I have attended many weddings in my lifetime and although the groom is usually smartly dressed the general attention is given to the bride. In preparing the bride for the bridegroom, attention is generally given to detail of choosing the correct adornment from head to toe.
What does the Bible say about the bride?
Let’s look at Ephesians 5: 25-27.
” Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loves the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 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”.
(Have you observed the kind of preparation that this bride undergoes? First of all we observe the outpouring of love from the groom. The word said he gave himself for her, meaning he died for her; next we see he took possession of her by saying he is presenting her to himself, the word also says that she is glorious, we are also told that she’s without spot, she’s without wrinkle, or any such thing: it is important to stress that she is holy and without blemish. It is clear that from head to toe this bride of Christ which is the church has captured the attention of everyone in sight, to the extent that John in the revelation was called to come up higher to behold the beauty of the bride of Christ. Revelation 21 : 9 ” And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talk with me, saying, come hither, I will show thee the bride the lambs wife”
( Here John was shown the radiant beauty of the Lamb’s wife which is Jesus and his church the body of Christ. Are you a part of this glorious body, called the church? You can be
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