BELIEF AND
MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB CONTAINS NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
GOD’S PEOPLE.
DO WE BELIEVE
GOD?
WE THINK WE DO.
WHEN WE READ
SCRIPTURE WHICH SAYS THINGS WE HAVE NOT BELIEVED,
WHAT DO WE DO?
DO WE READ OVER
IT AND PUT IT IN THE TOO HARD BASKET?
DO WE IGNORE
IT?
DO WE ARGUE
THAT WHAT IS BEING STATED IN THE BIBLE IS NOT REALLY
WHAT IT SAYS?
DO WE REVERT TO
LENGTHY THEOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS TO TWIST THE TRUE
MEANING OF SCRIPTURE?
DOES THE TRUTH
SCARE US AND MAKE US FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, BECAUSE IF
WE CHANGE, PEOPLE WILL THINK WE ARE STRANGE?
DO WE WORRY
MORE ABOUT WHAT MAN THINKS THAN WHAT GOD THINKS?
WILL WE GO TO
ANY LENGTHS TO TWIST AND CHOP AND CHANGE SCRIPTURE
TO FIT IN WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE?
The above
questions are hard hitting, direct, and need
addressing by anyone who professes to believe God and
His word, the Bible.
When we state
that what we have believed may not now necessarily be
correct. Please understand that we in no way are
belittling Mr. Armstrong and what he taught. I know
that what he taught us was correct, for the
Philadelphian era of the church, but he was not given
all knowledge. The end time church is to
receive new knowledge and restore all things. This new
knowledge does differ to what Mr. Armstrong taught.
This is because we must grow as a church, we cannot
stand still. God will reveal what He wants His church
to know and when. God is in charge not man. We must be
prepared to believe Him, not what we teach or what
anyone teaches. We
must believe our bibles and be led by God if we are to
understand this new end time knowledge from the very
creator Himself.
We will show you
an example of growth, and how even though God has done
a great work through someone, they may not have
received all knowledge. Remember the church will
continue to grow in grace and knowledge.
Let us have a
look at the example of Abraham and Moses.
All readers would agree that both of these men were
used greatly by God, and that they both have a great
reward waiting for them.
However Abraham
did not know that God was the one true God.
Moses was given this knowledge because he was to tell
the nation of
Look at this
amazing new knowledge.
Exo 6:3 I appeared
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty,
but by
My name JEHOVAH I was not known to them.
Here we see that
Moses received knowledge about the Father that Abraham
did not receive.
This was not because Moses was higher than Abraham, or
that he will be greater in the kingdom than Abraham.
The plain and simple explanation is that we must grow
in grace and knowledge.
At the time of
Abraham Isaac and Jacob, it was not required that they
knew that the Father was the one true God. This
knowledge was not revealed until the time of Moses,
then that knowledge was required to be known by him.
The next verse
shows why God showed Moses that He was the eternal,
the only one true God.
Exo 6:6 Therefore
say to the children of
Exo 6:7 I will
take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then
you shall know that I am the
LORD your God who brings you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians.
Exo 6:8 And I will
bring you into the land which I swore to give to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you
as a
heritage: I am the
LORD.' "
The reader should
now understand that just as Abraham did not have all
knowledge neither
did God’s servant, Mr. Armstrong.
We must continue
to grow in grace and knowledge.
Some people think
that if we love our neighbour and God, that is all we
have to do. Love is an extremely important part of our
calling and we must have it but a very misunderstood
and unknown element which is of vital importance to
our calling and ultimate reward…..eternal life is …..
belief.
You would be
amazed if you looked in the concordance to find just
how many times to believe is mentioned and how vitally
important this is to God and our ultimate salvation.
Let’s look at the
attitude the Israelites had toward God after He had
brought them out of Egypt and performed many miracles
in their sight……..
Deu 1:28 Where can
we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying,
"The people are
greater and taller than we; the cities are great and
fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the
sons of the Anakim there."
'
Deu 1:29 "Then I
said to you, 'Do not be terrified, or afraid of
them.
Deu 1:30 The LORD
your God, who goes before you, He will fight for
you, according to
all He did for you in
Deu 1:31 and in the
wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as
a man carries his son, in all the way that you went
until you came to
this place.'
Deu 1:32 Yet, for
all that, you did not believe the LORD your God,
Here we see an
amazing thing, even though God had brought them
through all dangers, fed them, and guided them, they
felt a few giants would worry them and prevent them
from entering the Promised Land, they did not believe
God.
Now let’s see
what eventually happened to the nation of
2Ki 17:12 for they
served idols, of which the LORD had said to them,
"You shall not do this thing."
2Ki 17:13 Yet the
LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by
all of His prophets, every seer, saying, "Turn from
your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My
statutes, according to all the law which I commanded
your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants
the prophets."
2Ki 17:14 Nevertheless
they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like
the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in
the LORD their God.
2Ki 17:15 And they
rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had
made with their fathers, and His testimonies which
He had testified against them; they followed idols,
became idolaters, and went
after the nations who were all
around them, concerning
whom the LORD had charged them that they should not
do like them.
2Ki 17:16 So they
left all the commandments of the LORD their God,
made for themselves a molded image and two
calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the
host of heaven, and served Baal.
2Ki 17:17 And they
caused their sons and daughters to pass through the
fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke Him to anger.
2Ki 17:18 Therefore
the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed
them from His sight; there was none left but the
tribe of
What a tragic end
for these people, they turned their backs on God
completely. They went after false gods, and this all
started due to their unbelief of God.
Compare the
different attitude that God expects of His people….
Mar 1:15 and
saying, "The time is
fulfilled, and the
Mar 5:36 As soon as
Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the
ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be
afraid; only believe."
How plain and
simple, why won’t we obey these words of God? This is what
God expects of us, He wants us to simply believe Him.
Why do we have unbelief? Why don’t we obey? If we
truly love God and obey Him we will believe Him. Even
if we don’t understand at the time, all we need do is
ask God to help our unbelief.
Mar 9:24 Immediately
the father of the child cried out and said with
tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
What a wonderful
attitude, even though this man did believe God, there
were probably things he was unsure of, or perhaps he
did not understand. He asked God to help him, to help
his unbelief. God is only too happy to help us. He is pleased
for us to ask Him and when we do, providing we have
the right attitude of humility, He will answer us and
help our unbelief.
What a wonderful,
all knowing, loving God we have.
Look at the
attitude that the Jews had towards Christ.
Joh 5:37 And the Father
Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither
heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
Joh 5:38 But you do not have His word
abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do
not believe.
We see here quite
plainly that they do not believe God. Now in verse 39
is a very interesting statement by Christ.
Joh 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for
in them you think you have eternal life; and these
are they which testify of Me.
Christ told them
they think they have eternal life, but they will
miss out due to the fact that they did not believe
God, Christ said the scriptures testify of Him, and
that they did not believe Him.
How vitally
important it is to believe God……..eternal life is at
stake here. We must not be half hearted, lukewarm or
lazy, with our spiritual calling either we believe
God or we don’t. There is no half way with God. If we
are having trouble believing some points….ASK GOD TO
HELP OUR UNBELIEF…..it is that simple, He will hear us
and wants to help us, if we truly want to seek Him
with our whole heart and search for knowledge as for
buried treasure.
This next verse shows that Christ knows who are His,
and those who are His know Him. They believe Him. If
we are Christ’s we will believe Him.
Joh 10:26 But you do not believe, because
you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I
know them, and they follow Me.
Joh 10:28 And I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish;
neither shall
anyone snatch them out of My hand.
Joh 10:29 My Father, who has given them
to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to
snatch them
out of My Father's hand.
Joh 10:30 I and My
Father are one."
We need to have
faith too.
Heb 11:6 But
without faith it is
impossible to please Him, for
he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He
is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
We simply must believe God. If we do not believe God,
He won’t be interested in us. We must be 100% sure in
our hearts and minds that we believe, trust and have
faith in God. Else He cannot use us.
Some just do not
love the truth, so God lets them believe a lie,
because they did not want to believe the truth. What a
shame, we must be prepared to believe God at any cost.
2Th 2:10 and with
all unrighteous deception among those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for
this reason God will send them strong delusion, that
they should believe the lie,
2Th 2:12 that they
all may be condemned who did not believe the truth
but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Jud 1:5 But I want
to remind you, though you once knew this, that the
Lord, having saved the people out of the land of
Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not
believe.
Do not be fooled,
unbelief is no little thing in God’s eyes. He
says it is a very important thing. It is not just a
minor point, it is a major key in our spiritual
character development, we must have belief or we have
no foundation on which to build holy righteous
character. We simply have no strength in any subject
in our building of character if there is no belief. It
is that simple. We must believe God or accept that we
won’t be in His kingdom. God will not have an
unbeliever in His kingdom.
Psa 78:21 Therefore
the LORD heard this and
was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
Psa 78:22 Because
they did not believe in God, And did not trust in
His salvation.
The ancient
Israelites had many miracles performed in their sight
and yet they still did not believe God.
Mat 10:14 And whoever will not receive you
nor hear your words, when you depart from that
house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
Mat 10:15 Assuredly, I say to you, it will
be more tolerable for the
This is another
verse which shows quite clearly that God just simply
will not tolerate this disbelief that people have.
All of the above
verses show how God looks upon those who do not
believe Him. Unfortunately in these last days we have
the same attitude towards God, as people had back
then. Many just simply do not believe God. I am not
talking about people in the world, blindly going about
their lives and leaving God out of their thinking and
lives in general. I am talking about the people who
openly profess to follow God and believe the bible. I
am addressing the people in God’s church today.
We must look at ourselves to see if we have this
unbelief also, it won’t be easy but you must believe
God no matter what it takes.
Now on a brighter
note let us look at those that do believe God and how
He feels about those faithful servants…..
Here Christ tells
us that the disciples believed Him and as a result
they belong to God the Father and Jesus Christ, and
Christ is praying for them. It is the same for us
today if we are God’s people, Jesus will intercede for
us, and we belong to both the Father and Christ. How
fantastic, but we must believe Him.
Joh 17:8 For I have given
to them the words which You have given Me; and they
have received them, and have known surely that I
came forth from You; and they have believed that You
sent Me.
Joh 17:9 "I pray for them. I do not pray
for the world but for those whom You have given
Me, for they are Yours.
Joh 17:10 And all Mine are Yours, and
Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
Abraham was the father of the faithful, and he
believed God. God loves this in us.
Rom 4:3 For what
does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND
IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
Christ makes it
very plain, that if we believe Him, we will believe
the Father also.
Joh 12:44 Then Jesus
cried out and said, "He
who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him
who sent Me.
Joh 12:45 And he who sees Me sees Him who
sent Me.
Joh 12:46 I have come as a
light into the world, that whoever believes in Me
should not abide in darkness.
There is a lot of
misunderstanding about the Father, we have an article
at this site, entitled “God the Father Revealed” which
makes plain the simple truth about God the Father, it
is a must read.
Unknown to a lot
of people, once we believe what the bible says about
Christ and other issues, and if we want to know more
truth about the God family, God the Father will reveal
knowledge to us if we ask Him with the right attitude
and heart.
If we truly know
Christ we will also know the Father. This is
scripture. Now that we see just how important it is to
God to believe Him let’s apply this new knowledge to
the following parable about the Wedding Feast.
This parable is
pertaining to the end time, because it is the Marriage
of the Lamb.
Let’s look at the
two accounts in both Matthew and Luke of this
fantastic new end time knowledge revealed by God, for
us, the end time people of God. This end time
knowledge is extremely important for those who live in
the last days, it applies to us.
Mat 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a
certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
Mat 22:3 and sent out his servants to
call those who were invited to the wedding; and
they were not willing to come.
Mat 22:4 Again, he sent out other
servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited,
"See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and
fatted cattle are killed, and all things are
ready. Come to the wedding." '
Mat 22:5 But they made light of it and
went their ways, one to his own farm, another to
his business.
Mat 22:6 And the rest seized his
servants, treated them
spitefully, and killed them.
Mat 22:7 But when the king heard about it,
he was furious. And he sent out his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their
city.
Mat 22:8 Then he said to his servants,
'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited
were not worthy.
Mat 22:9 Therefore go into the highways,
and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'
Mat 22:10 So those servants
went out into the highways and gathered together all
whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding
hall
was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 "But when the king came in to
see the guests, he saw a man there who did not
have on a wedding garment.
Mat 22:12 So he said to him, 'Friend, how
did you come in here without a wedding garment?'
And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 Then the king said to the
servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness; there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.'
Mat 22:14 "For many are called, but few are
chosen."
Luk 14:16 Then He
said to him, "A
certain man gave a great supper and invited many,
Luk 14:17 and sent his servant at supper
time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for
all things are now ready.'
Luk 14:18 But they all with one accord
began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I
have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and
see it. I ask you to have me excused.'
Luk 14:19 And another said, 'I have bought
five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I
ask you to have me excused.'
Luk 14:20 Still another said, 'I have
married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
Luk 14:21 So that servant came and
reported these things to his master. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his
servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city, and bring in here the
poor and the
maimed and the
lame and the blind.'
Luk 14:22 And the servant said, 'Master,
it is done as you commanded, and still there is
room.'
Luk 14:23 Then the master said to the
servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them
to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luk 14:24 For I say to you that none of
those men who were invited shall taste my supper.'
"
Mat 22:1 And Jesus
answered and spoke to them again by parables and
said:
Mat 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a
certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
Mat 22:3 and sent out his servants to
call those who were invited to the wedding; and
they were not willing to come.
The marriage of
the lamb is a wonderful event to look forward to.
Rev 19:7 Let us be
glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made
herself ready."
When everything
was ready the servants went out to ask the many
invited guests to come to the wedding.
This is in the
last days, it cannot be earlier because the dinner is
ready. It applies to the church which is alive at the
end time. God has invited many to the wedding.
Rev 19:19 And I saw
the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against Him who sat on
the horse and against His army.
Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the
bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in
with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
These verses show
plainly that the guests who are worthy, go into the
wedding feast, but who are those that are invited? Who
are the ones mentioned in Luke 14 v 17 and Matthew 22
v 3? Who are the ones invited to the wedding feast?
For a detailed
article on this information see “Called and
But despite all
of the above, some of those invited to the wedding did
not want to come. Many other parables testify to this
attitude, the parable of the sower, and the workers in
the field, are two examples.
To continue on
our spiritual path requires much time, dedication,
effort, courage and conviction. Most people just
simply lack all of these. Most are too busy with work,
T.V., sports activities and good times, rather than
being profitable with the time. They don’t
want to put in the time towards bible study, prayer,
fasting and meditation. It is all just too hard for
them. That is why when they are called to the wedding
they just don’t respond. They don’t believe God and
this unbelief has taken them away from God, true study
and the pursuit of the truth. They have been called,
they are invited to the Wedding of the Lamb, but they
did not spend enough time getting to know the
bridegroom, they just couldn’t find the time to learn
about Him to believe Him. So when asked to come to the
wedding, they preferred to do something else. Some of
these people are the ones who responded to the
teachings of Mr. Armstrong and belonged to God’s
Church. There were many members, and many were called
but unfortunately many did not believe God and they
simply were not interested in the Wedding invitation.
These people were deceived into believing a lie, God
tests people He wants to see what is in our hearts, if
we will believe Him or not. Unfortunately only a
few have their hearts right towards the Great Creator
God.
Notice the
following verses. This is the second time the guests
are invited now, from God’s servants. We know
that this is a separate invitation from the first
because Matt 22 v 4 states, again He sent forth other
servants. So these are different servants being used
for this 2nd invitation to the guests.
Now it is getting perilously close to the wedding
ceremony, and still they are just too busy.
Mat 22:4 Again, he sent
out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are
invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen
and fatted cattle are
killed, and all things are
ready. Come to the wedding." '
Mat 22:5 But they made light of it and
went their ways, one to his own farm, another to
his business.
Luke’s account of
the same event gives a little more information, so
that we can glean more insight into who these people
are that receive the 2nd invitation. And the following
is new knowledge from God about who these people
are………….
We already know
that they are God’s people, just as God’s church was
given the 1st invitation so God’s people are given the
2nd invitation. It is now later than the initial call,
because we see that the ox etc. has been killed and
the food is ready, come all is ready. Who are the ones
to whom the 2nd invitation is given? They are
God’s church now in the Laodicean Era of the Church.
Luk 14:21 So that servant came and
reported these things to his master. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his
servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city, and bring in here the
poor and the
maimed and the
lame and the blind.'
Luk 14:22 And the servant said, 'Master,
it is done as you commanded, and still there is
room.'
How do we know
this astounding truth……..look at the description in
Luke 14 v 21 of who are invited to the wedding…….
Luk 14:21 So that servant came and
reported these things to his master. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his
servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city, and bring in here the
poor and the
maimed and the
lame and the blind.'
Now let’s compare the
description of the last era of God’s church, the
Rev 3:17 Because you say, 'I am rich,
have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' and
do not know that you are wretched, miserable,
poor, blind, and naked
These Laodiceans
are the ones described in Luke 14 so we see quite
plainly that the 2nd time the servants were sent out
to God’s people, the second invitation went out to the
Now back to the
two accounts as above…..we see that even though the
invitations went out, there was still room at the
Wedding Feast for more people. The account in Matthew
confirms this lack of interest by the invited ones.
What a tragic situation this must be for God, how must
He feel about the people He has called who simply are
not interested in the greatest invitation of all time?
Take this truth
and knowledge very seriously, this is talking about us
right now.
Are we interested?
Do we believe God?
Do we want to be at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb? If
we do, we must wake up and do something about it. Get
close to God and get to know the bridegroom. If you do
not know how to do this…… pray, fast, study, meditate
and ask God to help you learn more about Him and He
will be glad to show you.
Matt 22 v 5 is
very interesting, here we see how God’s people went in
separate directions.
Mat 22:5 But they made light of it and
went their ways, one to his own farm, another to
his business.
They went their
ways, all with various interest and other things to
do. What a shame, I am not saying they all have lost
interest in God, I am simply stating the scripture on
this subject and it is a hard saying but if you can’t
handle the truth of God and you don’t want to believe
Him…click off this site and go to someone who likes to
say smooth things…… ……….you won’t hear that
here………..we tell the truth the way God wants it stated
we are not here to please men, but to obey God… we
talk to those who have an ear to hear. We understand
by scripture that there appears to be not many who
have the courage and strength and love to believe God.
Back to the above
accounts…..we know that in Luke 14 v 21 that the
servants who go to the Laodiceans have to do so
quickly, time is running out now, the meal is ready,
they have to do this with a great deal of urgency.
What a sad situation for these servants, they know
time is running out, they know there is only a few who
believe God. How sad they must feel, God’s people just
don’t believe them and turn their backs on the
greatest being in the universe who is offering them a
fabulous position in His kingdom. And they are just
too busy watching T.V. or something else.
As we know by
scripture which is stated below, the true servants of
God will be thrown out of Churches, persecuted and in
fact killed by fellow brethren, they will be taken
before Courts and Judges, put in prison their own
families will give them up to the authorities. Here we
see the remnant took the servants ….now who are the
remnant, the ones who are in the churches, because the
true servants have been cast out of the churches. So
the remnant, the ones who do
these dreadful deeds, are some of the people who
belong to the church in the end time, the Laodicean
Era of the church.
Mat 22:6 And the rest seized his
servants, treated them
spitefully, and killed them.
Mat 24:9 "Then they will deliver you up
to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated
by all nations for My name's sake.
Mat 24:10 And then many will be offended,
will betray one another, and will hate one
another.
Mar 13:9 "But watch out for yourselves,
for they will deliver you up to councils, and you
will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be
brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a
testimony to them.
Mar 13:10 And the gospel must first be
preached to all the nations.
Mar 13:11 But when they arrest you
and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or
premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is
given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not
you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mar 13:12 Now brother will betray brother
to death, and a father his
child; and children will rise up against parents
and cause them to be put to death.
Mar 13:13 And you will be hated by all for
My name's sake. But he who endures to the end
shall be saved.
Let’s see what
amazing events occur next…..
The time setting
for this next account is after the temple has been
built and some of the church members are deceived by
the little horn.
The Father is furious with them and sends the man with
the ink horn amongst them.
Mat 22:7 But when the king heard about it,
he was furious. And he sent out his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their
city.
Eze 9:1 Then He
called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying,
"Let those who have charge over the city draw near,
each with
a deadly weapon in his hand."
Eze 9:2 And
suddenly six men came from the direction of the
upper gate, which faces north, each with his
battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his
side. They went in and stood beside the bronze
altar.
Eze 9:3 Now the
glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the
cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the
temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen,
who had
the writer's inkhorn at his side;
Eze 9:4 and the
LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on
the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all
the abominations that are done within it."
Eze 9:5 To the
others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through
the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor
have any pity.
Eze 9:6 Utterly
slay old and
young men, maidens and little children and women;
but do not come near anyone on whom is the
mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with
the elders who were
before the temple.
Mat 22:8 Then he said to his servants,
'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited
were not worthy.
The majority of the people called by God, did not want
to come to the Wedding Feast, they were not worthy, so
how does God fill the Wedding Hall…….
Luk 14:23 Then the master said to the
servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them
to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luk 14:24 For I say to you that none of
those men who were invited shall taste my supper.'
"
This is the 3rd
invitation, this interesting verse shows that God sent
His servants out to the Israelites, and anyone who
repented during the time of Jacob’s Trouble, was
allowed to come to the Wedding Feast. That is because
they had the attitude that God was looking for, even
though they were not members of God’s church, they
repented and believed God. This is astounding
fact. Some of the articles at this site explain
that the nation of
But mark well the
fact that the ones who were invited to the Wedding and
did not want to come, were not allowed to taste of
God’s supper. They will be locked out when the door is
closed, as other parables state. What a sad ending for
some in God’s church.
Another interesting thought is that those who were
brought in at the last may well be the children of
members, these may not have been called but are open
to God’s word of truth when they hear it, so it may
well include some of these children, who up until this
time have not responded to the teachings of the
church, but being brought up in the church should have
a knowledge of some things.
Mat 22:9 Therefore go into the highways,
and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'
Mat 22:10 So those servants went out into
the highways and gathered together all whom they
found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall
was filled with guests.
In this 3rd
invitation to the Wedding Feast, we see that the
people that were compelled to come to the Wedding were
both bad and good, so even though they were not
called, they ultimately, after the time of Jacob’s
Trouble{or during it} had the attitude of repentance
and God could use them.
Mat 22:11 "But when the king came in to
see the guests, he saw a man there who did not
have on a wedding garment.
The following
scripture shows that the man without the wedding
garment is in fact an evil son of God. He is a devil,
{see our article the Sons of God at this site.}
Notice Christ calls him friend {this means clansman,
he is related to Christ}.
Mat 22:12 So he said to
him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a
wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
The devil is
confronted by God and just had no answer, he knew his
own attitude and his own inner feelings and that they
were not in line with what God expects from the
wedding guests.
Because he is a
devil he is thrown into outer darkness.
Mat 22:13 Then the king said to the
servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness; there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.'
It will be awful
outside of where God is, people will hate to be
excluded, and especially when others realise what they
have done to the true servants of God. That will make
them very upset indeed. They will have gone to church
for many years, {some of them} and yet still not make
it into God’s Kingdom. This is not my idea, this is
what God tells us in the scripture. These are not
pleasant words, but that is not why we are writing
these articles. I am not writing some story tale for
people to go to sleep listening to it. This is the
dynamic new knowledge and truth from God for His end
time people. These messages must be heeded. There are
not going to be many people who qualify for God’s
kingdom at this time, this is not because the numbers
have not been called. It is because the greater
majority of called people are just not interested in
putting in genuine effort, spending valuable time in
prayer and bible study, spending time looking at
themselves so they can overcome faults, etc. There are
just too many things to do, places to see, people to
talk to. T.V. to watch. Etc. etc. God is just not
important enough to most of them. He is pushed to the
back and forgotten from Sabbath to Sabbath.
THIS IS NOT GOOD
ENOUGH AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
Let the closing
scripture be a warning to us to wake up and do
something about this precious calling.
Mat 22:14 "For many are called, but few are
chosen."
