After Pastor Russell's writings have reached an individual, the other members of the Elijah class, the "Truth people," approach him with the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God.
Those not believing Present Truth will become only the more confirmed in error.
They will be smitten by the Sword of the Spirit, which in them will operate at this time to destroy any pretense of being Christians,
In this, God's "strange work" (Isa. 28:21), the Word of God will operate seemingly without pity, to separate the people into two classes, in Present Truth or out of it..
Symbolically the Sword of the Spirit will do no harm to mature Christians — "men," — but many young or undeveloped believers, not having the Holy Spirit, regardless of sex, will fall as tares, as will all of the idol worshipers of Christendom.
The literal trouble will begin with a revolutionary outburst of anarchy against the churches and the clergy
The Sword of the Spirit will begin its work with the sanctuary class, the professing Christians
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Is the wind blowing?