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30 - Thee Meet the Bridgegroom - Christ's Object Lessons · Philosophy and Faith

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Speaker 1: Chapter thirty to meet the bridegroom, Christ with his disciples,
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Speaker 1: is seated upon the mount of Olives. The sun has
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Speaker 1: set behind the mountains and the heavens are curtained with
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Speaker 1: the shades of evening. In full view is a dwelling
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Speaker 1: house lighted up brilliantly, as if for some festive scene.
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Speaker 1: The light streams from the openings, and an expectant company
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Speaker 1: wait around, indicating that a marriage procession is soon to appear.
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Speaker 1: In many parts of the East, wedding festivities are held
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Speaker 1: in the evening. The bridegroom goes forth to meet his
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Speaker 1: bride and bring her to his home by torchlight. The
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Speaker 1: bridal party proceed from her father's house to his own,
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Speaker 1: where a feast is provided for the invited guests. In
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Speaker 1: the scene upon which Christ looks, a company are awaiting
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Speaker 1: the appearance of the bridal party, intending to join the procession.
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Speaker 1: Lingering near the bride's house, a ten young women robed
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Speaker 1: in white. Each carries a lighted lamp and a small
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Speaker 1: flagon for oil. All are anxiously watching for the appearance
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Speaker 1: of the bridegroom, but there is a delay. Hour after
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Speaker 1: hour passes the watchers become weary and fall asleep. At midnight,
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Speaker 1: the cry is heard, Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye
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Speaker 1: out to meet him. The sleepers, suddenly awaking, spring to
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Speaker 1: their feet. They see the procession moving on, bright with
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Speaker 1: torturees and glad with music. They hear the voice of
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Speaker 1: the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. The ten
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Speaker 1: maidens seize their lamps and begin to trim them in
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Speaker 1: haste to go forth. But five have neglected to fill
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Speaker 1: their flasks with oil. They did not anticipate so long
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Speaker 1: a delay, and they have not prepared for the emergency.
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Speaker 1: In distress, they appeal to their wiser companions, saying, give
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Speaker 1: us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
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Speaker 1: But the waiting five, with their freshly trimmed lamps, have
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Speaker 1: emptied their flagons. They have no oil to spare, And
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Speaker 1: they answer, not so lest there be not enough for
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Speaker 1: us and you. But go ye rather to them that
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Speaker 1: sell and buy for yourselves. While they went to buy,
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Speaker 1: the procession moved on and left them behind. The five
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Speaker 1: with lighted lamps joined the throng and entered the house
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Speaker 1: with the bridle train, and the door was shut when
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Speaker 1: the foolish virgins reached the banqueting hall, they received an
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Speaker 1: unexpected denial. The master of the feast declared, I know
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Speaker 1: you not. They were left standing without in the empty
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Speaker 1: street in the blackness of the night. As Christ sat
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Speaker 1: looking upon the party that waited for the bridegroom, he
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Speaker 1: told his disciples the story of the ten virgins, by
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Speaker 1: their experience, illustrating the experience of the church that shall
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Speaker 1: live just before his second coming. The two classes of
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Speaker 1: watchers represent the two classes who profess to be waiting
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Speaker 1: for their Lord. They are called virgins because they profess
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Speaker 1: a pure faith. By the lamps is represented the word
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Speaker 1: of God. The Psalmist says, thy word is a lamp
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Speaker 1: unto my feet, and a light unto my path. The
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Speaker 1: oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Thus the
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Speaker 1: spirit is represented in the prophecy of Zechariah. The angel
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Speaker 1: that talked with me came again, he says, and waked
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Speaker 1: me as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
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Speaker 1: and said, unto me, what seest thou? And I said,
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Speaker 1: I have looked and behold a candlestick all of gold,
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Speaker 1: with a bowl upon the top of it, and his
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Speaker 1: seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps,
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Speaker 1: which are upon the top thereof, and two olive trees
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Speaker 1: by it, one upon the right side of the bowl
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Speaker 1: and the other upon the left side thereof. So I
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Speaker 1: answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,
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Speaker 1: what are these? My Lord? Then he answered and spake
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Speaker 1: unto me, saying, this is a word of the Lord,
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Speaker 1: unto Zeribabel, saying, not by might nor by power, but
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Speaker 1: by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. And I
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Speaker 1: answered again and said unto him, what be these two
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Speaker 1: olive branches, which, through the two golden pipes empty the
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Speaker 1: golden oil out of themselves. Then said he, These are
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Speaker 1: the two anointed ones that stand by the Lord of
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Speaker 1: the whole earth. From the two olive trees, the golden
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Speaker 1: oil was emptied through the golden pipes into the bowl
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Speaker 1: of the candlestick, and thence into the golden lamps that
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Speaker 1: give light to the sanctuary. So from the holy ones
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Speaker 1: that stand in God's presence, his spirit is imparted to
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Speaker 1: the human instrumentalities who are consecrated to his service. The
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Speaker 1: mission of the two Anointed Ones is to communicate to
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Speaker 1: God's people that heavenly grace, which alone can make his
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Speaker 1: word a lamp to the feet and a light to
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Speaker 1: the path. Not by might nor by power, but by
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Speaker 1: my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. In the Parable,
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Speaker 1: all the ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom.
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Speaker 1: All had lamps and vessels for oil. For a time
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Speaker 1: there was seen no difference between them. So with the
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Speaker 1: church that lives just before Christ's second coming, all have
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Speaker 1: a knowledge of the scriptures, all have heard the message
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Speaker 1: of Christ's near approach, and confidently expect his appearing. But
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Speaker 1: as in the Parable, so it is now a time
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Speaker 1: of waiting intervenes. Faith is tried, and when the cry
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Speaker 1: is heard, behold the bridegroom cometh, Go ye out to
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Speaker 1: meet him. Many are unready. They have no oil in
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Speaker 1: their vessels with their lamps, they are destitute of the
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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit of God, a knowledge of
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Speaker 1: His word is of no avail. The theory of truth
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Speaker 1: unaccompanied by the Holy Spirit cannot quicken the soul or
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Speaker 1: sanctify the heart. One may be familiar with the commands
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Speaker 1: and promises of the Bible, but unless the Spirit of
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Speaker 1: God sets the truth home, the character will not be transformed.
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Speaker 1: Without the enlightenment of the spirit, men will not be
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Speaker 1: able to distinguish truth from error, and they will fall
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Speaker 1: under the masterful temptations of Satan. The class represented by
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Speaker 1: the foolish Virgins are not hypocrites. They have a regard
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Speaker 1: for the truth. They have advocated the truth. They are
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Speaker 1: attracted to those who believe the truth. But they have
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Speaker 1: not yielded themselves to the holy spirits working. They have
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Speaker 1: not fallen upon the rock Christ Jesus and permitted their
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Speaker 1: old nature to be broken up. This class are represented
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Speaker 1: also by the stony ground. Here they receive the Word
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Speaker 1: with readiness, but they fail of assimilating its principles. Its
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Speaker 1: influence is not abiding. The Spirit works upon man's heart
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Speaker 1: according to his desire and consent, implanting in him a
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Speaker 1: new nature. But the class represented by the foolish Virgins
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Speaker 1: have been content with a superficial work. They do not
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Speaker 1: know God, they have not studied his character, they have
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Speaker 1: not held communion with Him. Therefore they do not know
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Speaker 1: how to trust, how to look and live. Their service
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Speaker 1: to God degenerates into a form. They come unto thee
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Speaker 1: as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as
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Speaker 1: my people, and they hear thy words, but they will
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Speaker 1: not do them. For with their mouth they show much love,
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Speaker 1: but their heart goeth after their covetousness. The Apostle Paul
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Speaker 1: points out that this will be the special characteristic of
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Speaker 1: those who live just before Christ's second coming. He says,
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Speaker 1: in the last days, perilous times shall come, for men
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Speaker 1: shall be lovers of their own selves, lovers of pleasures
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Speaker 1: more than lovers of God, having a form of Godliness,
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Speaker 1: but denying the power thereof. This is the class that,
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Speaker 1: in time of peril, are found crying peace and safety.
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Speaker 1: They lull their hearts into security and dream not of danger.
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Speaker 1: When startled from their lethargy, they discern their destitution and
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Speaker 1: entreat others to supply their lack. But in spiritual things,
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Speaker 1: no man can make up another's deficiency. The grace of
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Speaker 1: God has been freely offered to every soul. The message
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Speaker 1: of the Gospel has been heralded. Let him that is
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Speaker 1: athirst come, and whosoever will let him take the water
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Speaker 1: of life freely. But character is not transferable. No man
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Speaker 1: can believe for another, no man can receive the spirit
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Speaker 1: for another. No man can impart to another. The character,
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Speaker 1: which is the fruit of the spirit's working. Though Noah,
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Speaker 1: Daniel and Job were in it the land, as I live,
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Speaker 1: saith the Lord, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter.
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Speaker 1: They shall but deliver their own soul by their righteousness.
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Speaker 1: It is in a crisis that character is revealed. When
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Speaker 1: the earnest voice proclaimed at midnight, behold the bridegroom cometh,
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Speaker 1: go ye out to meet him, and the sleeping virgins
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Speaker 1: were roused from their slumbers. It was seen who had
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Speaker 1: made preparation for the event. Both parties were taken unawares,
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Speaker 1: but one was prepared for the emergency, and the other
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Speaker 1: was found without preparation. So now a sudden and unlooked
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Speaker 1: for calamity, something that brings the soul face to face
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Speaker 1: with death, will show whether there is any real faith
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Speaker 1: in the promises of God. It will show whether the
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Speaker 1: soul is sustained by grace. The great final test comes
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Speaker 1: at the close of human probation, when it will be
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Speaker 1: too late for the soul's need to be supplied. The
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Speaker 1: ten virgins are watching in the evening of this earth's history.
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Speaker 1: All claim to be Christians, all have a call, a name,
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Speaker 1: a lamp, and all professed to be doing God's service.
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Speaker 1: All apparently wait for Christ's appearing, but five are unready
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Speaker 1: be found surprised dismayed outside the banquet hall. At the
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Speaker 1: final day, many will claim admission to Christ's kingdom, saying,
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Speaker 1: we have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou
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Speaker 1: hast taught in our streets? Lord Lord, have we not
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Speaker 1: prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast
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Speaker 1: out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?
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Speaker 1: But the answer is, I tell you, I know ye not,
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Speaker 1: whence ye are depart from me in this life. They
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Speaker 1: have not entered into fellowship with Christ. Therefore they know
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Speaker 1: not the language of heaven. They are strangers to its joy.
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Speaker 1: What man knoweth the things of a man, save the
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Speaker 1: spirit of a man, which is in him. Even so
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Speaker 1: the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit
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Speaker 1: of God. Saddest of all words that ever fell on
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Speaker 1: mortal ear are those words of doom. I know you not.
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Speaker 1: The fellowship of the Spirit which you have slighted could
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Speaker 1: alone make you one with the joyous throng at the
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Speaker 1: marriage feast. In that scene you cannot participate. Its light
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Speaker 1: would fall on blinded eyes its melody upon deaf ears,
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Speaker 1: Its love and joy could awake no cord of gladness
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Speaker 1: in the world. Benumbed heart, you are shut out from
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Speaker 1: Heaven by your own unfitness for its companionship. We cannot
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Speaker 1: be ready to meet the Lord by waking when the
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Speaker 1: cry is heard behold the bridegroom, and then gathering up
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Speaker 1: our empty lamps to have them replenished. We cannot keep
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Speaker 1: Christ depart from our lives here and yet be fitted
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Speaker 1: for his companionship in heaven. In the parable, the wise
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Speaker 1: virgins had oil in their vessels. With their lamps, their
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Speaker 1: light burned with undimmed flame through the night of watching.
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Speaker 1: It helped to swell the illumination for the bridegroom's honor
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Speaker 1: shining out in the darkness. It helped to illuminate the
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Speaker 1: way to the home of the bridegroom to the marriage feast.
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Speaker 1: So the followers of Christ are to shed light into
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Speaker 1: the darkness of the world through the Holy Spirit. God's
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Speaker 1: word is a light as it becomes a transforming power
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Speaker 1: in the life of the receiver. By implanting in their
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Speaker 1: hearts the principles of his word, the Holy Spirit develops
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Speaker 1: in men the attributes of God, the light of his glory,
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Speaker 1: his character is to shine forth in his followers. Thus
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Speaker 1: they are to glorify God, to lighten the path to
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Speaker 1: the bridegroom's home, to the City of God, to the
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Speaker 1: marriage supper of the Lamb. The coming of the bridegroom
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Speaker 1: was at midnight, the darkest hour. So the coming of
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Speaker 1: Christ will take place in the darkest period of this
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Speaker 1: earth's history. The days of Noah and Lot picture the
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Speaker 1: condition of the world just before the coming of the
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Speaker 1: Son of Man. The scriptures pointing forward to this time
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Speaker 1: declare that Satan will work with all power and with
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Speaker 1: all deceivableness of unrighteousness. His working is plainly revealed by
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Speaker 1: the rapidly increasing darkness, the multitudinous errors, heresies, and delusions
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Speaker 1: of these last days. Not only is Satan leading the
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Speaker 1: world captive, but his deceptions are leavening the professed churches
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Speaker 1: of our Lord Jesus Christ. The great Apostasy will develop
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Speaker 1: into darkness, deep as midnight, impenetrable as sackcloth of hair.
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Speaker 1: To God's people, it will be a night of trial,
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Speaker 1: a night of weeping, a night of persecution for the
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Speaker 1: truth's sake. But out of that night of darkness, God's
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Speaker 1: light will shine. He causes the light to shine out
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Speaker 1: of darkness. When the earth was without form and void,
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Speaker 1: and darkness was upon the face of the deep, the
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Speaker 1: spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters,
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Speaker 1: and God said, let there be light, and there was light.
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Speaker 1: So in the night of spiritual darkness, God's word goes forth,
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Speaker 1: Let there be light to his people. He says, Arise, shine,
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Speaker 1: for thy light is come, and the glory of the
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Speaker 1: Lord is risen upon thee behold, says the scripture. The
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Speaker 1: darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people.
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Speaker 1: But the Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory
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Speaker 1: shall be seen upon thee. It is the darkness of
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Speaker 1: misapprehension of God that is enshrouding the world. Men are
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Speaker 1: losing their knowledge of His character. It has been misunderstood,
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Speaker 1: good and misinterpreted. At this time a message from God
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Speaker 1: is to be proclaimed, a message illuminating in its influence
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Speaker 1: and saving in its power. His character is to be
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Speaker 1: made known. Into the darkness of the world is to
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Speaker 1: be shed the light of his glory, the light of
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Speaker 1: His goodness, mercy and truth. This is the work outlined
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Speaker 1: by the prophet Isaiah in the words O Jerusalem, that
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Speaker 1: bringest good tidings. Lift up thy voice with strength, lift
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Speaker 1: it up. Be not afraid, say, unto the cities of Judah,
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Speaker 1: Behold your God. Behold the Lord God will come with
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Speaker 1: strong hand, and his arms shall rule for him. Behold,
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Speaker 1: his reward is with him, and his work before him.
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Speaker 1: Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say
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Speaker 1: to the people, behold your God. The last rays of
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Speaker 1: merciful light. The last message of mercy to be given
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Speaker 1: to the world is a revelation of his character of love.
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Speaker 1: The children of God are to manifest His glory in
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Speaker 1: their own life and character. They are to rever feel
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Speaker 1: what the grace of God has done for them. The
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Speaker 1: light of the Son of Righteousness is to shine forth
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Speaker 1: in good works, in words of truth and deeds of holiness. Christ,
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Speaker 1: the outshining of the Father's glory, came to the world
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Speaker 1: as its light. He came to represent God to men
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Speaker 1: and of him. It is written that he was anointed
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Speaker 1: with the Holy ghost and with power, and went about
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Speaker 1: doing good in the synagogue at Nazareth. He said, the
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Speaker 1: spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
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Speaker 1: anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He
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Speaker 1: hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach
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Speaker 1: deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
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Speaker 1: to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach
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Speaker 1: the acceptable year of the Lord. This was the work
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Speaker 1: he commissioned his disciples to do. Ye are the light
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Speaker 1: of the world. He said, Let your light so shine
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Speaker 1: before men, that they may see your good works and
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Speaker 1: glorify your Father, which is in heaven. This is the
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Speaker 1: work which the prophet Isaiah describes when he s said,
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Speaker 1: is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
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Speaker 1: and that thou bring the poor that are cast out
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Speaker 1: to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou
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Speaker 1: cover him, and that thou hidest not thyself from thine
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Speaker 1: own flesh, Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
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Speaker 1: and thine health shall spring forth speedily, and thy righteousness
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Speaker 1: shall go before thee. The glory of the Lord shall
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Speaker 1: be thy reward. Thus, in the night of spiritual darkness,
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Speaker 1: God's glory is to shine forth through his church, in
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Speaker 1: lifting up the bowed down and comforting those that mourn.
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Speaker 1: All around us are heard. The wails of a world's sorrow.
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Speaker 1: On every hand are the needy and distressed. It is
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Speaker 1: ours to aid in relieving and softening life's hardships and misery.
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Speaker 1: Practical work will have far more effect than mere sermonizing.
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Speaker 1: We are to give food to the hungry, clothing to
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Speaker 1: the naked, and shelter to the homeless. And we are
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Speaker 1: called to do more than this. The wants of the
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Speaker 1: soul only the love of Christ can satisfy. If Christ
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Speaker 1: is abiding in us, our hearts will be full of
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Speaker 1: divine sympathy. The sealed fountains of earnest christ like love
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Speaker 1: will be unsealed. God calls not only for our gifts
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Speaker 1: for the needy, but for our cheerful countenance, our hopeful words,
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Speaker 1: our kindly hand clasp. When Christ healed the sick, he
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Speaker 1: laid his hands upon them. So should we come in
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Speaker 1: close touch with those whom we seek to benefit. There
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Speaker 1: are many from whom hope has departed. Bring back the
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Speaker 1: sunshine to them. Many have lost their courage. Speak to
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Speaker 1: them words of cheer, Pray for them. There are those
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Speaker 1: who need the bread of life. Read to them from
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Speaker 1: the word of God. Upon many is a soul sickness,
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Speaker 1: which no earthly balm can reach, nor physician heal. Pray
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Speaker 1: for these souls, bring them to Jesus, Tell them that
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Speaker 1: there is a balm in Gilead and a physician there.
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Speaker 1: Light is a blessing, a universal blessing, pouring forth its
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Speaker 1: treasures on a world unthankful, unholy, demoralized. So it is
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Speaker 1: with the light of the Sun of Righteousness, the whole earth,
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Speaker 1: rapt as it is in the darkness of sin and
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Speaker 1: sorrow and pain, is to be lighted with the knowledge
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Speaker 1: of God's love. From no sect, rank, or class of
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Speaker 1: people is the light shining from Heaven's throne to be excluded.
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Speaker 1: The message of hope and mercy is to be carried
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Speaker 1: to the ends of the earth. Whosoever will may reach
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Speaker 1: forth and take hold of God's strength and make peace
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Speaker 1: with him, and he shall make peace no longer other
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Speaker 1: heathen to be wrapped in midnight darkness. The gloom is
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Speaker 1: to disappear before the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness.
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Speaker 1: The power of Hell has been overcome. But no man
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Speaker 1: can impart that which he himself has not received in
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Speaker 1: the work of God. Humanity can originate nothing, No man can,
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Speaker 1: by his own effort, make himself a light bearer for God.
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Speaker 1: It was the golden oil emptied by the heavenly messengers
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Speaker 1: into the golden tubes to be conducted from the Golden
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Speaker 1: Bowl into the lamps of the sanctuary that produced a continuous,
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Speaker 1: bright and shining light. It is the love of God,
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Speaker 1: continually transferred to man, that enables him to impart light
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Speaker 1: into the hearts of all who are united to God
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Speaker 1: by faith. The golden oil of Love flows freely to
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Speaker 1: shine out again in good works, in real, heartfelt service
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Speaker 1: for God. In the great and measureless gift of the
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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, are contained all of Heaven's resources. It is
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Speaker 1: not because of any restriction on the part of God
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Speaker 1: that the riches of his grace do not flow earthward
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Speaker 1: to men. If all were willing to receive, all would
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Speaker 1: become filled with His spirit. It is the privilege of
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Speaker 1: every soul to be a living channel through which God
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Speaker 1: can communicate to the world the treasures of his grace,
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Speaker 1: the unsearchable riches of Christ. There is nothing that Christ
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Speaker 1: desires so much as agents who will represent to the
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Speaker 1: world his spirit and character. There is nothing that the
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Speaker 1: world needs so much as the manifestation through humanity of
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Speaker 1: the Saviour's love. All heaven is waiting for channels through
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Speaker 1: which can be poured the Holy oil to be a
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Speaker 1: joy and blessing to human hearts. Christ has made every
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Speaker 1: provision that his Church shall be a transformed body, illumined
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Speaker 1: with the light of the world, possessing the glory of Immanuel.
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Speaker 1: It is his purpose that every Christian shall be surrounded
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Speaker 1: with the spiritual atmosphere of light and peace. He desires
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Speaker 1: that we shall reveal his own joy in our lives.
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Speaker 1: The indwelling of the Spirit will be shown by the
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Speaker 1: outflowing of heavenly love. The divine fullness will flow through
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Speaker 1: the consecrated human agent, to be given forth to others.
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Speaker 1: The Sun of righteousness has healing in his wings, so
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Speaker 1: from every true disciple is to be diffused an influence
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Speaker 1: for life, courage, helpfulness, and true healing. The religion of
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Speaker 1: Christ means more than the forgiveness of sins. It means
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Speaker 1: taking away our sins and filling the vacuum with the
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Speaker 1: graces of the Holy Spirit. It means divine illumination, rejoicing
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Speaker 1: in God. It means a heart emptied of self and
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Speaker 1: blessed with the abiding presence of Christ. When Christ reigns
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Speaker 1: in the soul, there is purity, freedom from sin, the glory,
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Speaker 1: the fullness, the completeness of the Gospel plan is fulfilled
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Speaker 1: in the life. The acceptance of the Savior brings a
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Speaker 1: glow of perfect peace, perfect love, perfect assurance. The beauty
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Speaker 1: and fragrance of the character of Christ revealed in the
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Speaker 1: life testifies that God has indeed sent his son into
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Speaker 1: the world to be its savior. Christ does not bid
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Speaker 1: his followers strive to shine. He says, let your light shine.
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Speaker 1: If you have received the grace of God, the light
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Speaker 1: is in you. Remove the obstructions, and the Lord's glory
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Speaker 1: will be revealed. The light will shine forth to penetrate
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Speaker 1: and dispel the darkness you cannot help, shining within the
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Speaker 1: range of your influence. The revelation of his own glory
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Speaker 1: in the form of humanity will bring Heaven so near
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Speaker 1: to men that the beauty adorning the Inner Temple will
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Speaker 1: be seen in every soul in whom the Savior dwells.
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Speaker 1: Men will be captivated by the glory of an abide
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Speaker 1: in Christ, and in currents of praise and thanksgiving from
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Speaker 1: the many souls. Thus one to God. Glory will flow
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Speaker 1: back to the Great Giver. Arise, shine, for Thy light
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Speaker 1: is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen
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Speaker 1: upon thee To those who go out to meet the Bridegroom.
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Speaker 1: Is this message given. Christ is coming with power and
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Speaker 1: great glory. He is coming with his own glory and
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Speaker 1: with the glory of the Father. He is coming with
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Speaker 1: all the Holy angels with him. While all the world
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Speaker 1: is plunged in darkness, there will be a light in
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Speaker 1: every dwelling of the saints. They will catch the first
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Speaker 1: light of his second appearing. The unsullied light will shine
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Speaker 1: from his splendor, and Christ the Redeemer will be admired
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Speaker 1: by all who have served him, while the wicked flee
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Speaker 1: from his presence. Christ's followers will rejoice. The patriarch, job
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Speaker 1: looking down unto the time of Christ's second Advent, said,
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Speaker 1: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold.
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Speaker 1: And not a stranger to his faithful followers, Christ has
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Speaker 1: been a daily companion and a familiar friend. They have
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Speaker 1: lived in close contact, in close communion with God. Upon them,
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Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord has risen in them. The
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Speaker 1: light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
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Speaker 1: the face of Jesus Christ has been reflected. Now they
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Speaker 1: rejoice in the undimmed rays of the brightness and glory
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Speaker 1: of the King in his majesty. They are prepared for
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Speaker 1: the communion of heaven, for they have heaven in their hearts,
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Speaker 1: with uplifted heads, with the bright beams of the sun
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Speaker 1: of righteousness shining upon them. With rejoicing that their redemption
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Speaker 1: draweth nigh, they go forth to meet the bridegroom, saying, lo,
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Speaker 1: this is our God. We have waited for him, and
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Speaker 1: he will save us. And I heard, as it were
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Speaker 1: the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice
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Speaker 1: of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings,
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Speaker 1: saying alle Luyah. For the Lord God, omnipotent, reigneth. Let
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Speaker 1: us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him.
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Speaker 1: For the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
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Speaker 1: wife hath made herself ready, and he saith unto me.
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Speaker 1: Right blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
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Speaker 1: supper of the Lamb. He is Lord of lords and
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Speaker 1: king of kings, and they that are with him are
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Speaker 1: called and chosen and faithful. End of Chapter thirty