The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Ztence the grtat Seed who will bless the world vith ,goodgovernment, peace, and contentment. Abraham did nottell a lie when he said that Sarah wae his sister; he withheldthe truth that she was also his wife. So God, whocannot lie, does not disclose His secrets until the due time.After He has allowed angels, and then men, to learn by'bitter experience that they are unable to bless the world,He will.then disclose the fact that He is the husband ofthe Sarah Covenant of blessing. Neither angels nor menwill hereafter ever be in a position to claim that the sacrificeof Christ was unnecessary (for through death andresurrection the Christ, the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, isborn of the oath-bound Covenant); for all will then havehad the opportunity to try to bring forth this Seed, but. have only brought disaster upon themselves, as did Pharoahand his princes, and later Abimelech and his house..in their misappropriation of Abraham's wife, Sarah.. In.hiding the truth for a season, God demonstrates Hiswisdom, and proves that His thoughts and ways arc ashigh above those of angels and men, as the heavens areabove the earth.. In the allegoty,we read (in verse j of this 20th chapterof Genesis) how the Loyd appeared to Abimelech in adream, and declared to him Sarah's true relationship to. Abraham. . This reminds as of how the Lord similarlyappeared in a dream to Nebuchadneuar, and told himthat "the most high ruleth in the kingdom of man, andgiveth it to whomsoever he will" (Dan. 4:32). But it was'not until the typical "seven times" of madness bad passedaver the head of Nebuchadnezzar, that he realised the fullsignificance of God's warning. And neither will theworld fully comprehend their inability to rule and bless:until, the great "Seven Times of the Gentiles" havingpassed, the rude awakening, the time of "shaking" now' in progress,.makes them rub' their eyes a~ld see clearly, their former madness. Th:y will then utol 'the most