« We have already called attention, in STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol. II., to the fact that Elijah, the Prophet, typified The Christ—Jesus the Head and the church his body—in their fleshly experiences ; and that the taking up of Elijah into heaven, typically represents the final passing of the church from the earthly conditions to the heavenly. We have seen, too, that when Elijah’s time for translation came, he was sent from Gilgal to Bethel, from Bethel to Jericho and from Jericho to Jordan ; and that these different points were measurably disappointing ; yet that Elijah and Elisha were not discouraged, but went on—Jordan representing the end of the Times of the Gentiles, 1915. As Jordan was the last point to which Elijah was directed, so 1915 is the last point to which the church has been directed. As Elijah went on, not knowing any turther place, so the true church is going on without any definite time-point before it. » — Magazine : The watch tower and herald of Christ’s presence, Smiting of Jordan by Elijah, January 1 1916, pages 4-5 [5824] § 1.