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, 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 in some cases 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 Israel about the one true God.

Look at this amazing new knowledge.

EX 6 V 3

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I 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.

The next verse shows why God showed Moses that He was the eternal, the only  one true God.

EX 6 V 6-8

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 
 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. 

The reader should now understand that just as Abraham did not have all knowledge, neither did Gods 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.

Lets look at the attitude the Israelites had toward God after He had brought them out of Egypt and performed many miracles in their sight……..

DEUT 1 V 28-32

8Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. 29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32Yet in this thing ye 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 lets see what eventually happened to the nation of Israel

2 KINGS 17 V 12-18

12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye 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. 14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

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….

MARK 1 V 15

15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

MARK 5 V 36

36As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not 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.

MARK 9 V 24

24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine 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.

JOHN 5 V 37-38

7And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

We see here quite plainly that they do not believe God. Now in verse 39 is a very interesting statement by Christ.

JOHN 5 V 39

39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Christ tells 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. You will find .
This next verse shows that Christ knows who are His, and those who are His know Him. They believe Him. If we are Christs we will believe Him. 

JOHN 10 V 26 –30

26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 30I and my Father are one.

HEB 11 V 6

6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that 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.

2 THES 2 V 10-12

10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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.

JUDE 5

5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Do not be fooled, unbelief is no little thing in Gods 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.

PSALM 78 V 21- 22

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

The ancient Israelites had many miracles performed in their sight and yet they still did not believe God.

MATT 10 V 14-15

14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

This is another verse which shows quite clearly that God just simply will not tolerate this disbelief that people have and show quite clearly towards Him and His servants.

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 Gods 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…..

JOHN 17 V 8-10

8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

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 Gods people, Jesus will intercede for us, and we belong to God. How fantastic, but we must believe Him.

ROM 4 V 3

3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Abraham was the father of the faithful, and He believed God. God loves this in us.

JOHN 12 V 44 - 46

Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Christ makes it very plain, that if we believe Him, we will believe the Father also.

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the Father, but 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 lets 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.

Lets 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.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 
Mat 22:3  And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 
Mat 22:4  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 
Mat 22:5  But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 
Mat 22:6  And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 
Mat 22:7  But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 
Mat 22:8  Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 
Mat 22:9  Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 
Mat 22:10  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 
Mat 22:11  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 
Mat 22:12  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 
Mat 22:13  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen. 

Luk 14:16  Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 
Luk 14:17  And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 
Luk 14:18  And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 
Luk 14:19  And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 
Luk 14:20  And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 
Luk 14:21  So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 
Luk 14:22  And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 
Luk 14:23  And the lord said unto 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 unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 

MATT 22 V 1-3

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 

LUKE 14 V 15-20

15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

This is referring to the marriage of the Lamb.

REV 19 V 7

7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 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 V 9

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

MATT 25 V 10

10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: 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 Chosen and Faithful” at this site. But for space, I will explain that the called are those who can suddenly understand the bible, they keep the 10 commandments and the Holy Days, they keep the Sabbath, and they have a desire to learn more about God and to obey Him. They are baptised by Gods ministers and have received a down payment of Gods Spirit, called the Spirit of promise.

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, the parable of the talents and the workers in the field, to mention a few.

To continue on our spiritual path requires much time, dedication, effort, and 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 Gods 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. So that is  why they would not come.

MATT 22 V 4 - 5

4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

LUKE 14 V 21-22

21So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

This is the second time the guests are invited now, from Gods servants. The 1st invitation was from Mr. Armstrong. This is the 2nd invitation, this is in the Last Era of Gods church. 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.

Once again it is to the church, those that are called, and now it is getting perilously close to the wedding ceremony, and still they are just too busy.

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 Gods people, just as Gods church was given the 1st invitation so Gods 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 Gods church now in the Laodicean Era of the Church.

How do we know this astounding truth……..look at the description in Luke 14 v 21 of who are invited to the wedding…….

LUKE 14 V 21

…….and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

Now lets compare the description of the last era of Gods church, the Laodicean Church.

REV 3 V 14, 17

4And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;……

knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and 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 Gods people, the second invitation went out to the Laodicean Church. That is the era we are in today. Remember that Mr. Armstrong told us we were the Philadelphian Era of the Church, sadly Mr. Armstrong, the faithful and loyal servant of God, has been dead now  since 1986.  Gods church has now become the Laodicean Era. So this 2nd invitation is to this era of Gods church.

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 Gods people went in separate directions

MATT 22 V 5

5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

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, Gods 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.

MATT 22 V 6

6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 

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 above 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.

MATT 24 V 9-10

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

MARK 13 V 9-13

9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 10And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Lets 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.

MATT 22 V 7

7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

Eze 9:1  He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. 
Eze 9:2  And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. 
Eze 9:3  And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 
Eze 9:4  And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 
Eze 9:5  And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 
Eze 9:6  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. 
 

MATT 22 V 8

8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden 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…….

LUKE 14 V 23-24

23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of 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 Jacobs 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 Gods church, they repented and believed God. This is astounding fact.  Some of the articles at this site explain that the nation of Israel repent during the captivity.

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 Gods supper. They will be locked out when the door is closed, as other parables state. What a sad ending for some in Gods church.

MATT 22 V 9-10

9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished 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 of Gods people, they ultimately, after the time of Jacobs Trouble{or during it} had the attitude of repentance and God could use them.

MATT 22 V 11

11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

Someone thought they could get into the Wedding Feast, with their old attitude, but the ones who will be allowed to the Feast, must have a changed attitude, one of repentance and they must believe God. They must be willing to change from their old ways. Or else God won’t be able to use them.

The following scripture shows that the man without the wedding garment is in fact a son of Christ {a 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}

MATT 22 V 12

12And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having 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. 

MATT 22 V 13

13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall 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 Gods 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 Gods 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, spend 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.

MATT 22 V 14

For many are called, but few are chosen.