Q: What is this period of examination?
A: It is the period of the investigative judgment in the sanctuary above.
Q: Will any of the guests go in to the marriage before the very last guest is decided to be ready?
A: By no means.
Q: And when will that be?
A: When the ministration in the most holy place of the sanctuary is finished, and every case is decided.
Q: When does the marriage take place, or, in other words, when does Christ receive his kingdom?
A: When he has finished his work as priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
Then the door is shut,
and the marriage is completed;
that is, Christ receives the kingdom. 
The prophet Daniel describes the scene when this kingdom is delivered to the Son. Dan. 7:13, 14: “I saw in the visions, and, behold one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him; and there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him.”
Uriah Smith
Uriah Smith
