The Bride
Scripture: Revelations 21 v 9, 10, 12:
"...Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the pirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God. And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel."
John 3 v 29: "He that hath the bride is the
bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy is therefore
fulfilled."
Years ago I was taught through various preachers that the
church was the Bride of Jesus Christ and we were waiting for the Rapture to be
taken up to the Heavenly Wedding Feast. I knew no different and was satisfied
until the Lord pointed out while I was receiving revelation from Him that it
does not line up with the Word.
Ephesians 1 v 22 - 23: "And hath put all things
under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all."
Jesus is the Head of the church which is His body. This
makes up the Bridegroom whom John acknowledged in John 3. The Bride is Israel,
the chosen people; with whom a covenant was made; the Law given; promises made.
God will keep all His promises to her.
The body of Christ is the body of the Bridegroom. In the
Rapture the body will rise to meet the Head in the sky. Once His head and body
are re-united the Marriage Feast will begin, or rather continue after its
interruption in Heaven, when Lucifer left the party to ravish Jesus' Bride.
This started the war which broke out in Heaven between
Michael the archangel with his angels, and Lucifer and his angels, which ended
with the bride being taken into the "Six Days Realm".
So the Marriage Feast, based on ancient Jewish wedding
ceremonies, continues until the Bridegroom chooses to fetch His bride. Anything
from 3 to 7 days. She should be waiting with her lamp lit and shining in the
window. He will go to her house and take her to His Father's house where the
marriage will be consummated. Then they rejoin the Feast.
The Bride's house is the House of Israel, which will be
in the throes of Armageddon when Jesus and millions of His saints, his Body,
arrive in the midst and He slays two thirds of that world army of 200 million
soldiers. And rescues His Bride from
their deadly intentions. The marriage feast carries on in perfect harmony and
joy.
The bride has been brought back to her own land to
prepare for her marriage. The Antichrist, who was Lucifer, now Satan, is still
trying to destroy her and evict her out of her house. He still wants God's
throne and part of his plan is to first make peace with her (the Peace treaty)
and declare himself God in the rebuilt Temple. This is the abomination that
desecrates the Temple Jesus said would happen.
So the final act in this drama will unfold here on Earth.
His Bride rejected Him in Heaven; in Eden as Eve; in Jerusalem saying crucify
Him; and will once more when she signs the Antichrist Peace Treaty. Only when
the abomination of the Temple occurs will her eyes be open to the truth. She
has been enticed, tempted, murderous and treacherous but Jesus has never
stopped loving her. And we as His body should love her too.
Prayer: Father God, we are filled with awe when we see
Your whole plan laid out before us. We need to know what happened before this
world was formed and how its going to end. It gives us hope and increases our
faith to know it is nearly over. Help us to keep our perspective so we do not
fear. In Jesus' name. Amen.