The fool-killer., 1919-10-01
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Bridegroom, and will be given
higher or lower seats in the
wedding company according as
they have lived their Christian
lives. Then there are still other
Christians who will be shut out
from the Feast. How. do I
know? The parable of the Ten
Virgins proves it. Read it care
fully and you will see that ALL
Of the ten were WAITING for
the Bridegroom to come. The
fact that they all went out to-
gether to meet the Bridegroom
and were. all waiting for Him,
proves that they all believed in
and loved the Bridegroom; but
five of them did not love Him
we'll enough to be careful to car
ry a good supply of oil (the oil
symbolizes the Holy Spirit,) and
they were left behind. You no
tice that all of their lamps had
been burning just alike. And
when the approach of the Bride
groom was announced they all
arose and trimmed their lamps
just alike. But five of them dis
covered that their supply of oil.
was exhausted and their lamps
were going out. Bible readers
usually interpret the five foolish
virgins to be the unsaved; but 1
say that so wise a mind as
Christ's would never have used
the word VIRGIN, which means
PURE AND UNDEFILED, to
represent the unsaved sinners.
He might reasonably have used
the word chariot" or some such
word as that to represent the
unsaved sinners, but He certain
ly would never have called them
VIRGINS.
So I, along with lots of others,
believe that the salvation Christ
offered to the world centers
mainly in selecting this honored
Church-Bride and Guests for the
Feast, and there is absolutely
no second chance" to get in
that glorious company. But the
parable seems to teach that as
many GOOD people were. shut
out as get in, and | understand
they are to go through the
great tribulation'' and become
more fitted for the glorious re-
turn of Christ as King.
AS every King has a Queen, so
Christ's Church-Bride will sit on
the throne and REIGN WITH
HIM. AS every King also has a
court of helpers around him, like
our President has a Cabinet
l Senators, Congressman, ETC., Sc
! the guests Of the Heavenly
Wedding Feast will occup,
:, places of honor in that righteou
court. All the rest will be HAP
. Ply SUBJECTS, just as we
: would now. be happy subjects Of
! our American government if we
: had a Christ for a President and
! a perfectly righteous govern
, ment through and through.
To escape the "tribulation'
> %(whatever it may be) coming on
the earth, should be the ultimate
aim of every Christian, and the
| "prize of the high-calling" spok-
en- of by Paul means, I believe, to
strive to be a part Of the Bride
of Christ, certainly not less than
to be an honored Guest at the
Wedding Feast. Russell's So
! called second chance" certainly
+ comes AFTER this Feast, and it
is certain that all living under
, the reign of Christ and his
noble Bride and their Guests
!, will have a better chance than
people now have to believe in the
, Holy Father and live righteous
. lives.
! Does all this sound silly to
: you? It seems to me the most
reasonable plan an All-Wise God
d1Iu 1OV1iIS dII1c1 COu1O nave
made for His fallen creatures
And who can prove that some
T. other plan is to be carried out?
= I have tried to make it al
y plain. I have heard people say
you can prove ANYTHING by thu
S Bible-no, you can't. If thu
a Bible is used to prove anything
outside of truth, the proof i
r false, and is not proof. TIL
Word of God is Truth and will
J. not prove anything but Truth.
Some say. the "no-helT' doc
e trine will keep souls from bein,
saved. Will it? Recently
y heard one Of your favorite Bap
is fist preachers plead with hi
# congregation to come to Chris
le and escape an awful hell til
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