CALL TO THE CHURCHES

Having shown that the prophecy relating to the time when the “loud voice” of the message should go forth was fulfilled, we will examine predictions relating to other features of the work, noticing how they met their accomplishment. The first prediction relates to the class of people to whom the call should first be made, found in Luke’s record of Christ’s teachings, and reads: “A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servants at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.” ^{8Luke 14:16, 17.} The supper is the last meal of the day, and at the close of the day. This call, undoubtedly, has reference to the marriage supper of the Lamb, of which the apostle John speaks: “Blessed are they which are called unto theLDT 154.2