Permanent Marker Series: E10, P. 209

"Those not going at first to the sphere of this work (Jerusalem, v. 4), i.e., the majority of the Little Flock, were encouraged to help this work on with Divine Truth (silver and gold, v. 4) and providential helps (goods . . . beasts) and self denying service (freewill offering). This invitation was especially a charge to some Little Flock brethren to help the Great Company and Youthful Worthies unto their being properly built into the Court of the Lord’s Epiphany sanctuary, even though the Youthful Worthy class was already there during the Harvest."

Thanks to the Executive Trustee, we have to add text to Bro. Johnson's writings. If the Youthful Worthies were already a class long before 1914, then it should be indicated in some way.

Permanent Marker Series: E10, Foreword

"And, finally, when we consider the immense number of prophecies and types that relate to the actual overthrow of Satan's empire by the World War, World Revolution, World Anarchy and by the last phase of Jacob's Trouble, all four of these phases being mingled with famine and pestilence, Israel's large scale return to Palestine and conversion to Christ, the continued development of two new elect classes of God's people as such one class and the development of another, the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies the Youthful Worthies and the Great Company, as the Court of the Epiphany Camp, consisting of the loyal justified and the converted loyal Jews, we should conclude that it is one of the three main seasons of God's plan."

In E10, The Epiphany Messenger we have to start modifying the text on the very first page so it will work with the Executive Trustee's confusion on the Youthful Worthies. The term "as such" means as classes in the Epiphany. If the Youthful Worthies were already a class in the Parousia, then we need to indicate it and we need to change the order of the two classes. What a mess!

Permanent Marker Series: E9, Pgs. 349-350

"In a less emphatic sense he forecast saw the Youthful Worthy movement; for he taught that consecrations without the Spirit-begettal would take place from 1878 onward during the ministry of the Great Company. He did not use the term, Youthful Worthies; but he did speak of those who are meant by that term. We see about us such a class already in existence now forming. The Epiphany Truth has brought out various details with reference to this class; and his teachings now passing into visual fulfillment in seeing that they were already a class their development as a class, he must have been "that Servant" in giving us the information forecast; for such information a forecast implies that its maker was the one who had full charge of the storehouse—was that Servant. "

Brother Russell cannot forecast a future class if the class is already in existence during his lifetime. Here in E9, we've fixed these pages for the Executive Trustee. It now fits his error.

The "Dear Brethren" Letter

The following text is from a letter recently sent from someone within the movement to the brethren in Germany and Poland. No names are given. No errors are corrected. No author is listed. Clearly, it is lacking in the Spirit of the Truth. We've highlighted a few unique areas.

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Dear Brethren in Germany and Poland:

It has been brought to the attention of the Bible House (U.S.A.) that some of its appointees have been teaching progressive, so called, “advancing truth” from the platform and representing themselves as having the authority from the Bible House (THEY DO NOT) and demanding that the brethren accept these teachings; even though these teachings have not been presented in the Present Truth magazine. How can the brethren “prove all things” (1 Thes. 5:21) when thoughts are only presented verbally and not in our magazines? The Bible House wants to make it clear that these teachings and demanding (clerical) tactics are NOT sanctioned by the Bible House! This was evidenced publically by the fact that Bro. Dan Herzig was sent to Poland specifically to make clear the Bible House’s position on these matters. For some time now, the Lord has allowed these activities to continue, evidently for the purpose of imposing a testing work upon some leaders in our movement. This has resulted in a great deal of sifting work [incorrect teachings and clerical tactics] by some leading brothers. The Lord has brought these unauthorized activities to the attention of the Bible House thereby indicating to us that it was time to say, “no further” (2 Tim. 3: 9). We at The Bible House find it necessary to take some action to correct the wrong doing of these individuals that have chosen to go against the recommended arrangements of the L.H.M.M. as set forward by our Pastor’s. These errant ones proceed ahead of the Lord (at their peril) and act as Clerics with their demanding attitudes.

The Lord has brought these things to our attention and we now recognize the errant leaders that have made charges against brethren who have, in any way, resisted these “so called new truths” and clerical tactics. The brethren that are being railed against appear to be in good faith, serving the Lord through the L.H.M.M. As we consider these things it has become necessary for us to write against their false teachings and miss-use of arrangements as narrow, bitter and perhaps even slanderous. Unfortunately these teachers (entrusted with the Epiphany Truth) are not in harmony with it, but are in harmony with the past unfaithful clergy and their partisan followers who acted against the arrangements of our Pastor (during the Parousia time). Following our Pastor’s example, we notice that he did not allow himself to be diverted from his defense of the Truth or from his refutation of their opposing errors; likewise, we will not allow ourselves to be diverted by similar, ill-mannered and incorrect teachings of our day. 

Using our Pastor’s example, “we are set for the defense and confirmation of the Epiphany Truth" as led by the Lord. We will act accordingly whenever the needs of the brethren (sheep) and the Truth require it. It is for the same selfish and partisan reasons that motivated the cleric-like actions to deride our Pastor in his pertinent activity, and have also been motivating the Epiphany errorists to deride us in our pertinent activities (2 Tim. 3: 1-9); vs. 9 shows that God by His mouthpieces will thoroughly make manifest those teaching errors. The Bible House is the custodian of the Epiphany Truth, so if we should cease to defend the Truth and its arrangements from the attempts to set it aside, or any of its various features, the Lord would surely raise up someone else in our place to defend it However, we have waited for the Lord to manifest errant ones first, but even then, remain on guard that we do not put ourselves in the way of God’s Chariot; for if we do, it will surely run over us to our injury. His ways are best, they lead to rest, since God plans them all (PT 1946 p 149;-E-2, p. 91). God will keep only the very best tried and tested ones, just as was our Lord Jesus (Heb. 5: 8). 

Jehovah speaks of the effectiveness of his word in Isaiah 55: 11, “So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing where I sent it.” Though many fall around us, if we keep the faith we will find our place in the Kingdom of God, just as He has promised and hear His, “well done good and faithful servant.”

We wait on the Lord, seeking His leading,
Bible Standard Ministries (LHMM)

Permanent Marker Series: E8, Pgs. 619-620

"(15) A number of times in The Present Truth, e.g., when treating of Ex. 12: 43-50, in the article on Israel's Enslavement And Deliverance, and of Ruth 2-4, in the article on Ruth, Type And Antitype, we pointed out that the strangers in the land (v. 14) type the Youthful Worthies. Their dwelling in the land leaving Moab types their being consecrated, i.e., in the Truth and its Spirit, while their not being born there types their not being Spirit-begotten. It is of the Youthful Worthies that v. 14 treats. For such an one to keep the antitypical Passover unto the Lord, it is necessary that he do exactly what the new creatures do with it (v. 14). He must keep it according to the statute (chukath) of the Passover and according to the judgment, ordinance (mishpat) of the Passover. According to the doctrine (mishpat—judgment, ordinance) he must keep it, i.e., in living faith in the Lamb as tentatively justifying him, through the tentative imputation of His merit. And according to the practice (chukath—statute) he must keep it, i.e., during the Gospel-Age from 1881 1878 onward as a part of Nisan 14, with the leaven of sin and error purged out, with the unleavened bread of sincerity and Truth and with the bitter herbs of trials, sufferings and persecutions, with the staff of God's Word in hand as his support, with the girdle of service about his loins and journeying out of symbolic Egypt to antitypical Canaan. When v. 14 tells us that there is one statute for the stranger and the Israelite born in the land, it gives us the thought that in the antitype there is no difference in what consecration requires of the new creatures and of the Youthful Worthies." 

We are now in E8, Numbers. On these two pages, we need to move Ruth's consecration back to the beginning of her journey in order to help out the Executive Trustee. Instead of it taking place at the end, in 1881, it now has to be in 1878. 

Permanent Marker Series: E7, P. 326

"To its claim that new consecrators are working side by side with consecrators of 40 years' standing, as implying that the door is still open, we reply that this conclusion is neither Scriptural nor reasonable; for even from 1881 1878 to 1914 many consecrated ones not begotten of the Spirit worked side by side with new creatures, and since the door is closed all faithful new consecrators do."

We continue our marker series through Bro. Johnson's volumes, now in E7. Here on page 326 in Gershonism is a reference we have to change so that it can fit the Executive Trustee's error on the Youthful Worthies. If they existed in 1878, then they should be working side by side with new creatures too.

Permanent Marker Series: E6, P. 186

"We might take as an illustrative example his error on Tentative Justification: Because the doctrine that the Youthful Worthies have been developing since 1878 are now developing is based on that doctrine, and has been urged (the Sword was thrust at his right eye on this subject) against his view of Tentative Justification, he denies that there can be Youthful Worthies before the New Covenant shall operate, if then. He didn't even know they were being developed in the Parousia. Because as against his error on Justification the Tabernacle Shadows has been cited as proving that the Court types the condition of both the tentatively and vitalizedly justified, and that the Gospel-Age Levites are the tentatively justified, he repudiates these features of the Tabernacle that oppose his error and introduces new errors to take the place of the opposing truths—"the Sword" opposing his right eye darkens it in this respect in a sense similar to God's hardening of Pharaoh's heart."

Again, red words in our edits do not exist in the original. Red words with strikethrough do exist in the original, but we feel should be removed to match current error. Now that there is a new Executive Trustee, the previous one now only claims his "Spiritual Leader" title, we're certain to see even more error. While we continue to address their confusion on the Youthful Worthies, they now deal with misunderstandings on tentative justification, the CECs, and the imputed merit. How sad.

Permanent Marker Series: E6, P. 178

"He likewise has failed to seek the young one, the Youthful Worthies. Denying that there can be such a class in 1881 long before the Epiphany and before the New Covenant is introduced, if then, he, of course, does not seek to win people for Youthful Worthiship. On the contrary, deluding individuals who might be of them into believing that they are in the Little Flock, he does them a most disastrous disservice, which later on will become apparent on all hands."

On this page in E6, Merariism, Bro. Johnson is showing how J.F.R. did not believe in the Youthful Worthies as an Epiphany class. J.F.R. probably would not have had that problem if the Youthful Worthies had already existed as a class way back in the Parousia (as is now taught by BS Ministries). It makes the whole thing seem quite silly. Even so, we try to help by changing text to make the Executive Trustee's error work.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, P. 502

"Through the ministry of that Servant the Lord gave as the Parousia Truth those teachings that won and developed the last members of the Little Flock and started the Youthful Worthy call, also those teachings that laid the foundations of those that are now developing the Great Company and continue to develop the Youthful Worthies, and also those that were then due on the justified, Israel and the world. The Epiphany Truth consists of such truths as are needed by the Little Flock to equip her for her Epiphany work, as are needed to furnish the superstructure of Truth required to develop the Great Company and continue to develop the Youthful Worthies, and as are needed to complete the pre-Millennial Truths respecting the justified, Israel and the world, due for God's people to know during the Epiphany."

We've said it before and we'll say it again. There are many references from Bro. Johnson like the one above that mention both the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies in parallel context. Both were developed AS CLASSES in the Epiphany. That context needs to be changed if we are to believe that one of them is now called as a class in 1878. So, we added some text. The Executive Trustee really messed things up. A quick glance at his modified, confusing Chart of the Ages proves it.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, P. 419

"And ever since the Fall of 1916 they have been doing their other work of setting forth the Truth as to the other parts of the message pertinent to Azazel's Goat. In due time this will lead to the latter's cleansing and thus this feature of their work will be successfully concluded. The same ministry of our Lord on their behalf will qualify them for, and enable them to preach the Word that will help the cleansed Great Company to do its real Epiphany work in righteousness. It likewise qualifies and enables them to preach the Word that gathers and develops Youthful Worthies for Epiphany purposes even though they were called as a class in the Parousia. Thus we see that our Lord's ministry to the Little Flock during the Parousia enabled it so to preach the  Word in righteousness as to gather most of the wheat into the Truth and to develop it aright, and to deal helpfully with the world, the crownlosers not yet manifested as Levites and individual Youthful Worthies even though they were called as a class at that time, as well as in the Epiphany to preach in righteousness effectively for its work toward the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies according to God's will."

We've made more changes here to help out the Executive Trustee. Our additions conflict with Brother Johnson's thoughts, but any real changes to his words would create quite a mess.

Important Events of 1878 and Onward

IN OUR Sept.-Oct. 1974 issue (a copy free on request), we called attention to many significant events and marvelous evidences of progress during 1874-1974, the first century of "the thousand years" of Christ's Reign (Rev. 20: 4, see Diaglott)...

...THE PARALLEL 40-YEAR HARVEST REAPING PERIODS ENDED IN 69 and 1914 A.D.

In treating of the Harvest parallels, Bro. Russell stated (B245, par. 2), "Remember that the forty years' Jewish harvest ended October, A.D. 69, and was followed by the complete overthrow of that nation; and that likewise the forty years of the Gospel age harvest will end October, 1914, and that likewise the overthrow of 'Christendom,' so-called, must be expected to immediately follow."

The Scriptures, reason and facts show that the close of the Gospel-Age Harvest reaping was in Oct. 1914 (in harmony with Bro. Russell's statement) and that the close of the gleaning was in 1916. Such passages as Isa. 66: 7; Amos 9: 13; John 9: 4; Rev. 6: 9-11; 7: 1-3, show this. It is corroborated by the end of the floor line measurement of the Grand Gallery of the Great Pyramid, which comes at its juncture with the Grand Gallery's south wall, indicating Sept. 16, 1914 as the end of the Spirit-begetting...

Bro. Russell never gave up 1874 as the date for the Harvest reaping's beginning, though when he saw too many people coming into the Truth in 1916 to constitute a gleaning, he changed his mind as to the close of the Harvest reaping's ending. The Lord for very wise reasons withheld from him the understanding that these people were not prospective Little Flock members, but in almost all cases were antitypical Lot (crown-losers) and his two antitypical daughters (Youthful Worthies and tentatively-justified believers) escaping from antitypical Sodom in America before it here would begin to go into destruction (Luke 17: 28-30; for details on the Z 5950 article, see PT No. 515)...

Like 1874, the year 1878 also marks some very important happenings and the beginnings of other significant events in God's great Plan of the Ages. We will note a number of these here. It is fitting that we consider at this time what the Lord has accomplished during these past 100 years, the marvelous evidences of progress...

CALLING GOD'S PEOPLE OUT OF BABYLON

Conjoined with Jesus as King casting off the nominal Jewish system in 33 A.D. was His call to Israelites indeed to come out of that system, into separateness and closer fellowship with Him, lest they become involved in "the wrath to the uttermost" that would soon come upon it (1 Thes. 2: 16). They were not to expect God to give the seasonal Truth through that system.

In the parallel 1845 years later, in the Spring of 1878, 100 years ago, God's declaring through Jesus that Babylon was fallen was conjoined with the call to God's true people to "Come out of her, my people," into separateness and closer fellowship with Him, lest they would be partakers of her sins and receive of her plagues (Rev. 18: 4, 5; comp. Isa. 52: 11; Jer. 51: 45).

God's people were not to expect the seasonal Truth, "the voice of the bridegroom and the bride," to be heard at all in Babylon—through her instrumentality—any more forever (Rev. 18: 23). But whereas the Lord would no longer speak through her instrumentality after 1878, He would speak from outside her to those in her, calling them to come out, to be gathered to Him (Psa. 50: 5; Matt. 24: 31), so that they could feast with Him on the seasonal Truth (Matt. 24: 28; Luke 12: 37; 17: 37; Rev. 3: 20).

This call for Little Flock members to "come out of her" continued until the last member of the Little Flock was sealed in the forehead (April 18, 1916), i.e., was given enough intellectual understanding of the Truth to leave Babylon or wherever they were (Rev. 7: 3).

As already mentioned, the door of entrance to the High Calling closed on Sept. 16, 1914, and since then the voice of the Bridegroom is no more being heard in Babylon inviting any to the High Calling. But He has still been inviting others to be of "those consecrating between the ages" (5761, col. 2, pars. 1, 2; comp. Z 4836, pars. 3-6, 10, 11; F 156, 157; Question Book, pp. 147, 151-158), the Spirit-enlightened, non-Spirit-begotten consecrators; and by the seasonal Truth He has been inviting them to come out of Babylon or wherever they are, into closer fellowship with Him and feasting on the Truth. We rejoice in the many consecrating since 1914 and also many coming out of Babylon into the Truth.

"THE FULNESS OF GENTILES" COMING IN

By "the fullness of the Gentiles" (Rom. 11: 25) we understand the full number of the elect Little Flock who are gathered out from the Gentiles to be meant. Because there were not enough fleshly Israelites in the Jewish Harvest who were "Israelites indeed" to fill up the elect 144,000, God visited the Gentiles to complete the predestinated number (John 1: 11-13; Acts 15: 14; Rom. 11: 5, 7, 11-15, 17-24; Rev. 5: 9, 10; 7: 1-8).

We should not confuse "the fulness of the Gentiles" with "the times of the Gentiles" (Luke 21: 24), which is the period of (7 x 360) 2,520 years from 607 B.C. to 1914, in which God gave a lease of power to the Gentiles. It is also referred to as the "seven times" (Lev. 26: 18, 21, 24, 28; Dan. 4: 10-37).

We understand that "the fulness of the Gentiles" came in probationarily at Passover 1878. In other words, those who from Pentecost onward until then had made their calling and election sure as Little Flock members, plus prospective Little Flock members who were then under the call but had not made their calling and election sure, plus those of them who at that time came under the call, totaled the entire 144,000.

Then, in the Spring of 1878, the John class (the Lord's enlightened consecrated people at the time of the fulfilment) saw the grand vision for the first time of the Lamb standing on Mt. Zion, and with Him the full 144,000. Jehovah in 1878 set His King upon the holy hill of Zion (Psa. 2: 6; Z 5990, par. 2).

The small sifting involving disgruntled Adventists in 1875 and the No-Ransomism sifting beginning at Passover 1878 imply that a large number lost their crowns between 1874 and 1878, which crowns were not only assigned to others, but enough of still other Gentiles came under that call during the Oct. 1874-Apr. 1878 period to fill up the 144,000 probationarily.

After 1881 special calls went forth to fill up the places of those who under test proved unworthy to be of the Little Flock. This continued until Sept. 16, 1914 (as already shown), when the door of entrance into the High Calling closed forever, as Scriptures, reason and facts show, corroborated by the Pyramid.

Now that 100 years have passed since "the fulness of the Gentiles" came in probationarily in 1878, and 64 years since 1914, it is high time that all Truth people should realize that they are not in the High Calling, but rather that all new consecrators since the Fall of 1914 are of "those consecrating between the Ages," the Spirit-enlightened, non-Spirit-begotten pre-Millennial seed of Abraham.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, pp. 225-226

"These works were completely and properly engaged in by the Very Elect only. Hence to have been called to the antitypical warfare in time to take part in them implies that one was called to the High Calling; "for this honor have all His saints"; and to have been called to the antitypical warfare, but not in time to have taken part in it implies that one was not called to the High Calling, but to something else. The men of Ephraim, therefore, type certain ones called to take part in the warfare against antitypical Midian after the full number of the Very Elect had been won, and had been given that to do which was an exclusive privilege of the Very Elect, i.e., unto a completion and in the Lord's spirit to smite Jordan the first time, to execute the judgment written, to confess the sins over Azazel's Goat, and to engage in antitypical Gideon's first battle. Whom, then, do they type? We answer: Very evidently the Youthful Worthies. How did antitypical Gideon call them? We answer: (1) by continuing the invitation to consecrate after the Fall of 1914; (2) by emphasizing after the Fall of 1914, e.g., in Z '15, 269, pars. 6, 7, the fact that there would be a was an existing class since 1878 who, called too late for the High Calling during the Harvest , would be privileged to share in reward and honor with the Ancient Worthies, i.e., that there would be is a Youthful Worthies class; (3) by arousing them to battle against error; (4) by the teaching during 1916 that the Lord's people would smite Jordan twice; and (5) by encouraging repeatedly during 1916 the Lord's people along the lines of the privilege of smiting Jordan."

Now here's some interesting editing needed to help the Executive Trustee. These two pages clearly show when the Youthful Worthy call began ... that there WOULD BE a class post 1914. It does not say that the call (or class) was already in action, as is currently taught. So, we had to make these changes.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, p. 73

"This is the period typed by the 56 remaining days of the Flood year. This period of 56 days typed 602.26849312 years, which ended Oct., 1881. The last day of these antitypical 56 days began Jan., 1871. During this antitypical day our Lord returned, raised the sleeping Saints, cast off Babylon, established the fulness of the Gentiles in 1878 ended the General Call, and began to develop the Youthful Worthies, who were from God's viewpoint anticipatorily in the antitypical Ark with all its other classes from the beginning of the antitypical Flood year."

This page easily clears up any possible confusion the Executive Trustee may have had with page 63 (our previous Permanent Marker post and a page that also needed correction to fit his view). To help him here, we have to remove the word "anticipatorily" from the page and change one event listing so that individuals could exist in 1878.

Pastoral Memorial Services - Will Be Broadcast Live - October 11 - 13

The Pastoral Memorial Service being held in the Chicago area on October 11 - 13 will be broadcast live, and archived during open sessions.

 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pastoral-memorial-service-2013

October 11, 2013

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

October 12, 2013

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 

2:00 PM - 4:05 PM

6:30PM - 8:25 PM

October 13, 2013

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

All Times are CDT

"Yet There is Room" Pastor Russell W.T. 1913

"YET THERE IS ROOM" WT. January 1913 - R5168 Page, 27

"Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown."--Rev. 3:11.

THE QUESTION is sometimes asked whether it is possible for one to consecrate himself and to be accepted at this late hour in the Gospel Age, unless there is a crown reserved for such a one. Certainly it would be possible for one to consecrate himself. Consecration is always proper. Long before the Gospel Age began, Abraham and the Prophets made consecration of their lives. St. Paul informs us that these Ancient Worthies showed that their lives were consecrated to God and righteousness; for they suffered--many of them--painful and ignominious deaths for His sake. Thus
they demonstrated that the world was unworthy of them. --Heb. 11:33-38.

The fact that a person has offered himself in consecration does not, however, obligate the Almighty to accept the offering. While it is true that "God is no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34,) yet His favor was given first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. This favor is the most wonderful ever offered to beings on any plane of existence--that all who will accept the terms may come into the Church, which is the mystical Body of Christ, until a sufficient number shall have been found, until the fore-ordained number shall have made consecration and shall have made their calling and election sure.

While the Scriptures indicate clearly that we are living at the very close of the Gospel Age, yet it is not for us to know when the full number shall have consecrated themselves. It is our belief that in a general way the outward call ceased in 1881, A. D.

Our thought is that in 1878 there were a great many consecrated persons who had not passed their trial in full; and that there were in the nominal churches many thousands who had made full consecration to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. From 1874 to 1881, there was a great number of evangelists preaching both in this country and abroad. Of these, Evangelist Moody was perhaps the best known. He seemed to make a great many converts; and his preaching seemed to be very different from that of the majority of evangelists. He preached forgiveness through the precious blood of Christ, and full consecration to God.

During that revival period, many made a full consecration, had their names tentatively written in Heaven, and filled up the number required. But when the testings came, many were found unworthy of a higher reward than that of the Great Company. Others took the places of the failures and were also tested and sifted. Vacancies occurred; and still others came in for an opportunity. We see evidences that this work has been going on for the past thirty years; and we believe that it is true that some names are now being listed and that there are crowns awaiting such.

OUR REASON FOR THIS THOUGHT
People who have not been interested in religion and who have not heretofore consecrated themselves unto God, have quite recently made full consecration of themselves and have received that evidence which seems to indicate that God has accepted them. Not only have the eyes of their understanding been opened so that they can see the spiritual, or deep things of God, but they are
given opportunities to sacrifice. While we make a covenant that we will sacrifice (Psa. 50:5), yet it is for the Lord to give us the opportunity to do so.

The fact that some of the recently consecrated are receiving and using opportunities to sacrifice, implies that when they made their consecration there was a place open and that they are filling it.

The fact also that so many have been thus accepted since 1878 seems to imply that there has been a considerable vacancy in the list of the Elect, and that it is gradually filling up. It is not for us to say how much of a vacancy remains, or just when it will be filled. We fully believe, however, that it will be filled before the close of "the Times of the Gentiles," which we think will end with October, 1914.

As for others who have not yet consecrated themselves, we can say with St. Paul, "I beseech you,...brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice." (Rom. 12:1.) Do your best. It may be that there is an opening and you may get in. Consecrate your time, your talents, all that you have, to the service of God. He is a good Paymaster; whatever reward He may give you will be a prize.

We realize, however, that all who will be accepted as members of the Body of Christ must have trials both of faith and of loyalty before being assigned to a definite place in the Kingdom. Those who become reprobates will constitute the Second Death class. Others may be assigned to the Great Company. All such will be counted out of membership in the Royal Priesthood. As each is put out as unworthy, his former place becomes vacant and his crown released. Such vacancies, we understand, are now being filled from among those who offer themselves.

This condition has obtained since 1881, when, we believe--as before stated--the general call ceased. When a vacancy occurs, it is reasonable to believe that from among those who are in a waiting attitude the one would be chosen who is the most highly developed and most fully in harmony with the Lord.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, p. 63

"(60) Apart from those Ancient Worthies who lived before the Covenant, but who were by God anticipatorily considered as in that Covenant, the first ones actually to enter the antitypical Ark—the Covenant—were Abraham and Sarah. Hence the antitypical Ark was first entered by the Ancient Worthies as a class in the persons of Abraham and Sarah in 2045 B.C. The last of all the classes to enter the antitypical Ark consists of the Youthful Worthies. They as a class first entered the antitypical Ark in 1881 1878, when the General Call ceased with the fulness of the Gentiles, and as a result the surplus consecrators became a class different from any other class."

This reference, taken out of context, could imply the Youthful Worthies became a class in 1881. There are a few reasons this is not possible. One, the very sentence itself tells us when surplus consecrators started to exist. We change it here to match the 1878 needs of the Executive Trustee. Two, this reference must harmonize with all of the other references in the same book. Three, the reference is fully explained on page 73.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, pp. 48-49

"Has it ever struck our dear readers that while our Pastor said that those whom we call Youthful Worthies will be the Millennial associates of the Ancient Worthies as princes, he never once cited a Scripture to prove it. He simply drew the conclusion from the fact that there were more consecrations than available crowns since the general call ceased in 1881 fulness of the Gentiles in 1878, and from God's general methods of dealing in the way of rewards with similar characters. So far as we can recall, he treated of the Youthful Worthies in but three places in his writings—F 156, 157; Z '11, 181, pars. 5-10; Z '15, 269, col. 2, pars. 6, 7. Additionally he treated of them at Convention Question meetings (What P.R. Said,. 151, 152, 154). In none of them does he cite a Scripture dealing with the Youthful Worthies as distinct from the Ancient Worthies. Why this from one who so strenuously insisted on Scripture as the source and rule of faith? The answer can only be that the subject being an Epiphaniac one even though their call began in 1878, no Scripture on the subject was due to be understood before! But the Epiphany being the time for dealing with this class even though they were as such before the Epiphany, Scriptures not previously understandable began to open up on the subject."

Pages 48 and 49 are in need of some rework to fit the new view of the Executive Trustee. In his mind, there were more consecrations since 1878, not 1881. For those of you who believe his new view because it helps you understand "consecration is always in order" better, have no fear. That principle was never compromised by Bro. Johnson. In E4, what was Ruth's journey? It was the journey from tentative justification to full consecration. You see, the activity of consecrating is still there. That's because consecration is always in order.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, pp. 39-40, para. 37

"(37) The brethren who err on the meaning and implications of our Pastor's having charge of the storehouse do not understand the functions of his office. He was the Parousia messenger, appointed by the Lord over the storehouse and the household for Parousia purposes—giving the Parousia Truth and superintending the Parousia work and gathering the Youthful Worthies as a class. Thus he gave the Church the full Parousia Truth, and superintended the full gathering of the Church (hence he can have no successor), and thereby gave the foundation of the Epiphany Truth and work; for the Parousia Truth and work are the foundation of the Epiphany Truth and work. But, as oOur Pastor's work was not that of gathering the Great Company as such, but gathering and the Youthful Worthies as such, the truths that he gave on these subjects were not full enough for the work of gathering both of these as such. Their gathering as such of one of them, the Great Company, is an Epiphany work, for which special Epiphany truths also, not due to be seen in his day, are needed. Therefore "things new and old" are needed for the Epiphany work. The facts of the case prove that our Pastor did not understand these new Epiphany things, e.g., the time of the deliverance of the Church, the length of the Time of Trouble, the time of Israel's deliverance, the duration of the dealing with the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies, the time relation between the sprinkling of the Goat's blood and the dealing with the Great Company, etc., all of which and other things too are Epiphany matters. Hence he made mistakes on these subjects. This we say without the slightest disparagement of him; for though used more markedly than any other servant of God, except our Lord (for of these, except our Lord Himself, he is undoubtedly the greatest), he could not see things before due. Hence, whenever he attempted to explain things not yet due, he made mistakes on them, as the above-enumerated things, as well as other things, prove, e.g., his premature explanation of the meaning of the pounds, of the parable of the penny, of the honor given to all saints, etc."

These pages are tough to change to help the Executive Trustee. The Great Company and Youthful Worthies are shown in parallel as being developed as classes in the Epiphany using "as such" to show that condition. To remove one from that structure is hard to do. It is even harder to make the Youthful Worthies development "as such" a Parousia activity under the Parousia messenger.

Permanent Marker Series: E5, Author's Foreword, p. iii.

"Since in the Parousia it was due to complete the development of the Little Flock and start the Youthful Worthies, as the special Parousia work, naturally the Truth teachings of that time centered in Christ and the Church with a few things on the Youthful Worthies. And since in the Epiphany it is due to develop the Great Company and continue the development of the Youthful Worthies, naturally the Truth teachings of this time center in these two classes."

We start a new Permanent Marker series, moving on to E5, A MISCELLANY. This book, like E4 before it, needs a lot of repair to make it work with the Executive Trustee's idea of having a Youthful Worthy call and class in the Parousia. Frankly, every publication needs repair to make his idea work. He's already taken care of The Chart of the Ages, so we've chosen E5. The comments in red are our suggested additions or changes to Bro. Johnson's writings. Certainly, there are other and better options. But these will do.

Demolition of the LHMM - Keystone Heights, FL class is split Nov. 2006

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