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ПЪРВО ЧЕТИВО Ще ви дам ново сърце и нов дух ще вложа посред вас. Четене из книгата на Пророк Иезекиил 36,23-28 В онези дни: Тъй казва Господ: "Ще осветя великото Си име, обезславено от народите, сред които го обезславихте, и ще познаят народите, че Аз съм Господ, казва Господ Бог, когато покажа върху вас светостта си пред очите им. Ще ви взема из народите, ще ви събера от всички страни и ще ви доведа във вашата земя. И ще ви поръся с чиста вода, - и вие ще се очистите от всички ваши скверности, и от всички ваши идоли ще ви очистя. Ще ви дам ново сърце и нов дух ще ви дам; ще взема из вашата кръв каменно сърце и ще ви дам сърце от плът. Ще вложа във вас Моя Дух и ще направя да ходите по Моите заповеди, да пазите и изпълнявате Моите наредби. И ще живеете на земята, която дадох на отците ви, и ще бъдете народ Мой, и Аз ще бъда ваш Бог." Това е Божие слово. Пс 50,12-13.14-15.18-19 (О: Иез 36,25) Ще ви поръся с чиста вода, и ще се очистите от всички ваши скверности. Сърце чисто създай в мене, Боже, и несломим дух обнови в мене. Не ме отхвърляй от лицето Си, и Светия Твой Дух не отнемай от Мене. O Върни ми радостта на Твоето спасение, и във великодушие ме утвърди. Беззаконните ще науча на Твоите пътища, и грешниците към Тебе ще се обърнат. O Защото нито на жертви се радваш, и ако бих ти дал всесъжение, не би го приел. Моята жертва, Боже, е дух съкрушен; сърце съкрушено и смирено, Боже, не ще презреш. O АЛИЛУЯ Пс 94,8ав O Алилуя. Не ожесточавайте днес сърцата си, а чуйте гласа Господен. O Алилуя. ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ Колкото души намерите, поканете ги на сватбата. Четене от светото Евангелие според Матей 22,1-14 В онова време: Като им отговори, Исус продължи да говори на първосвещениците и стареите народни с притчи, като казваше: Царството небесно прилича на човек цар, който направи сватба на сина си. И разпрати слугите си да повикат поканените на сватбата, а те не искаха да дойдат. Пак изпрати други слуги, като рече: "Кажете на поканените: Ето, приготвих моя обяд; юнците ми и каквото е угоено, са заклани, и всичко е готово: дойдете на сватбата." Но те пренебрегнаха: и отидоха кой на нива, кой по търговия; други пък хванаха слугите му и ги убиха. Като чу за това царят, разгневи се, изпрати войските си, та погуби ония убийци и изгори града им. Тогава каза на слугите си: "Сватбата е готова, ала поканените не бяха достойни. Затова идете по кръстовищата и, колкото души намерите, поканете ги на сватбата." И като излязоха тия слуги по пътищата, събраха всички, колкото намериха - и лоши, и добри; и напълни се сватбения дом с много сътрапезници. Царят, като влезе да види насядалите, съгледа там един, който не бе облечен в сватбарска премяна, и каза му: "Приятелю, как влезе тук, като не си в сватбарска премяна?" А той мълчеше. Тогава царят рече на слугите: "Вържете му ръцете и нозете, вземете и го хвърлете във външната тъмнина; там ще бъде плач и скърцане със зъби." Защото мнозина са звани, а малцина избрани. Това е слово Господне.
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Who will be present at the wedding of the Lamb? There are a couple of passages in the Bible that talk about the wedding of the Lamb. From these passages I have chosen to look at two of them today. Revelation 19:6-9 and Matthew 22:1-14 6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[a] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” REVELATION 19:6-9 1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and[a] cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Who will be present at the wedding of the Lamb? - At the wedding of the Lamb will be present all those who received an invitation - At the wedding of the Lamb will be present those who prepared their clothing/tunic - At the wedding of the Lamb people will need to bring their gift Although in the real life the accent is put on the way the bride is dressed and she is in the center of the attention when it comes to the wedding of the Lamb, the groom is in the centre, in the spotlights. Why is that? i think one of the first reasons is because he is the Son of God! The second one might be because he is worthy to receive all the glory, all the praise and honour – he is Holy. He has given his life and submitted his life at Calvary at the will of the Father in order for the Bride – the church to be ready. All people are invited to the wedding, but even though many are chosen only a few of them will actually be present at the wedding of the Lamb – see the Glory of the Lamb, worship and spend a life in the presence of the King. That is because even though many people receive the invitation to the wedding not all will accept it. But what does it mean to accept the invitation of the Father? To accept the invitation of the Lamb means to STOP and acknowledge some simple truths: who is making the invitation (a), why is he making the invitation (b) and I need to know the groom before accepting the invitation (c). God, the Father is the one making the invitation at the wedding of the Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus in Matthew is saying through this parable that the King (the Father) has prepared the wedding and that the wedding is ready to take place. And the wedding is for Jesus Christ – the Lamb of God that has lifted the sin of the world and the burden of our sins, stepping in and being the the Lamb that was slain being the ultimate sacrifice received by God to free the nations from the bondage of sins. If you do not know the Lamb – the Groom there is no desire to prepare yourself for the wedding and have no intention of attending to it. However things change when you know the groom, when you are close to him. you want to be present – to be there and rejoice with Him. That is why Paul states that he is eager to get there – to the Kingdom of Heaven, where Jesus Christ is. God makes the invitation many times because of his great love, mercy and grace. But even though the invitation has been said done many times most people found excuses or even mocked, killed the messengers. In Israel as well as in other places of the world the Christians were persecuted because of the message that they were sharing. The Israelite priests killed John the Baptist, killed Jesus Christ because he stated that he was the Son of God. The Romans killed the early Christians because of their faith. Tertullian said that the blood of the Martyrs is the best thing that can happen to Christianity because is stands as a testimony that God is real and that the more the Romans kill the more people will accept the message of love of Jesus Christ – the more people will become followers of the one they try to deny, to destroy. (to be continued) Posted on: February 12, 2018, by : all4jesuschrist