Scripture for Today, 11-19-18: Bride of Christ

The Wedding Garment: Ready for the Sky
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.  But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”

Psalm 22:1-3

11-19-18, * -- It is time for the Lord's church to preach the great truth of being ready for the Lord's call; we must be repentant and reborn in the Lord. [Matthew 7:13-14] Woe to the preachers who do not preach Biblical holiness. The Bride is the sanctified saints and the Bridegroom is the crucified, but resurrected Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Father gave His Son that His Son might purify His Bride. 

The very heart of the Father in creating Adam and Eve and commanding them to multiply was out of a family love and passion. He had a family of angels that filled His eternal city with praise, but He also wanted a human family that His Son may be the Bridegroom.

​In the Old Testament the Psalmist King David surely walked with God and was given a peep into the "Royal Wedding." First, he spoke of this coming King/Messiah and declared Him with a glorious sense of His lofty statue. (Psalm 45:1-6) By the spirit of prophecy,  David saw this future wedding supper and described the details. (Psalm 45:7-8) What a prophetic picture of the "Bride of Christ" soon to enter into her glorious triumph of the ages:

• Isaiah saw her rising from the dust of death to enter her chamber of nuptial glory. (Isaiah 26:19-21)
• Malachi spoke for the Bridegroom and called her "My Jewels." (Malachi 3:17)
• Solomon saw her as beautiful (Song of Solomon 2:10-13

Redemption is not cheap and neither is the product of redemption. The Messiah, the Lord Jesus' required His sacrifice leaving the City of God, the mountain of His holiness down to our sin-saturated planet where He would be despised, rebutted and brutally slain. His grace cannot be mixed with our self-help psychologies. The grace of God is totally sufficient to transform the vilest sinner into a glorious saint and prepare them to be His Bride; our good works will not save us. (Ephesians 2:8-9

How does "His wife" make herself ready? (Revelation 19:7)

Jesus Himself said: "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares... Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:34-36).

King Jesus will come for that Bride any hour and she will be fully prepared in her wedding attire. Apostle Paul made it clear that she would be without defilement or blemish. (Ephesians 5: 25-27)

The climax of the 'Marriage Supper of the Lamb" [Rev 19:9] is best seen in the Book of Revelation. The Revelation of Jesus Christ is His unveiling of Himself and those things that relate to His completed revelations. We are in the very center of this unveiling. He identified His espoused Bride in five different offices in this one book: 

1. His church in Revelation 1:4-11, 2:1-12, 3:1-22
2. His elders unveiling judgments to redeem the earth Revelation 4:10-11
3. His army return with the Lord in the air Revelation 19:4-11
4. His priests to reign on this earth to with the King Jesus Revelation 5:10
5. His bride for eternity [born again repentant sinners Luke 13:3; John 2:3, 7] Revelation 21:1; 22:5

It is fitting that the Bible ends in His New Jerusalem, [Revelation 21:1-2] a special city for a special people. It is the conclusion of His revelations and shows the eternal joys as the Father enjoys His family, both angelic and glorified human flesh. We have the truth in Holy Scripture and the Lord has almost begged us to "take heed," to "watch ye therefore," and to "pray always." Such words are empty if everyone is already safe. If believers cannot fall or miss the mark of Brideship, then the Son of God was wasting His breath to speak these words. [Mark 13:30, 37]

My friend, do not be a fool to think that our Lord uttered some kind of meaningless warning. It will be too late to beg forgiveness once the Rapture has come. This world is nothing but a sideshow, while the kingdom of God is in preparation to be revealed. If you haven’t repented and turned to the Lord … it’s not too late. Salvation Scriptures Here

Excerpted and adapted full original message from Joseph Chambers here