For Many Are Called

As I talk to people and people see different situations in the world, it's easy for people to say, well, life is not fair. Life is not fair.

And when you look at it in the context of what's happening in the world, the world situations and things like that, people ask, you know, what is happening?

You know, there's so much evil and really what is going on?

And when I talk to different people, one of the things that you and I know, quite often talk about is John 644. And where it basically says that no one can come to me unless the father calls him or her and then Christ will raise him up or her up.

And so that again, for people in the world, raises some questions and says, you know, if that is the case, then even more so, God's not fair. Because, you know, God's not calling us. So they lost life. Their life is lost. Their hope is gone.

And they say, therefore, we have to go out and make an effort to save more souls. You know, and therefore we got to preach to save more souls. And that I encounter a lot when I go with people that are basically good people. I'm not judging them. They are nice people. They're good people. But they're just not called and they don't fully understand what true conversion is all about and what it is to have God's Holy Spirit. Because all these people say, I'm being baptized. I've got God's Holy Spirit. And it's a little challenge to say it mildly, but they don't fully understand what is going on and what God is doing. I mean, another example is the parable of the wedding and people being invited to the wedding. And then we read in Matthew 22. In Matthew 22, we see the parable of the wedding. And you see it talks about the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven. In verse 2, it's like a king who organized or arranged marriage for his son. And he goes out and calls people and says, come to the wedding. Come to the wedding and everything is ready. I prepared the dinner and it's a great reception and people don't want to come. No, I'm not coming. No, I can't come for one or another reason.

And then they just don't come. And we read, for instance, in verse 8 and 9, then he said to his servants, the wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

They were not worthy. It's interesting because then it goes on a bit further and says, go into the highways and as as many as you find, invite the wedding. And it is, in a way, as I see, many people are called. And you see that at the end of that parable in verse 14, for many are called, but few are chosen. And many people are called, but they don't come to the church. They don't commit. They don't change their lives. And they just go on. And you see in some poor countries, a lot of people are changing their lives. I mean, obviously, the total number of world populations is nothing, but we see more people coming.

But the question is still asked, why so few people? Why so few people? Because it says, few are chosen. Few are chosen. And that gets even more complicated when people read 1 Timothy chapter 2. In 1 Timothy chapter 2, we read that God wants everybody to be saved. 1 Timothy chapter 2 verse 3 and 4 says, for this is a good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now, how is that possible? Because, you know, people are just not coming to the truth. Well, interesting enough, some of those people, in some cases, they print a card. You probably come across that. They print a card, you know. You read this and Jesus loves you. And then you turn on the back, congratulations, because you read this and now you're saved. You know, on top of that, quote unquote, accept Jesus and you there. But there is, in some people, this question, why? Why so few people are called when God desires all men to be saved? And this is because people don't understand God's plan.

That's God's great mystery. I mean, if we look at Romans chapter 10 and 11, and Romans chapter 10 and 11 is very enlightening chapters, but in chapter 10, Paul writes, Reverend, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. And I think your desire and our desire is that friends and siblings and those of our nation, that they all may be saved.

And then Paul says, for I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God. And you and I can say to a lot of our friends and people that are very good people, they have a zeal for God. So I'm not imputing any wrong motive. These people have a zeal for God. But Paul says, but not according to knowledge. There's something they don't know.

And Paul says something very interesting in verse 3 of chapter 10, for they be ignorant of God's righteousness, ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness. They have not submitted to the righteousness of God. You know, as we read for the emphasis in Romans chapter 4, in Romans chapter 4, we talk about the situation of Abraham. And he says, in verse 2, Romans 4, for if Abraham was justified by words, he has something to boast about, but not before God. Now, the word justified is also, by the way, an important word because people read into that word saying, saved. Well, it's two different words. Justified means made right with God. It does not yet mean saved. It's two different things. But then he says, in verse 3, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

His absolute trust in God, causing him to do what God had asked him to do, then was accounted to him, was credited to him as righteousness. In other words, that is God's righteousness. It was not his own self-righteousness. And that's why it says a little later in verse 6 and verse 5, says, but starting verse 5, but to him who does not work but believes on him, who justifies them godly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. And this is the way people really go wrong. Because they say, oh well, I believe in Jesus, therefore, no. Always read beyond the word believe, practice and obey. Because if I believe what you say, I'm going to do what you tell me to do, because I believe in you. So, and this is where people go wrong.

But yeah, in verse 6, it's just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works. It's in other words, it's not self-righteousness, but it's God given righteousness to us. In other words, you read that in verse 8, says, blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin. In other words, the sin is forgiven because we trust, we believe in him, and we're gonna do what he says.

We are committed to do what he says. And therefore, Christ forgives ourselves. And therefore, it's not our self-righteousness, it's God's righteousness credited upon us. That's what, back to Romans 10, verse 3, they ignorant of God's righteousness and they seek to establish their own righteousness, their own self-righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Okay, so what is Paul leading up to? Paul is leading up to, as we see, for instance, in chapter 11, he says, I say then, has God cast away his people?

Because you and I know, the Israelites messed it up. And I mean, Israelites mean Jews and other nations of the other tribes. They messed it up, and they end up, they're going to slavery, and you know the story. And so, as God cast away his people, and then Paul answers this, he says, certainly not. I mean, I'm an Israelite, and so what is the understanding? And the understanding is described a little later in verse 25 of Romans 11, for it says, for I do not desire brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

And so, all Israel shall be saved. And that applies to the whole world. I mean, God does not discriminate, so the prophecies were to Israel, but God is offering it to the whole world. And so, blindness has happened to the world until he has a specific set of people ready and prepared. You see, so a little bit further, Paul describes this in verse 33, he says, oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways.

You see, God's got a plan, and in his plan, he's only calling a number of people, of those that he calls, even less accept and change and respond to that calling. And therefore, very few are chosen, or let's call it selected, very few, very few are chosen. And that's why in Romans 11 verse 32, he says, God has committed all these other people to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all. If people knew better, then how could he show mercy on them? But because they did it in ignorance and in basically not knowing, as Paul mentioned in chapter 10 verse 2, not according to knowledge, they didn't have the knowledge.

And so they didn't know better. And therefore, God can show them mercy. And this is what mankind does not understand. Mankind does not understand that this is not the only day of salvation. And really, that's what I'm talking about today, that this is not the only day of salvation.

You see, God's got a plan, and when we read 1 Corinthians 15, which is the resurrection chapter, we see that at the beginning of 1 Corinthians 15, we see that obviously Christ is resurrected. It goes through the start of the chapter, confirming that. That he's resurrected on the third day, and that again is a stumbling block for people, because from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning is not three days and three nights. And in fact, Christ was not resurrected Sunday morning, because when the ladies went there Sunday morning, he was not there.

He had already resurrected. And so anyway, that's another subject. But the point is, Christ did resurrect. And the mere fact that Paul, we are describes, it says, if the dead do not rise, Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, I'm reading now in verse 17 of 1 Corinthians 15, your faith is futile.

If Christ is not risen, all I hope is gone. Gone. Eusus. Eusus. Because Christ died. And then again, it's, it shoots a complete hole in the whole concept of Trinity. Because if there was such a thing as a Trinity, Christ would have never really died. Because he was still alive. Because three in one, it's kind of, you know, it's not really dead. It's kind of a ploy of deception if that, if God would have done that. But it's two different persons, two different beings. And Christ was really dead. Dead. Dead.

For three days and three nights. And that puts another hole on the thief on the cross, you know. Well, you know, how could he be in paradise with Christ that same day? Because Christ was dead! So that, that is also another interesting one there. Because Christ was not saying that he would be the thief on the cross in heaven that same day. Because Christ was dead. So you'll be there and Christ wouldn't. Which is kind of ridiculous. So, but the point is, it's not just Christ dying. Because if it was just Christ dying, then still would have no hope. Because that means you died and and you're not resurrected. Which means then you just count it as another sinner.

And there's no hope. So it's, it's death and it's resurrection. The two go hand in hand.

And so, Christ had to die and resurrect for us. But going back to this plan of God, he had to do it first. And, and in 1 Corinthians 15, it's talking about, look, just like in Adam, everybody dies. You read that in verse 22. But in Christ, all will be made alive.

Now, when it says, all will be made alive, it means all.

Whoever you may think that is the worst person, let's say you consider that maybe Adolf Hitler was the worst person, he will be made alive.

Because all will be made alive, like in Adam all died. So, in Christ, all will be made alive. But the point is, yeah, in verse 23, he says, there is a timing of when the resurrection will happen. Christ first. Then those that are Christ's, as we read in verse 23, at peace coming.

And then will come the end when will be the judgment and will be the latter resurrection after a thousand years. The rest of the dead will not resurrect for a thousand years as we read in Revelation 20. And so, there is a sequence. There is a sequence. And this is very important to understand this mystery. You see, and this resurrection of those that Christ is coming, it's very clear when we read, still in the same chapter in verses 50 through 52, it says, Brethren, I say that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption. That is important for us to understand, because you and I are flesh and blood. You just have to give yourself a cut accidentally, maybe in the kitchen trying to cut some vegetables or something like that, and then you accidentally, your knife slips, and you cut yourself. You are flesh and blood. And then he says, but I'm telling your mystery that not everybody will die, not all will sleep, but we'll all be changed or transformed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the lost trumpet. So now it brings in the understanding of the seven trumpets that you and I understand from the book of Revelation.

And, Reverend, people get confused because they start saying, oh well, trumpets were played at every holiday, blah, blah, blah, blah. These are not normal trumpets. These are prophetic, seven prophetic trumpets in the book of Revelation. So they have very specific meaning. And that's why we have the day of trumpets that points to all these seven prophetic trumpets. And as we study, we understand it's a period of a year, the last year of the Great Tribulation. And then he says, at the last trump, that's the seventh trump, symbolized by the day of trumpets. That's when we'll resurrect or we'll be changed if we still alive.

I mean, we are careful in saying that because, you know, some people say, oh well, you said it was a day of trumpets and nobody knows the day or the hour, etc, etc. And so we are careful in saying, it symbolizes the day of trumpets. But on the other side, I'll say God does everything on time.

Passover was on the 14th. The day they left Egypt, Christ died on the 14th. It's all done on time.

Pentecost was 50 days from the counting of the wave sheath. And when the 50th day was completely fulfilled, God's Holy Spirit was given. It's on time. So I'll just leave it at that.

But at the point is, it's very interesting that God does everything on time. So what do we have here?

Is that there's going to be a period that Christ is going to come and it's going to rain on earth. Quite often, we don't understand what the seventh trumpet is. And in the book of Revelation, if we go to Revelation 11, that's when the seventh trumpet occurs. 11-15. So after that, we're talking about events that are after the seventh trumpet or fill in chapters like in sets to give you a little bit of additional background to understand the other things that are going to happen. But from 11-15, he says, then the seventh angel sounded and they were loud voices in heaven saying, the kingdoms of the world, that means is the nations of this society, of this world, have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. In other words, that's when the kingdom of God takes over. That's it! The kingdom of God takes over.

And it shall rain forevermore. And then explains, beautiful, that many people verse that many people don't really get the meaning of it. It's verse 18, because it says, the nations were angry and your wrath has come. Yeah, so when Christ comes, the nations are going to be angry and there's going to be a lot of commotion on planet earth. That's for sure. But then he says, and the time of the dead that they should be judged. That's important. Now, it actually mentions three things, and I believe they are specifically in a correct sequence of events. And the first one is the time of the dead that they should be judged. What is that? Is that those that are dead, it will be judged. Some will be resurrected now, and some have to sleep a little longer for another thousand years, at least. And so, that's the judgment of the dead. Those dead, some are judged, hey, you'll be in the first resurrection. And the others are judged at that moment, you will not be in the first resurrection. So it's a time of judgment of the dead, in a sense. It's not the final judgment to come, but it is a judgment in obviously in different phases, and that is a first phase of that. Secondly, and then you should reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and those who fear your name, small and great. So then is the time of rewarding. What is reward? Well, some will rule out the ten cities, some will rule out the five cities. So there's going to be some sort of what is the word? Granting of authority and say, hey, this is going to be your job, that's going to be your area of responsibility, this is going to be your area of responsibility, at least for a thousand years, and beyond a thousand years, that will be expanded into even more other responsibilities. But, you know, it will be your reward to rule during the millennium.

And thirdly, that you should destroy, also destroy the earth. And that means, and that means during that period of Christ's coming, there will be different things that will happen. Obviously, it's the resurrection, obviously it's the reward of the saints, and then it's the destruction of those who destroyed earth, as we read in Revelation 20, as Christ comes from the clouds, because we are, as we resurrect, we get into the clouds, into Christ, and then there'll be a time when we come down, and that's what it says. Christ, as a white horse, we read that in verse 19, I'll be about to chapter 19, verse 11, and it says, and Christ comes down in a white horse, and we come within, because we are raised to the clouds, we meet Him in the clouds, and then we come down from the clouds. That's what it says. And then you make war with those nations, and then Satan will be cast alive into the lake of fire. So Satan, a bigger part of the false prophet, was cast in the lake of fire, a bigger part of it. I need to correct myself there. And Satan, then we can read in verse 20, was then put into jail for a thousand years. And then we read in verse 4 of chapter 20, that we will reign with Christ for a thousand years, and the rest of the dead will not resurrect until the rest of the thousand years. So people don't understand this plan. People don't understand this plan. There's a wonderful plan. Then people don't understand, and people say, hey, what do we need to do now? We need to preach the gospel to save more souls. We don't see it exactly said that in the church, but we see it said in the church, well, why are there more baptisms? Why aren't there more people in the church today? We are not doing a work. Well, I think that's a misunderstanding on Matthew 24.14. Let's look at Matthew 24.14. Matthew 24.14, which describes the first part of the mission that the church has. Matthew 24.14 says, and this gospel of the kingdom, you know, it was the good news of Christ's coming and established the government of God on earth, will be preached to all the world. Why? Because people have no hope. People have no hope. And so our job is to give the people in this society a hope.

That's what it says. This gospel of the kingdom will preach into the world as a witness to all nations. What people interpret that is said, well, to save more souls or to get more people into the church. And that we've got to be careful with. We are a very small group. Why aren't there more people coming? Well, many are calm, but few are chosen. Few respond to the calling. And so today is not the only day of salvation. Others will be saved, quote-unquote, in a millennium. Those human beings that are surviving into the millennium and those that have died will be saved at the second resurrection. So why are we called today? Why are we called today? I think this is a very big misunderstanding. You know, a lot of people, why are we called today? And that ties in with, you know, on our logo, we have to preach the gospel. That is what I mentioned from Matthew 24.14. But if the purpose to give the world the hope or even if they don't get it, there'll be enough people that have it that when everything blows up, others will communicate. What is this? Hey, I mean, this is what was said at that time also. It'll be the time of the two witnesses and the two witnesses will say the same thing. And so people will have that understanding and that hope. There'll be hundreds of booklets and things out there that people have that can pass to one another. And so there will be some hope during the Great Tribulation. And that's why it says during the Great Tribulation that, and you read that in Revelation 7, that there'll be a great multitude that will repent during the Great Tribulation of Gentiles. Yes, there'll be 144,000 of Israelites of the 12 tribes of Israel. But it says of the nations, in it was Gentiles, it will be a great multitude that can't be numbered. And those people will be sealed. They'll remain where they are, but they will be protected from that wrath of God, which is those seven trumpets, period. And they'll be protected. You'll read that in the section where the section that about the locusts, and it will not affect those that are sealed. That means they'll be mixed with people, that they will have received the truth that we preach today. They have that hope. They have those booklets. And during that time, they can repent.

They can repent. That is very clearly the striving Revelation, chapter 7. Let's look at Revelation, chapter 7, very briefly. Revelation, chapter 7.

Revelation, chapter 7. We get to it. Pages are sticking here. You know, it talks about two groups, one group. It says, I heard a number. And that's in verse 4. And then the other group in verse 9, it says, after those things, and it'll be also a number of people, but it can't be numbered of all nations. So the first one is, of all the tribes of the children of Israel, verse 4. And the second one is of all nations. That's the Gentiles. And one group is numbered, the other one is unnumbered. So just a lot of people. And then it says a little later, it says, in verse 13, who are these? And then verse 14 says, these are the ones that come out of the Great Tribulation. In other words, during the Great Tribulation, they came out of the world and have repented during the Great Tribulation. That brethren is the true fruit of what we preach today.

Because we preach today, and people say, ah, okay, I'll just keep going, I'll keep making money, I'll keep doing whatever it is, because society is very secular. But when everything will blow around us, and it's not going to be an easy time, those people will repent.

And therefore, they'll come out of the world during that period of the Great Tribulation, and therefore, they will repent. They'll wash their robes. But it's interesting that it says in verse 15, it says, those are before the throne of God and serving day and night. And they shall not, verse 16, they shall not hunger anymore or thirst anymore. The sun shall not strike them nor any eat. And people think, oh well, therefore, they split beans. No, they're not, because this is quoted from Isaiah 49 verse 10. And if you go to Isaiah 49 verse 10, it's talking about these people being protected, you know, sealed, protected, not affected by these events. Right? And then after verse 49 verse 10, it talks about what we call the second Exodus.

And so it's actually physical people that have repented. And just like you and I today, if you read it in Hebrews chapter 10, you and I today have access by a new and living way to God's throne. You read that in Hebrews chapter 10. Let's keep your finger there in Revelation. I'll come back to it. I'll just look at Hebrews chapter 10. In Hebrews chapter 10, in verse 19 says, therefore brethren, having boldness to enter the holiest part of the blood of Jesus by a new and living way, which has been, He has consecrated for us through the veil that is His flesh, and having a high priest over the house of God. You and I today have boldness to enter God's throne.

We're still flesh and blood. So it's, and this is the new living way that has been given to us. In the Old Testament, nobody could accept a high priest on the day of Atonement. Now, you and I can enter because Christ opened up that way for us. And that is the beauty of the wave sheath that opens up that way. He resurrected and the wave sheath is consecrated that way. He was accepted on our behalf. As you read in Leviticus 23, when he talks about the wave sheath, he says he was accepted on our behalf. That's what he did. He opened up that new and living way for us.

And that is so encouraging. So when we go back to Revelation 7 and we read that these people, a great multitude and the physical 144,000, it says they will, they have access to the throne of God, just like us, as I showed you in Hebrews chapter 10.

And it says, verse 17, for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne, will future shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters, and will lead them to have God's Holy Spirit.

And then God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. So there's a lot of things that in the plan of God that people don't understand. But why is God calling us today?

God is calling you and I today to prepare a people. And so as you look at our logo, the next phrase on our logo is prepare a people. Prepare for what? Prepare to rule. Prepare to rule. I have seen many nations, particularly in Africa, that they went through, let's just call it a period of change, as they call it today, of liberation from the rule they had before. But the problem was that those people were trained fighters. And once they took over the government of those different nations in Africa, they become the, let's call it the rulers of the nations. But they were not trained to rule. They were trained to fight. And so what we've seen, a lot of those nations took many years, and some of them is still taking many years, to actually get on their own two feet, because those people were not competent rulers. Even in our country, a lot of people are not competent rulers. They are politicians, but they're not competent rulers. And that is the problem. God will not have that in his government. And so people in this world's government are selected by elections, right? They select people to rule by elections. You and I are selected or called to be selected, to be chosen by God.

And so many are called, but few are selected, are chosen. You know, as God selects you, chooses you to be in his, between inverted commas, governing cabinet, God's governing cabinet. And so you and I are called today, and those that respond and are working and changing, becoming better people, are being called to rule with Christ. And that means we are being trained to develop godly character, to be able to rule. If you and I can rule our spirit, it's better than ruling a city. You've got a problem. I think it is Proverbs 14, 32. So we have to learn to rule our spirit. And that is a wonderful training ground to rule others, because we've got to rule ourselves first. And as we rule ourselves, we learn compassion, we learn mercy, we learn forgiveness, and all ideal characteristics to be able to rule the world tomorrow. And so God is training us for a special mission. So that's why few are chosen. Few are chosen. There's another interesting scripture, and that's in Revelation 14.

And a lot of people think that it's talking about the same people, but just because the number is the same does not mean it's the same people. For instance, if I tell you the 12th, if I tell you the 12th, who do you think I'm talking about? Well, you don't know, because I've got to tell you a little bit before or a little bit after, you know, it was a context for you to understand what I mean by the 12th. I could be talking about the 12 tribes of Israel. I could be talking about the 12 apostles.

Or I could be talking about the 12 members of the castle of Elvish. Now, which 12 is it? So I cannot just use the word 12 and say, therefore, because it's the word 12 always means this. It doesn't. And likewise, I cannot say the word 144 000 always means that. You got to read the context. When you read the context in Revelation 7, you can see clearly its physical human beings of the Israelite-ish group of people. And when you read in Revelation 14, it says these are clearly resurrected people because it says these have been redeemed from among men. You know, it was in verse 4. They're resurrected. They're spirit beings. And they first fruits to God and the land. Now, the eyes is a question. If the first resurrection is only 144 000, if I'm not saying it is or it isn't, I'm just saying if. I'll say it's a mighty small number.

Why? Because 144 000 people being in the first resurrection from the days of Adam and Eve till today, it's a mighty small number. Now, I'm not saying this is right or wrong because the church does not have a clear policy and say this is it. We don't know. We're not sure. But there is a strong possibility that that is the case if I read this the way I'm reading it. Now, if that is the case, I better and we all better watch our toes. And what we do? We better be very careful because we might miss the goal because it's a very small number. And so that puts even more pressure on us. It says, wow, you and I are chosen for a specific role to rule with Christ. And if it's only that small number, I better really, you know, make sure I brush my shoes and watch myself, you know, every little whatever words that come out and every thought I have, etc. I better analyze myself. I better examine myself. Hey, examine myself. I'm not going to examine my wife or my friend next door. I examine myself. That is also a very important point in examining ourselves. And so, brethren, God has got a great plan for all of us.

Today is not the only day of salvation because if it was, Satan is clearly winning. Satan is clearly winning in this world. But he's not. He's peanuts compared to God and God can just throw him into the fire whenever he wants. But he's got a plan. He's got a plan. He's got a plan. He's got a timing. He does things in his own time. Today is not only a day of salvation, but I think the important point, the really important point is you and I, yes, need to preach the gospel as a witness. I think as we are so near Christ's coming, I don't want to set dates. I don't know. But we are so near Christ's coming.

That means we really have just a few years maybe before all this explodes. I mean, what if in a few years' time in this country we don't have strong leadership? What if that strong leadership that we have today, it reigns in a few years' time? We have created enemies in the rest of the world like never before. And that means it could only be a few years before this blows up.

If that is the case, we have very few years to quote-unquote get ourselves ready. You and I also know that in addition to those that are sealed and I went through it, we also know that when we read Revelation 12 and it's talking about the war in heaven and Satan being thrown down to earth, we can see that he is going to persecute a portion of the church. And a portion of the church will flee to a wilderness away from the face of the serpent.

And so there'll be some of us that are in the church today that will be protected. And some of us that are in the church today that keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, that will not be protected. And so it is very incumbent upon us today to really take, let's call it stock, and making sure that we're really trying our best. And the way I see with so many people ill and things like that, it looks like we're ill and things like that. It looks like God is deliberately allowing us to be purified very quickly at the time of the end, to have a good outcome for us, because he loves us and he wants us there. And so, Reverend, we have to change the old man to the new man. We need to use God's Holy Spirit that we received after baptism with the laying on our hands.

Time is short. This is not the only day of salvation, but you and I have a big job that God wants to use you and I. I don't know why he chose you. I don't know why he chose me. I'm nobody special. I'm not better than others, but God chose us in his great wisdom. And in his great wisdom, we just need to be grateful and make sure we're doing our part. God's got a wonderful plan for all of us. God is very just. Ultimately, he has a plan that in his great wisdom, it will have the greatest number of people that will be in the kingdom. In other words, it's the plan that will yield the highest success ratio in his life and care for mankind. So that is Brethren. Let's all fast till the end. We've got a wonderful God. He loves you. He wants you in the kingdom. He's got a wonderful plan. And let's continue working on ourselves to be there at the kingdom, at the east, second coming.