Preliminary Zionist Pastor Russell believed that god's land covenant with the Jews was still valid
"JEWISH HOPES"
by Charles Taze Russel
by Charles Taze Russel
1910
Pg. 8
Such was God's promise to Abraham. Isaac, Jacob and the nation of Israel. It is a common mistake amongst Christian people to suppose that those promises have been revoked by the Almighty God. It is another mistake to suppose that Christians have inherited those promises. Quite to the contrary, the promises made to Abraham and his natural seed were earthly promises. Not a heavenly promise or suggestion is made in the Law and the prophecies, from Genesis to Malachi. Take, for instance the promise to Abraham, "Lift up now thine eyes and look to the North and the South and the East and the West. For all the land that thou seest will I give to thee and thy seed after thee." Israel has not yet received this great blessing, nor has it entered upon the work outlined for it in the Scriptures, namely, that through God's Covenant with Israel all the Gentiles shall receive the blessings of Divine favor and everlasting life. All those promises are as true and as sure today as when they were given. As St. Paul declares, The gifts and calling of God are things he never repents of.-Rom. 11 :29.
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