Wedding Garment
Definition
Many who respond to the Gospel preaching are called into Christ’s Kingdom, but the true members are only the chosen; entry is not by holiness or merit but by the mercy of the Calling, while the distinction is established at the later judgment.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Calling And Election Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen
Biblical References
- Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-19 — Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with he
- Zechariah 9:9 — *Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: He is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey— on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. *
- Isaiah 62:11 — Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him, and his reward goes before him!’”
- John 12:12-13 — The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes
- Luke 19:37-40 — *As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen: “Blessed is the king who comes *
- Psalm 8:3; Matthew 21:15-16 — When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the childre