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| 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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The secret place of the Most High – "The place of intimate communion and fellowship with God, through the blessed privilege of prayer and through faith in His precious Word and His promised providential care." R1788:2
Pictures "The Holy Place" It is "represented by the holy place in the typical tabernacle." R1913
Pictures "The Most Holy"
Is pictured by the Most Holy. R1432; R3331:
Pictures "The Holy" R4925; R5989 This one is clearer as it covers both. R5815
In the above citations we do note that in the later ones Br. Russell always referred to this "secret place of the Most High" where the saints dwell now as being "The Holy."
The Most Holy is also "the secret place of the Most High" and will be the permanent dwelling place of the saints throughout eternity, but for those saints still running the race the "secret place" is The Holy. - See Heb. 6:19 where Paul reminds that our hope reaches to that within the veil (into the Most Holy.) |
| 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. |
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| 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. |
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| 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. |
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| 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; |
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| 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. |
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| 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. |
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| 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. |
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| 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; |
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| 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. |
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| 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. |
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| 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. |
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| 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. |
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| 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. |
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| 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. |
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| 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. |
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