https://towerrevisited.com/Reprints, Bible studies and historical material. https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-six-part-7-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-six-part-7-bro-david-rice/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:32:14 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER SIX[Part 7] – By Bro. David Rice DANIEL AND THE LION’S DEN “Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee” (Daniel 6:16). Chapter Six of Daniel contains the famous story of Daniel and the Den of Lions. Daniel was an aged man at the… https://towerrevisited.com/r5223-cross-bearing-the-way-of-growth/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5223-cross-bearing-the-way-of-growth/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:43:20 GMT [R5223 : page 121] CROSS-BEARING THE WAY OF GROWTH "Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple."— Luke 14:27 . A DISCIPLE is a pupil, one who follows a teacher or leader. The Lord has promised His disciples certain great blessi… https://towerrevisited.com/sorrow-after-a-godly-sort-memorial-subject/ https://towerrevisited.com/sorrow-after-a-godly-sort-memorial-subject/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:13:22 GMT “SORROW AFTER A GODLY SORT” [2 Cor. 7:11] - Memorial Subject (1 st April 2026) “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” -- 2 Corinthians 7:10. Two Kinds of Sorrow The Apostle[Paul] in… https://towerrevisited.com/r3542-washing-one-anothers-feet/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3542-washing-one-anothers-feet/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:59:31 GMT [R3542 : page 118] WASHING ONE ANOTHER'S FEET. JOHN 13:1-14 .—APRIL 30.[1905] Golden Text:—"By love serve one another."— Gal. 5:13 . OUR lessons can only be properly understood by taking note of the surroundings. The feast at Bethany[John 12:1-8], followed by… https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-five-part-6-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-five-part-6-bro-david-rice/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:04:11 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER FIVE [Part 6] – By Bro. David Rice THE LAST KING OF BABYLON - A STUDY OF DANIEL, CHAPTER FIVE “They brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem, and the king, and his princes, his wives… https://towerrevisited.com/r244-do-you-love-god/ https://towerrevisited.com/r244-do-you-love-god/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:46:57 GMT [R244 : page 4] DO YOU LOVE GOD? "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and practice his commandments." 1 Jno. 5:2 . Diaglott. [1 John 5:2] This does not read as is generally supposed; it does not say we know that we love God becau… https://towerrevisited.com/r5585-temptations-peculiar-to-the-new-creation/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5585-temptations-peculiar-to-the-new-creation/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:23:58 GMT [R5585 : page 358] TEMPTATIONS PECULIAR TO THE NEW CREATION "We have not an High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the Throne of… https://towerrevisited.com/were-not-ten-cleansed-bro-gilbert-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/were-not-ten-cleansed-bro-gilbert-rice/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:16:00 GMT WERE NOT TEN CLEANSED? – By Bro. Gilbert Rice “Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger” (Luke 17:17, 18). Ten Lepers met Jesus one day nearly 2000 years ago as he journeyed… https://towerrevisited.com/r5650-patient-endurance-the-final-test/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5650-patient-endurance-the-final-test/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:54:06 GMT [R5650 : page 83] PATIENT ENDURANCE THE FINAL TEST "Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."— James 1:4 . THE Scriptures everywhere represent patience as an important element of character. In every phase of human… https://towerrevisited.com/r1048-fight-your-own-battles/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1048-fight-your-own-battles/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:51:30 GMT [R1048 : page 7] FIGHT YOUR OWN BATTLES. This you must do, for there is no one else to do it for you. When your enemies compass you about like bees, when they are more than the hairs of your head, you will find few men who will stand as your defenders. When yo… https://towerrevisited.com/r1053-established-strengthened-settled/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1053-established-strengthened-settled/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:08:11 GMT [R1053 : page 2] ESTABLISHED, STRENGTHENED, SETTLED. "The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."— 1 Pet. 5:10 . The above words were… https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-four-part-5-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-four-part-5-bro-david-rice/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:33:43 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER FOUR [Part 4] – By Bro. David Rice NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S MADNESS - A STUDY OF DANIEL, CHAPTER FOUR “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he… https://towerrevisited.com/r5403-enduring-hardness-as-good-soldiers/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5403-enduring-hardness-as-good-soldiers/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:23:44 GMT [R5403 : page 54] ENDURING HARDNESS AS GOOD SOLDIERS "Thou, therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."— 2 Tim. 2:3 . THERE are many illustrations used in the Bible, and all of them very forceful. The one which represents the Christian as a… https://towerrevisited.com/tamil-entry-745/ https://towerrevisited.com/tamil-entry-745/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:57:35 GMT தானியேல் முதலாம் அதிகாரம் [பகுதி 2] – சகோ. டேவிட் ரைஸ் தெய்வீக மனசாட்சியின் மதிப்பு இந்த குறிப்பிடத்தக்க புத்தகத்தின் தொடக்க அதிகாரம் தானியேலும் அவனது மூன்று எபிரேய நண்பர்களும் சிறைபிடிக்கப்பட்டதை விவரிக்கிறது, இவர்கள் இஸ்ரவேலிலிருந்து பாபிலோனுக்கு ஒரே நேரத்தி… https://towerrevisited.com/r645-endurance/ https://towerrevisited.com/r645-endurance/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:36:20 GMT [R645 : page 8] ENDURANCE. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."— James 1:12 . For some years past we have been led to see by faith, with incr… https://towerrevisited.com/r5737-our-cleansing-inward-and-outward/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5737-our-cleansing-inward-and-outward/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:52:58 GMT [R5737: page 230] OUR CLEANSING—INWARD AND OUTWARD "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."— 2 Corinthians 7:1 . AGAIN we call attention to… https://towerrevisited.com/r1859-sobriety-vigilance-steadfastness/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1859-sobriety-vigilance-steadfastness/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:44:44 GMT [R1859: page 200] SOBRIETY, VIGILANCE, STEADFASTNESS. — 1 Pet. 5:8,9 .— WHAT more appropriate watchwords than these could express the proper attitude of the Christian soldier? — "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walk… https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-three-part-4-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-three-part-4-bro-david-rice/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:46 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER THREE [Part 4] – By Bro. David Rice THE FIERY FURNACE “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon” (Daniel… https://towerrevisited.com/r5481-fashioning-ourselves-as-obedient-children/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5481-fashioning-ourselves-as-obedient-children/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:18:13 GMT [R5481 : page 184] FASHIONING OURSELVES AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN "As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; but as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation."— 1 Peter 1:14,… https://towerrevisited.com/r5670-light-afflictions-here-glory-to-follow-2/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5670-light-afflictions-here-glory-to-follow-2/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:30:50 GMT [R5670 : page 120] "LIGHT AFFLICTIONS" HERE—"GLORY TO FOLLOW" "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of th… https://towerrevisited.com/r153-beyond-the-vail/ https://towerrevisited.com/r153-beyond-the-vail/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:01:27 GMT [R153 : page 2] BEYOND THE VAIL [Or VEIL]. In his letter to the Hebrews, the Apostle [Paul] frequently refers to a vail [or rather veil]. [Heb.6:19; 9:3; 10:20] He is writing to those who were familiar with the earthly tabernacle, its arrangements and services… https://towerrevisited.com/r5959-justification-what-when-how/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5959-justification-what-when-how/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:40:40 GMT [R5959 : page 281] JUSTIFICATION—WHAT? WHEN? HOW? JUSTIFICATION really means only one thing, viz.: a making right, making just. [A]Justification may be either partial or complete. [B]In Abraham's case it was partial. [C]He was justified to fellowship with God… https://towerrevisited.com/r3655-from-glory-to-glory/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3655-from-glory-to-glory/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:11:03 GMT [R3655 : page 328] FROM GLORY TO GLORY. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord."— 2 Cor. 3:18 . A FULL transformation into a likeness of… https://towerrevisited.com/r4278-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ https://towerrevisited.com/r4278-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:34:49 GMT [R4278 : page 344] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" — PSALM 23 .—NOVEMBER 15 [1908].— Golden Text:—"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want."— Psalm 23:1 . OF ALL the beautiful symbolic pictures which the Lord gave us through the Prophet David, none seems more forc… https://towerrevisited.com/r3268-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3268-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:21 GMT [R3268: page 411] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." - Psalm 23 .—Nov. 15 [1903]. JEHOVAH is my Shepherd, is the Prophet's sentiment, and our Lord's explanation of the matter further is that the great Shepherd's Son has been given full charge of the sheep. ( John 10:1… https://towerrevisited.com/r4851-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ https://towerrevisited.com/r4851-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:50:24 GMT [R4851 : page 207] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" [Psa. 23:1a] THE PROPHET DAVID wrote the 23d Psalm [Psa. 23] concerning himself; but in his words there is still deeper signification, namely, that Jehovah is the Shepherd of the antitypical David—The Christ, of whi… https://towerrevisited.com/r3116-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3116-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:27:45 GMT [R3116: page 365] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." THE LORD, in calling his people his sheep, chose a very significant emblem of the character he would have manifested in them. The most noticeable characteristics of the sheep are meekness, docility and obedience to… https://towerrevisited.com/r1745-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1745-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:09:43 GMT [R1745 : page 392] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." ————— "The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want."— Psa. 23:1 . IN comparing himself to a shepherd, the Lord made a very apt illustration of his care for his people—a care which is always solicitous for their welfa… https://towerrevisited.com/r4984-the-scriptural-rule-for-adjusting-misunderstandings/ https://towerrevisited.com/r4984-the-scriptural-rule-for-adjusting-misunderstandings/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:39:50 GMT [R4984 : page 81] THE SCRIPTURAL RULE FOR ADJUSTING MISUNDERSTANDINGS WE CANNOT IMAGINE a case in which a brother with average intelligence would need comfort and counsel in a misunderstanding other than that for which the Lord has provided in Matt. 18:15-17 .… https://towerrevisited.com/r5639-the-tone-of-voice/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5639-the-tone-of-voice/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:54:58 GMT [R5639 : page 63] "THE TONE OF VOICE" "It is not so much what you say As the manner in which you say it; It is not so much the language you use, As the tones in which you convey it. "'Come here!' I sharply said, And baby cowered and wept; 'Come here,' I cooed,… https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-two-part-3-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-two-part-3-bro-david-rice/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:44:07 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER TWO [Part 3] – By Bro. David Rice “In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed” (Daniel 2:44). The text above speaks of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ, which will rule worldwide. It is th… https://towerrevisited.com/r5538-the-blessing-of-the-cup-of-salvation/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5538-the-blessing-of-the-cup-of-salvation/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:23:39 GMT [R5538 : page 279] THE BLESSING OF THE "CUP OF SALVATION" "What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now, in the presence of all His… https://towerrevisited.com/r3351-pray-without-ceasing/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3351-pray-without-ceasing/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:36:35 GMT [R3351 : page 117] "PRAY WITHOUT CEASING" [1 Thess. 5:17] — LUKE 11:1-13 .—MAY 1 [1904].— Golden Text:—"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find." [Luke 11:9] WE ARE NOT to suppose that the disciples had never prayed up to the time mentioned in… https://towerrevisited.com/r5124-the-kindness-humility-and-patience-of-love/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5124-the-kindness-humility-and-patience-of-love/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:33:23 GMT [R5124 : page 337] THE KINDNESS, HUMILITY AND PATIENCE OF LOVE "God is Love."— 1 John 4:8 . IN THE SCRIPTURES the word love is used to express the complete whole of the grand and glorious qualities which make up the perfection of Jehovah. God is the personific… https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-one-part-2-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/daniel-chapter-one-part-2-bro-david-rice/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:57:27 GMT DANIEL CHAPTER ONE [Part 2] – By Bro. David Rice The Value of a Godly Conscience The opening chapter of this remarkable book describes the captivity of Daniel and his three Hebrew friends, who were four young men among a number of others taken captive from Isr… https://towerrevisited.com/r2404-gathering-the-lords-jewels/ https://towerrevisited.com/r2404-gathering-the-lords-jewels/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:51:23 GMT [R2404 : page 363] GATHERING THE LORD'S JEWELS. "They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels."— Mal. 3:17 . JEWELS have a value of their own, an intrinsic quality, and no doubt would be appreciated, if they were very plent… https://towerrevisited.com/the-book-of-daniel-part-1-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/the-book-of-daniel-part-1-bro-david-rice/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:37:37 GMT THE BOOK OF DANIEL [Part 1] – By Bro. David Rice “O Daniel ... thou art greatly beloved: therefore, understand the matter, and consider the vision” (Daniel 9:22, 23). To this devoted worshipper of Jehovah were granted prophecies and visions of a unique kind. T… https://towerrevisited.com/issues-and-attitudes-bro-brent-hislop/ https://towerrevisited.com/issues-and-attitudes-bro-brent-hislop/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:21:57 GMT ISSUES and ATTITUDES – By Bro. Brent Hislop (Discourse by Brent Hislop given at the North Seattle Convention, Sunday, April 12, 1981.) Our lesson for this afternoon we entitle ISSUES and ATTITUDES. By ISSUES we mean issues of doctrinal controversy. By ATTITUDE… https://towerrevisited.com/council-of-jerusalem-acts-15-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/council-of-jerusalem-acts-15-bro-david-rice/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:08:41 GMT COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM, ACTS 15 – By Bro. David Rice “My sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God” (Acts 15:19). The Council of Jerusalem addressed a foundational episode in Christian history where the church navigat… https://towerrevisited.com/r4917-a-practical-self-examination-on-love/ https://towerrevisited.com/r4917-a-practical-self-examination-on-love/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:07:47 GMT [R4917: page 421] A PRACTICAL SELF-EXAMINATION ON LOVE "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves." — 2 Cor. 13:5 . IT SEEMS impossible to describe Love, this wonderful quality without which nothing is acceptable in the sight of God… https://towerrevisited.com/r1906-the-law-of-development/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1906-the-law-of-development/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:15:07 GMT [R1906: page 288] THE LAW OF DEVELOPMENT. "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."— 1 Cor. 13:11 . SPIRITUAL law is as fixed in its principles and operations a… https://towerrevisited.com/r3430-according-to-thy-faith/ https://towerrevisited.com/r3430-according-to-thy-faith/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:05:08 GMT [R3430 : page 281] ACCORDING TO THY FAITH. — 2 KINGS 4:1-7 .—OCTOBER 9 [1904].— Golden Text:—"Trust in the Lord and do good: so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed."— Psa. 37:3 . ELISHA, recognized as Elijah's successor, and thus as a spe… https://towerrevisited.com/r1965-the-rich-man-and-lazarus/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1965-the-rich-man-and-lazarus/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:55:36 GMT [R1965 : page 85] THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS —APRIL 26 [1896].— Luke 16:16-31 .— THIS parable has long been used as the special support of the horrible doctrine of "eternal torment." If those who thus misuse it would but examine it afresh in the light of the bel… https://towerrevisited.com/r1000-the-rich-man-and-lazarus/ https://towerrevisited.com/r1000-the-rich-man-and-lazarus/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:54:09 GMT [R1000 : page 5] THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. [A]This parable, recorded in Luke 16:19-31 , is generally regarded as being the utterance of our Lord (though nothing is said of his having uttered it), and we so regard it. The great difficulty with many is, that tho… https://towerrevisited.com/r271-explanation-of-the-chart/ https://towerrevisited.com/r271-explanation-of-the-chart/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:01:21 GMT [R271 : page 105] PART VI. ————— THE PLAN OF THE AGES - EXPLANATION OF THE CHART [FOOD FOR THINKING CHRISTIANS, 1881.] [Courtesy: Chicago Bible Students’ website, https://chicagobible.org/product/the-divine-plan-of-the-ages-chart/] KEY.— K, the plane of Glory;… https://towerrevisited.com/extending-the-symmetry-part-6-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/extending-the-symmetry-part-6-bro-david-rice/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:27:38 GMT EXTENDING THE SYMMETRY [Part 6] – By Bro. David Rice Evidence of design in the time periods of God’s Plan. In our series on Bible Chronology we have explained the links of time from Adam to the founding of Solomon’s Temple, in the spring of 966 BC. Only four p… https://towerrevisited.com/r4912-the-value-of-prayer/ https://towerrevisited.com/r4912-the-value-of-prayer/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:51:28 GMT [R4912 : page 411] THE VALUE OF PRAYER —NOVEMBER 26 TH [1911].— NEHEMIAH 1 .— "The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."— James 5:16 . THIRTEEN YEARS [Ezra 7:8; Neh. 2:1] after Ezra's company returned to Jerusalem, Nehemiah went thither… https://towerrevisited.com/abraham-to-exodus-part-4-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/abraham-to-exodus-part-4-bro-david-rice/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:52:31 GMT ABRAHAM TO EXODUS [Part 4] – By Bro. David Rice Bible Chronology, Part Four [A]Previous articles in this series explained that from Adam to the end of the flood was 1656 years, based on the ages given in Genesis chapter five. [Gen. 5] Thence to the passing of… https://towerrevisited.com/exodus-to-solomon-part-5-bro-david-rice/ https://towerrevisited.com/exodus-to-solomon-part-5-bro-david-rice/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:46:54 GMT EXODUS TO SOLOMON [Part 5] - By Bro. David Rice [Part I] [A]In previous issues we traced the years from Adam to the end of the Flood (1656), then to the Covenant with Abraham (427), then to the Exodus (430). We have but one period more to cover, to link the hi… https://towerrevisited.com/r5955-danger-in-spiritual-pride/ https://towerrevisited.com/r5955-danger-in-spiritual-pride/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:05:06 GMT [R5955 : page 275] DANGER IN SPIRITUAL PRIDE PRIDE in any form and in anybody is a dangerous thing. In a worldly way the proverb is well attested, "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" [Prov. 16:18]; and surely very, very few peop…