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[For] without are dogs.— There will be noclergy class, as such, in the Kingdom.— Isa.56:10; Phil. 3:2; 2 Tim. 3:8, 9.And sorcerers, and whoremongers, andmurderers, and idolators.— See Rev. 21:8.FM337And whosoever [loveth and] maketh ANDLOVETH a lie.— The old lies will die hard; andsome may try to carry them far into the Time ofTrouble, on the well-known principle that if apigeon's brains are removed, and the woundallowed to heal, the bird will no longer seek itsfood, though it can still swing on a perch andruffle its feathers and show fight. Ere long,however, the Truth will be so manifest that allmust give way before it.Revelation 22:16.I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify untoyou these things in the churches.— All downthe Age the Church has had this Message; alldown the Age holy men of God have sought tounderstand its mysteries; all down the Age it hasremained a closed book. But now the Mystery ofGod is finished; and the object of keeping thebook closed is accomplished. God wished theworld to know when the time for the completeremoval or error and for the establishment of HisKingdom would come; and so He enables thelast members of His Church to give the Message.I am the Root and the Offspring of David.—"According to the flesh, our Lord Jesus was,through His mother, the Son, the Branch, theOffshoot or Offspring of David. It was by virtueof His sacrifice of His undefiled life that Hebecame the ‘Root,' origin, source of life, anddevelopment of David."— E150, 135; Rev. 5:5.And the bright and morning Star.— "And Iwill give him the Morning Star." (Rev. 2:28.)Christ's gift of Himself to the Bride is thegreatest of all gifts.— Job. 38:7; Psa. 118:22-25.22:17.And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come .—"The Gospel Age makes ready the chaste Virgin,