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grandeur and perfection, as a bride's adornmenton such an occasion is particular and elaborate tothe last degree.Additionally, the statement reminds us that in thegovernment of the future the world's judges areto be the saints selected throughout the GospelAge and frequently called ‘the Bride, the Lamb'sWife.'"— Z.'16-392; 2 Cor. 11:2; John 3:29;Eph. 5:31, 32. 21:3.And [I heard] a great voice.— The Lord Jesus,the Father's Word.[Out of heaven] WAS saying, OUT OF THETHRONE, Behold the Tabernacle of God iswith men.— "This verse associates this Citywith the other figure of a symbolic Temple,which the Lord is now preparing, of which theFM317saints will constitute the ‘pillars.' God will dwellin this Temple, and time world of mankind willapproach God in it to receive the Divineblessings, as Israel approached the typicalTabernacle and the Temple in their typicalreligious services." (Z.'01-199.)"When we think of the Church as the Templeunder construction, it impresses upon us thethought that there is a future work to beaccomplished. Way construct a Temple, and thennot use it? St. Paul says, the Church is God'sworkmanship. (Ephesians 2:10.) And His workwill be so perfectly accomplished that there willbe no need or rectification or alteration beyondthe veil,— beautifully illustrated in the erectionof Solomon's Temple, of which we read that itsstones were prepared at the quarry and thenfinally assembled for the construction of theTemple, and that they were so perfectly shapedand marked for their various places that theycame together without the sound of ahammer."— Z.'15-189; 2 Cor. 6:16.And He [will dwell] DWELLETH with themand they shall be His people.— "All mankindwill be treated from the standpoint ofreconciliation, the Propitiation (price) for the sins