"To Stand Accepted"

"My praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear Him." (Psalms 22:25) The ago old story of Jesus and His love for His sheep, that not one single sheep will be lost from His fold. The vows that Jesus paid for our sins, He paid gladly, and with great wiliness to see the finished result of all that He suffered and died through. There are a couple "great congregations" that this could be speaking of; one in particular is that of Shoel, when Jesus spends time there declaring to all the saints of old what He had just completed, and where they are headed next. However, there is another "great congregation" that this could be speaking of; one in which we all will stand before the throne in heaven, arrayed in white linen, and as white as snow. Revelation 19:6 & 7 says, "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let 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." If you can imagine the bride which is about to be married and how she has prepared herself to walk down that isle; the moment of great anticipation and longing, as she approaches the groom, who is standing there with acceptance and joy with every step she takes closer to him. The other thing that takes place in a marriage ceremony is that of exchanging vows, if you can try and imagine what that might be like; and one thing is for sure, Jesus will not be displayed as a wounded Lamb at His wedding, even though it might be called "The Marriage of The Lamb"; He only had to be a Lamb to redeem us, not to accept us... "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written that no man knew, but He himself. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD. And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (Revelation 19:11-16)