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Inviting guests to the wedding banquet of the Lamb means gathering the people who will attend the heavenly wedding banquet and be saved. That’s why it is written that those who are invited to the wedding banquet are blessed. Some insist that the bride is saints, but it is a misinterpretation. If the bride is saints, we cannot explain the identity of those who are invited. Since the bridegroom and the bride are inviting guests, the bride and the guests are fundamentally different. In addition to the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus always likened His disciples to the guests of a wedding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+2%3A18-19&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 2:18–19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Therefore, those who are invited to the heavenly wedding banquet are the saints. | Inviting guests to the wedding banquet of the Lamb means gathering the people who will attend the heavenly wedding banquet and be saved. That’s why it is written that those who are invited to the wedding banquet are blessed. Some insist that the bride is saints, but it is a misinterpretation. If the bride is saints, we cannot explain the identity of those who are invited. Since the bridegroom and the bride are inviting guests, the bride and the guests are fundamentally different. In addition to the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus always likened His disciples to the guests of a wedding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+2%3A18-19&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 2:18–19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Therefore, those who are invited to the heavenly wedding banquet are the saints. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+22%3A14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Matthew 22:14]}} | {{quote5 |내용= “For many are invited, but few are '''chosen'''.” |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+22%3A14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Matthew 22:14]}} | ||
Guests are described not only as the invited but also as the chosen. Since the saints are called “the chosen” and “the remnants chosen by grace,”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Romans+11%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Romans 11:5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> it is clear that the guests indicate the saints. | Guests are described not only as the invited but also as the chosen. Since the saints are called “the chosen” and “the remnants chosen by grace,”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Romans+11%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Romans 11:5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> it is clear that the guests indicate the saints. | ||