Revelation 19:7-8 Let
us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is
come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was
granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish.
Jesus is returning for a prepared bride. He is coming for a bride that has allowed
herself to be cleansed and purified.
Jesus is coming for a bride that is without spot or wrinkle. The preparation is done by the bride in
submission to God. She has made herself or allowed herself to be made ready.
The preparation isn't always easy. To
remove spots may take a little scrubbing.
To remove wrinkles generally takes heat and pressure. But the end result is glorious.
This bride will be prepared in relationship with God mostly in
the secret place. She will continually
grow in intimacy, out of which ministry in the earth will be done in union with
Christ to establish His kingdom on the earth.
He said be ye holy for I am holy. This is not something that the bride can do
by works, it comes by surrender, daily surrender and dying to self.
Jesus is looking for a bride of the same heart and substance
as Him. She will be one with whom He can
share His heart, one through whom His glory will be manifest, one through whom
He can live and move and have His being.
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