This group had, through a measure of willful sin, soiled their symbolic robes and through difficult experience were required to wash them in order to be found acceptable to God. Because of this, they fail to achieve the reward of immortality given to the little flock. ###>En péchant volontairement dans une certaine mesure, ces personnes avaient souillé leurs robes symboliques et devaient les laver à travers des expériences difficiles, afin d’être acceptées devant Dieu.