Bible Handbook

Coming Of Judgment, or Going To the Marriage

• Malachi 3:1-5. Christ will suddenly come to judgment. BHB 21.6

• Daniel 7:9, 10, 13, 14; Matthew 25:10. Christ went to the marriage when He went to the judgment. The Great Controversy, 427. BHB 21.7

• Revelation 21:9, 10. The New Jerusalem, the bride. BHB 21.8

• Isaiah 62:4. The land is married, becomes the bride. BHB 21.9

• 2 Corinthians 11:2; Isaiah 54:5; Ephesians 5:23. The church is the bride. Christ is married to the city, the land, and the church. BHB 21.10

• Daniel 7:13, 14. Christ brought before the Father to receive His kingdom. It takes four things to make a kingdom: viz., territory, people, capital, or seat of government, and a king. The giving of the city, people and land to Christ, the King, constitutes the marriage. BHB 21.11

• Luke 19:12. Christ has gone into a far country to receive a kingdom. Testimonies for the Church 8:37. BHB 22.1

• Daniel 7:9, 10. Judgment precedes the marriage, as it must be determined who are the subjects of the kingdom before they are given to Christ. The Great Controversy, 428. BHB 22.2

• Matthew 22:2, 8-14. The judgment is compared to the examination of wedding garments. The Great Controversy, 427. BHB 22.3

• Matthew 25:1-10. All that are ready will have on the wedding garment. Christ’s Object Lessons, 406, 407. BHB 22.4

• Revelation 19:7, 8. The necessary garment is the white robe of righteousness. BHB 22.5

• Isaiah 61:10. The garments are provided; guests have only to accept them. BHB 22.6

• Revelation 3:5. They are given to the overcomers. BHB 22.7