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We have in the Gospel of St. John a robust and meaningful analogy in which Christ is the Bridegroom, the Church is His bride, and St. John the Baptist is the friend of the Bridegroom. The Baptist declared to his followers: “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled” (John 3:29).
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. [Revelation 19:7]
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
… And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [Revelation 21:2, 9-10]
John said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice (John 3:28, 29);
the bride denotes the truth of faith of the church; and the bridegroom the good of love of the church, both from the Lord; thus they denote the man of the church with whom good has been conjoined with truths. From all this it is also plain what is meant in the internal sense by the joy and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride in (Isa. 62:5; Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Rev. 18:23); namely, heaven and the happiness resulting from the conjunction of good and truth with man and angel.
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Revelation 19:7 ESV / 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;
Matthew 25:6 ESV /
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Ephesians 5:25 ESV
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
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reydelavoz wrote:
We have in the Gospel of St. John a robust and meaningful analogy in which Christ is the Bridegroom, the people[israelites, jews, gentiles] is His bride, and St. John the Baptist is the friend of the Bridegroom. The Baptist declared to his followers: “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled” (John 3:29).
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. [Revelation 19:7]
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,[the New Jerusalem The Holy city not the holy person] coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.[prepared as a bride it doesnt say it is the bride] Jesus always spoke that he is our husband
The holy city, New Jerusalem: This is the Jerusalem of hope (Hebrews 12:22), the Jerusalem above (Galatians 4:26), the place of our real citizenship (Philippians 3:20).
i. The terms holy and new distinguish the city. Because it is holy and new, it is different from any earthly city. The name Jerusalem gives it continuity with earth, especially with the place of our redemption.
ii. It is significant that this glorious dwelling place of God and His people is described as the holy. Cities are places where there are many people, and people interact with each other. This isn't isolation, but a perfect community of the people of God.
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband: John uses the most striking, beautiful image he can think of. The most beautiful thing a man will ever see is his bride coming down the aisle, ready to meet him. John says that this is how beautiful the New Jerusalem will be.
Jeremiah 3:32
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them"
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; “for I am married to you….
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [Revelation 21:2, 9-10]
John said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice (John 3:28, 29);
the bride denotes the truth of faith of the believer; and the bridegroom the good of love of the Jesus, both from the Lord; thus they denote the man the believer with whom good has been conjoined with truths. From all this it is also plain what is meant in the internal sense by the joy and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride in (Isa. 62:5; Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Rev. 18:23); namely, heaven and the happiness resulting from the conjunction of good and truth[faith] with man and angel
Revelation 19:7 ESV / 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;
Matthew 25:6 ESV /
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Ephesians 5:25 ESV
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
reydelavoz wrote:
no I am not disturbed but my wife is and it is killing me cause she doesnt see how they twist the words and take it out of context. I have done about 2 months of research and that church just twists everything around and my wife doesn't see that the new jerusalem hasn't been fulfilled yet that prophesy will happen after the great tribulation. I pray for her everyday.
reydelavoz wrote:
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reydelavoz wrote:
We have in the Gospel of St. John a robust and meaningful analogy in which Christ is the Bridegroom, the people[israelites, jews, gentiles] is His bride, and St. John the Baptist is the friend of the Bridegroom. The Baptist declared to his followers: “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled” (John 3:29).
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. [Revelation 19:7]
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,[the New Jerusalem The Holy city not the holy person] coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.[prepared as a bride it doesnt say it is the bride] Jesus always spoke that he is our husband
The holy city, New Jerusalem: This is the Jerusalem of hope (Hebrews 12:22), the Jerusalem above (Galatians 4:26), the place of our real citizenship (Philippians 3:20).
i. The terms holy and new distinguish the city. Because it is holy and new, it is different from any earthly city. The name Jerusalem gives it continuity with earth, especially with the place of our redemption.
ii. It is significant that this glorious dwelling place of God and His people is described as the holy city. Cities are places where there are many people, and people interact with each other. This isn't isolation, but a perfect community of the people of God.
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband: John uses the most striking, beautiful image he can think of. The most beautiful thing a man will ever see is his bride coming down the aisle, ready to meet him. John says that this is how beautiful the New Jerusalem will be.
Jeremiah 3:32
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them"
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; “for I am married to you….
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [Revelation 21:2, 9-10]
John said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice (John 3:28, 29);
the bride denotes the truth of faith of the believer; and the bridegroom the good of love of the Jesus, both from the Lord; thus they denote the man the believer with whom good has been conjoined with truths. From all this it is also plain what is meant in the internal sense by the joy and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride in (Isa. 62:5; Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Rev. 18:23); namely, heaven and the happiness resulting from the conjunction of good and truth[faith] with man and angel
Revelation 19:7 ESV / 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;
Matthew 25:6 ESV /
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Ephesians 5:25 ESV
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
reydelavoz wrote:
no I am not disturbed but my wife is and it is killing me cause she doesnt see how they twist the words and take it out of context. I have done about 2 months of research and that church just twists everything around and my wife doesn't see that the new jerusalem hasn't been fulfilled yet that prophesy will happen after the great tribulation. I pray for her everyday.
reydelavoz wrote:
32
reydelavoz wrote:
We have in the Gospel of St. John a robust and meaningful analogy in which Christ is the Bridegroom, the people[israelites, jews, gentiles] is His bride, and St. John the Baptist is the friend of the Bridegroom. The Baptist declared to his followers: “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled” (John 3:29).
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. [Revelation 19:7]
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,[the New Jerusalem The Holy city not the holy person] coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.[prepared as a bride it doesnt say it is the bride] Jesus always spoke that he is our husband
The holy city, New Jerusalem: This is the Jerusalem of hope (Hebrews 12:22), the Jerusalem above (Galatians 4:26), the place of our real citizenship (Philippians 3:20).
i. The terms holy and new distinguish the city. Because it is holy and new, it is different from any earthly city. The name Jerusalem gives it continuity with earth, especially with the place of our redemption.
ii. It is significant that this glorious dwelling place of God and His people is described as the holy city. Cities are places where there are many people, and people interact with each other. This isn't isolation, but a perfect community of the people of God.
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband: John uses the most striking, beautiful image he can think of. The most beautiful thing a man will ever see is his bride coming down the aisle, ready to meet him. John says that this is how beautiful the New Jerusalem will be.
Jeremiah 3:32
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them"
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; “for I am married to you….
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [Revelation 21:2, 9-10]
John said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice (John 3:28, 29);
the bride denotes the truth of faith of the believer; and the bridegroom the good of love of the Jesus, both from the Lord; thus they denote the man the believer with whom good has been conjoined with truths. From all this it is also plain what is meant in the internal sense by the joy and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride in (Isa. 62:5; Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Rev. 18:23); namely, heaven and the happiness resulting from the conjunction of good and truth[faith] with man and angel
Revelation 19:7 ESV / 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;
Matthew 25:6 ESV /
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Ephesians 5:25 ESV
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
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