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THE WEDDING
OF THE
"LAMB".
THE
"VIRGINS". When Almighty God Jehovah enters upon His reign, it will be the time for those of the "bride" to "exult and shout for joy and do Him homage, for the wedding-day of the Lamb has come! His bride has made herself ready, and for her dress she has been given fine linen, clean and shining." (Rev 19:7,8 NEB). The "bride" consists of all the Spirit "body" members of Christ the "Lamb" of God. (1 Cor 12:27,28). The clean and shining linen dress signifies their righteous deeds. Their total number is 144,000. (Rev 7:4). They are the anointed brothers of The Christ Michael gathered from the nations through the generations since Michael became flesh as the anointed Jesus on earth. Members of the "bride" class are those "virgins" who have extra Spirit "oil" to illuminate their way through their last days, in readiness for the Rule of God and their "marriage" to the "bridegroom" The Christ Michael. (25:1-13). As "virgins" they do not defile themselves with the sectarian "harlot'' religions of "Babylon". (Rev 17:5,6). It means that after baptism in The Christ, they are not misled by the false teachings of sectarian "Babylon". (Rev 14:1-5). The "oil" symbolizes Holy Spirit from God by which heavenly communications through The Christ Michael are confirmed to all discreet "virgins". These are The Christ's Spirit disciplines from heaven for righteousness' sake. Foolish "virgins" who have refused these disciplines will not have enough "oil" to see them through the final part of the journey to The Christ's "marriage". (25:7-10 NEB). It was not their going to sleep that failed the five foolish "virgins", but their refusal to be subjected to the last Spirit instructions from God through The Christ. The "Little Scroll" is the "flask" containing the extra "oil" in the event that the "oil" in the "lamps" of discreet ones was to run out because of The Christ's delay in coming. Those heeding his corrective Spirit disciplines in the "Little Scroll" use its extra "oil" to see their way to the "marriage" of the "Lamb". (Rev 10:8-11). Evidently, it will be just enough. (25:9). The 'oil' that foolish "virgins" go away to "buy", is not the "oil" that Christ provides. That is why, when they finally arrive at the door of the "marriage feast", he will say to them: "I declare, I do not know you." (25:12 NEB). The life journey to the "marriage" is a spiritual one by means of Holy Spirit, which foolish ones refuse to undertake. They have not been subjected by The Christ and his spirit refining work as recorded in the "Little Scroll". That there are foolish "virgins" is in confirmation of the following scripture: "When the king came in to inspect the guests, he caught sight there of a man not clothed with a marriage garment. So he said to him, 'Fellow, how did you get in here not having on a marriage garment?' He was rendered speechless. Then the king said to his servants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness outside. There is where his weeping and the gnashing of his teeth will be.' For there are many invited, but few chosen." (From Matt 22:1-14).
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