Fact

Reason:

First question we might want to ask this Brother:  What part of the Ransom, and sacrificial death of our Lord in GOD's plan should be considered incidental? ( chance, accidental, untended, unintentional, unplanned, etc.)