The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-19

tells us that after the competition OF
the Church, spiritual israel. the l44.-
| 600, a great multitude will come up
through great CIRCULATION and wash
their robes and make them white in
| the blood Of the Lamb" These will be
honored with place before the
Throne, while the elect" as the
Bride. will be honored with Emmanuel
| IN His Throne.
This multitude will be granted palm
branches. representing a 6naI victory,
but they will never be granted the
crowns Of victory, which wilt belong
only to the elect, wise virgin" class.
the Bride upon the Throne. The Bride
class will be the Temple, composed of
living stones; but the Great Company.
the foolish virgin" class. will not be
stones of that Temple. but will serve
God in the Temple. An honorable
place will thus be granted the foolish
virgins" who finally get the oil and
finally cleanse their robes in the time
Of trouble. but never will they attain
the portion Of the Bride.
In Psalm xiv we have a description
Of the Church in glory. the Wise vir-
gin class. She is pictured as Bride.
all glorious within and clothed in raj.
ment of gold and fine needlework. The
Heavenly Bridegroom will present her
faultless before His Father. the Great
King; and then we read. 1.-The virgins,
her companions. shall follow her; they
shall be brought into the presence of
the King" How glad we are that in
Divine providence their weeping and
gnashing OF teeth and sorrow and dis
appointment at losing place In the
Bride Glass will eventually work out
for them a contrition Of heart and II
demonstration of loyalty which Goo
can reward with a blessing upon tht
Heavenly plane!
Waiiing In Outer Darkness.
Another text dealing with "wailiu.'
and gnashing of teeth" deserves con
sideration here. 1t occurs in connec
ton with the parable of the Weddin
Garment. That parable pictures tn
closing time OF this Age. when undo
Divine blessing Gods most sanity PEI
pie will be given greater light on HI
Word and be enabled thereby to NOR
fully appreciate the lengths. breadth>
heights and depths of His Love ant
Its wonderful providences.
These consecrated ones are repre-.
scented as being gathered into a great
banquet hall, radiantly beautiful. H.
1t they tarry, waiting to be usherpo
into the banquet proper. in an adjoin
ing apartment. The light of thes.
apartments is In the parable wildly
contrasted with the darkness that pre-
walls outside. which darkness repre-
sents the condition OF the world and ali
of Gods people who nave not yet come
into the light OF present truth
The parable is given specially to
show the necessity Of the wedding
garment"-tha none may enter into
the marriage feast except be acknowl
edges and uses the wedding gar
ment." On such festival occasions in
| ancient times it was customary that
host with garments OF white which
would cover their own garments. and
for the time being. as his guests. this
placed them all ON the same footing.
whatever their ordinary station in life.
Thus we have pictured the Justification
gift through the merit OF their Re
deemer Being justified by faith the
consecrated have not only peace with
God. but they have access to this Zig
urative marriage supper srl
The parable is laid in the end Of this
Age and points out that at this time
an inspection Of the Church may be
| expected. when the king came in he
beheld a man who had not on a we'd
| ding garment" The implication is that
| the man had put on the wedding gar
| ment, else he could not have gone in
at all; and his appearing later on
| without wedding garment implies
! that he had rejected the robe pr0vid-
ed by his host.
Thus he represented class Of Chris
| tians in this our day who. after be-
| lieving in the merit of Christs sacri.
fee. and accepting it as the passport
| to favors and privileges. ultimately
| reject it and count it common or un.
| important. The parable shows what is
| to be expected now. namely, that the
Great King will command that such
as ignore the merit of His sacrifice be
| cast into outer darkness.
| Outer Darkness General.
] But let us note carefully that the
"outer darkness" is not something be-
yond death. but that it prevails every,
where. all around us. Darkness GOV.
ers the earth and gross darkness tse
heathen." The only ones who are in
| the light are the ones whom the Lord
has specially received and specially en-
lightened and specially privileged be-
! cause they wear the wedding gar
ment' of Christs righteousness. The
casting out of the one without the
wedding garment into 'outer dark
| ness" therefore would mean merely
that such one. despite his struggles
anQefesire to remain in the light, would
| by Divine providence be forced into
the darkness common to the whole
world and lose those special privileges
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