And the king will long for your prettiness, for he is your lord, so bow down to him.

Ps. 45:8-14a.

6. Who is this “king’s daughter” that is brought to the King, and what did John the Baptizer have to do with her?

⁶ Who, now, is the “king’s daughter,” who is brought to the longing king for marriage as formal instrumental music gladdens the occasion? She is indeed the daughter of a King, namely, Jehovah God, the “King of eternity.” (Rev. 15:3) Thus she is a princess. She is the glorified Christian congregation of 144,000 members, these being viewed as a unit, as a composite body. John the Baptizer had the honorable privilege of introducing the first members of this bridal company to Jesus Christ on earth. John said: “He that has the bride is the bridegroom. However, the friend of the bridegroom, when he stands and hears him, has a great deal of joy on account of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore this joy of mine has been made full.”​—John 3:29; 1:35-42; Rev. 14:1-5.

7. To whom did the apostles, by making disciples, espouse these, and in heaven what do these all together constitute?

⁷ Likewise, by making disciples of Christ, the apostle Paul and the other apostles espoused them like a “chaste virgin” to Jesus Christ as the “one husband.” (2 Cor. 11:2)