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When the Groom returns for the Church, theShofar will sound just as in the ancient weddingcustom of announcing the groom.I Thessalonians 4:15-1815 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, thatwe who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lordwill by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 Forthe Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,with the voice of an archangel, and with the SHOFAR ofGod. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then wewho are alive and remain shall be caught up togetherwith them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Andthus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Thereforecomfort one another with these words.Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding CrasherAnd Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parablesand said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain kingwho arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out hisservants to call those who were invited to the wedding;and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent outother servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited,“See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattedcattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to thewedding.” ’5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one tohis own farm, another to his business. 6 And the restseized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killedthem. 7 But when the king heard about it, he wasfurious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed thosemurderers, and burned up their city.Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding Crasher8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, butthose who were invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore gointo the highways, and as many as you find, invite to thewedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into thehighways and gathered together all whom they found,both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled withguests.11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he sawa man there who did not have on a wedding garment.12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in herewithout a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him handand foot, take him away, and cast him into outerdarkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the 10 Virgins“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to tenvirgins who took their lamps and went out to meet thebridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five werefoolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps andtook no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in theirvessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom wasdelayed, they all slumbered and slept.6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, thebridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then allthose virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And thefoolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for ourlamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying,‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; butgo rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the 10 Virgins10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroomcame, and those who were ready went inwith him to the wedding; and the door wasshut.11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying,‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said,‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day northe hour in which the Son of Man is coming.Yeshua the Groom is preparing a place for HisBride, the ChurchJohn 14:1-4 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believein God, believe also in Me.2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were notso, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will comeagain and receive you to Myself; that where I am, thereyou may be also.4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”6
The final home for the Bride is the NewJerusalemRevelation 21:9b-10“Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’swife.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit toa great and high mountain, and showed me thegreat city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out ofheaven from God…Application:Our first responsibility as the Bride of Christ is tounderstand and articulate that the church has notsupplanted the Jewish people in the heart ofGod.We must be defenders of the Jewish people andtheir land at every opportunity.We must fight anti-Semitism wherever occursand recognize that it originates from Satan andhis deception.Our second responsibility as the Bride of Christ isto submit to the process of preparation to takeon the role of wife to Lamb.Ephesians 5:26-27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ alsoloved the church and gave Himself up for her, sothat He might sanctify her, having cleansed herby the washing of water with the word, that Hemight present to Himself the church in all herglory, having no spot or wrinkle or any suchthing; but that she would be holy and blameless.According to verse 26, the Church is nowundergoing a process of sanctification. The word"sanctification" means to be set apart.The Church, then, is now being set apart toeventually be presented a pure virgin to Yeshua,in accordance with II Corinthians 11:2.2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy.For I have betrothed you to one husband, that Imay present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.Furthermore, verse 26 points out that she isbeing cleansed by this means of sanctification,which is by the washing of the water with theWord.It is not by water baptism, but by the water ofthe Word of God. As the Church becomes moreand more conformed to what the Word of Godteaches, she in turn becomes more and more thevirgin to be presented to Him.Our third responsibility as the Bride of Christ is toprotect the sanctity of marriage.In his famous letter to the Ephesians on theduties of a husband and wife Paul says,"This mystery is great, but I am speaking withreference to Christ and the church" (5:32).Christian marriages have a higher calling thanthe happiness and well-being of the husband andwife.7
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