Revealed to Jayson Tench 03/11/2006
The following two-part revelation is based on the following Bible Passage and the subsequent definitions:
- Romans 7:1-6 MKJV: Or are you ignorant, brothers; for I speak to those who know the Law; that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress by becoming another man's wife. So, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Christ so that you should be married to Another, even to Him raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death. But now we having been set free from the Law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
Definition One: Wife
Noun: A married woman considered in relation to her husband.
(Online Compact OxfordEnglish Dictionary of Current English)
Definition Two: Bride
Noun: A woman on her wedding day or just before and after
the event.
(Online Compact OxfordEnglish Dictionary of Current English)
Part One: The Wedding Ceremony
Imagine yourself as a bride, walking down the aisle with her father; wearing the most beautiful wedding gown, all your friends and family are watching. The groom stands with anticipation beside the pastor and his father. This is indeed your happiest day!
Now imagine your father and the groom's father is God the Father; the groom is Jesus; and perhaps the Holy Spirit the pastor. The bride is still you and also represents the church.Your friends and family represent not only those in your life, but also those in the church family, the world at large, and those beings that we cannot see;both good and bad.
Now, imagine yourself as you walked down the aisle stopping at every alluring man to either kiss or become very intimate with him. Now remember, this is not done in secret, but in full view of everybody. As you continue down the aisle, you look up and see your handsome groom crying!
As a committed Christian,this is what you are doing every time you choose not to follow Jesus, ourgroom!
Part Two: Awaiting Wedding Night Consummation
Imagine it's your wedding day and again, you are a bride; the ceremony is over, it has been a long day and the reception is about to begin. You're holding your new husband's hand and you feel a tingling all over; for one brief moment, in anticipation you think ahead to the night to come. You have tried to imagine being in his arms you have tried to keep yourself pure and do what is right as a betrothed.
This night is a result of a decision that you made some time ago; a decision to keep yourself for one man and one man alone. The wedding ceremony is your public announcement to God and to everyone else of your love and pledge; to honor, serve, sacrifice, and ultimately be one with her husband.
This night serves, as you make love to your husband, to physically bring about all the promises you have made to each other. But for now, you must wait for consummation; you must eat, dance, and visit the friends and family who have joined you in the festivities. But most importantly, proclaim boldly the man you have just married, you love more than anything or everything you could ever need or want in life.
Also during this time, you must watch out for anyone who might lure you away, for there are many who would try! In this case, the man who you have married has sacrificed his freedom of being a suitor to any other one. He has also blocked the path from any other suitor from trying to get to you. Where others may try, they have no right to you, nor can you give yourself to any other man!
The wedding night scenario is now! The believers of Jesus are the bride and of course, Jesus is the groom.Our baptism, altar call, or any other public ceremony in which you gave yourself to Jesus (within doctrinal guidelines) is the wedding ceremony. And our consummation moment is the second coming of Jesus. It is a very short time;we must do everything we can to share the Gospel, live our lives, praise and worship and fellowship. But most importantly proclaim boldly that, which we fully believe... that Jesus is the truth, the way and the life. Jesus is God incarnate and He is coming again!
Also during this time,we'll called to be on the lookout for any person, unclean spirit/Angel of darkness, falsehood, and deception that would seek to lure us away. Just like the man in our wedding scenario, Jesus sacrificed everything blocking all and anything the accuser of the brethren can throw at us. Jesus is our all in all,and there is nothing or anyone that Jesus were rather have than us. Once we belong to Him, we are His and He is ours. We belong only to Him, no one has the right to us, nor can we give ourselves away.
This divine exchange, likeany other royal marriage also gives us all the rights and privileges, responsibilities and authority of making sure we live for the kingdom of heavenand the one who would be our groom... Jesus Christ!
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