THE UNINFORMED BRIDE REVEALED
I am the rose
The joy for
which he died
And this I
know I move you with delight
And when my
heart condemns on every side
I take refuge
in the truth
I am the rose
to you
I am the rose
I am the lily
I am yours
I am your
beauty
There’s going
to be a wedding
It’s the
reason that I am living
To marry the
lamb
{Song: More
Than Ashes by Tim Reimherr}
6 Then
I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the
roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying
out, “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God
the Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and his Bride has made herself ready;
8 it was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”{Revelations 19:6-9}
For the Lord our God
the Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and his Bride has made herself ready;
8 it was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”{Revelations 19:6-9}
She is unaware of the
wedding date neither does she know that she is the bride for which the whole of
heaven sang hallelujah. The Father received glory and exaltation as the Elders
and angels sang in anticipation of the Lamb’s bride. She is clothed in fine
linen. She is bright and pure without spot nor wrinkles. She is righteous but
knows it not. She was prepared for this day some thousands of years ago at
Golgotha when the Lamb was slain and His blood shed for His bride. This groom
paid the costliest bride price humanity has ever known and will ever know. The
Price was a sinless precious blood, a humiliated soul, a body, a torn flesh,
nail pierced hands, a life not ordinary but divine. O! What a love would have
provoked such a price! Fortunately, the blood was accepted by the Father and
the bride price was paid in full. Nothing left to be paid than for the wedding
to take place yet the bride for which He died is unaware that her bride price
has been fully paid.
For God bought you with a high price.
So you must honour God with your body.
{1 Corinthians 6:20}
What a fortunate and precious bride. No doubt that she is
greatly loved. Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life
for his friends. If he laid down His life for her then He must love her
stupendously. It’s difficult to understand why she was so loved. Was it her beauty
or her righteousness {character}.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in
this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. {Romans 5:8}
It is clear from the above verse that it was not for her
beauty nor her character that she was so loved. She was still a sinner as at
when he died for her. But how dare you pay a costly bride price for an unworthy
bride. If he loved her for her character or beauty then that love was partial
and conditional but it is obvious from the aforementioned verse that His love is Unconditional.
Long
before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us
as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago
he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he
took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his
lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.{Eph 1:4-6 Msg}
The above verses reveal that, the bride was loved even before
the foundations of earth was laid. This means that she was even loved before
she was created therefore it is not because of her good character or works of
righteousness that she is loved.God, The father just wanted her to be part
of His family and to enjoy a lavish gift-giving love if only she accepts to
take His son’s hand in marriage. This love is truly unconditional and unearned.
Now who is this fortunate bride that stole his heart, this
bride that brought him down from his throne to take on the form of human flesh,
this bride that brought eternal royalty into the realm of fallen man to be
numbered with sinners? He took her form in order to win her heart. He had to
look like her so she could recognize him although he became undesirable .Even
though this bride was poor and unworthy, The father saw beyond her current state
and fixed the costliest bride price ever for her suitor to pay.
2 …..He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him,and by his wounds we are healed.7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his mouth10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h]because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. {Isaiah 53.selected verses}
The price was bloody and costly and one would wonder what the
Father had in mind. All these were done so that there will be a rebirth of the
bride. She had to be cleansed from her filth and be given a royal apparel. She
had to become righteous and majestic because her wedding will attract the
Royalties of heaven; the elders, the angels, the great cloud of witness will be
there, The father will present her spotless to the Lamb in his power and glory.
It was impossible for her to appear before the heavenly realm in human form. Now she has to take on his form to become
one with him in marriage. She needed a new life called Zoe. How did it
happen and when was the bride reborn….
NOTES
FROM EPISODE 1
(1)
There is a marriage supper that will take place soon
(2)
The bride is spotless, pure, bright without wrinkles
(3)
She is righteous but knows it
not
(4)
She was prepared for the marriage some thousand years ago by the blood
of the groom
(5)
The groom who is the lamb was
slain for the bride
(6)
The bride was loved even before she was created
(7)
She is loved unconditionally irrespective of her character and beauty
(8)
Her bride price which was very costly was paid in full.
(9)
She must take on his form to become one with him in marriage.
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