Jesus Bride

The Bride of Jesus Christ

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Til Death Do Us Part
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Jesus Bride Promise

Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ

Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Til Death Do Us Part program. This is our SON-sational and spectacular ... Jesus Bride Bible study taking an in depth look into the question on the mind of many souls which is, Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ and how does this Jesus bride affect your be-YOU-tiful Christian path?

Start our Til Death Do Us Part program from the beginning:

Welcome Back Friends!

Jesus Bride Insight
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Vow

We learned on the last page about Soul mates and destiny and that if one's marriage is God's will, that we should do anything and everything to keep it together.

God compares marriage to the union between the Lord and the Church.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body. [Body of Christ]

Ever ponder on your wedding day, whether it has occurred or is yet to be? What a special event you want/wanted it to be! Remember that you planned your wedding since you were a child? If you are a woman, you imagined Looking at wedding dresses, thinking that they were the most beautiful articles of clothing you had ever seen and you couldn't wait to have a reason to try one on or buy one. Thinking of who would be your bridesmaids at each stage of your life as your friends changed. Going to weddings and taking mental notes of what you wanted and didn't want from the wedding you were observing. Weighing the pros and cons of a big wedding verses a small wedding, a big bridal shower verses a small one, a flower girl or no flower girl, where to register, save the date notices, evening or afternoon wedding, colors of the wedding, food served at the reception, etc.

Even for the groom, it has/had to be picture perfect. Can any wedding be picture perfect? Can any marriage be picture perfect? What if there was one marriage that was picture perfect? Wouldn't we be taking notes? Wanting to find out how we can make our marriage just like that one?

Jesus Bride Promise
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Prophecy

We are going to peek in on a wedding in preparation ...

The Wedding of Jesus

Revelation 19:7-9

⁷ 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.
⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

What? The Lamb ... Meaning Jesus, has a wife? Absolutely! But, who is the soon-to-be "wife?" Great question. The answer is ... Christians. The Body of Christ. The Church. So, when you became a Christian ... You became engaged to Jesus.

Let's read a little more about what to expect:

Do you remember when we spoke of restoring the first love in your marriage? The Bible speaks of us losing our first love for the Lord. Ouch.

Revelation 2:1-7

¹ Unto the Angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
² I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
³ And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
⁴ Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
⁵ Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
⁶ But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
⁷ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

The Jesus Bride Preparation
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Path

We are to re-establish our first love for the Lord. That fiery passion that we had at first, lest we lose Him.

What did the Lord mean when He said ... "Do the first works," ... What are some of the first works? They are the things that you used to do or should be doing for the Lord, that you do not do now.

They are things you should do to remind Him that you love Him and care for Him. Some suggestions would be:

Pray.
Read the Bible.
Do a Bible study together.
Volunteer at church.
Volunteer at a charity or homeless shelter.
Read a Spiritual book.
Listen to some Christian music, concentrating on the words.
Spend time alone with the Holy Spirit.
Attend a Bible study or other church function.
Sing a hymn - singing comes from the spirit.
Light a candle. (Fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.)
Spend 5 minutes praising God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
Helping others as the Lord asks of us.
Write a psalm to God.

I mean after all, you and the Lord are to be ... Married, sooooooo, you really wanna show your love for Him.

Check out this study to learn more:

What are you doing to prepare for Jesus?

What did you do to prepare when you married your spouse?

After you married, what have you done?

What should you do?

The LORD did compare our earthly marriages to His own.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body. [Body of Christ]

Jesus Bride Mystery
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ clues

So, we must do within our marriage as we would with our marriage to the Lord.

Let's discover the "duties" again and see what the Bible has to say:

Ephesians 5:25-33

²⁵ 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.
²⁸ So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
²⁹ For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church:
³⁰ For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
³¹ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
³² This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
³³ Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

This passage compares how we act toward God, and our spouses. Interesting. If you were to diagram your marriage, in what ways would it line up with the picture that the Apostle Paul painted of unity, love, respect and honor?

In what ways would it need to change? Are you willing to make those changes, as the Lord requests that we do?

What if Christ were to base His Church on the way you and your spouse love each other? Would it be a Church you'd want to be a part of? Why or why not?

Christians are the Jesus Bride
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Blessing

Here's another passage that reminds us of what we just read.

1 Peter 3:1-7

¹ Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
² While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
³ Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
⁴ But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
⁵ For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
⁶ Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
⁷ Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

These verses seem pretty cut and dried as to how a husband and wife should act towards each other. It's up to us to choose to act that way that God intended instead of kicking our feet in the dirt and arguing. This is not a slave/master relationship.

Remember ... Same team. Have you ever imagined what a marriage could be like ... If God were involved, if we were to act and react to our spouse, the way that Jesus (our betrothed) has acted towards us?

We get so caught up on this physical world, that we seem to fail to include the Lord in our earthly marriages. This world will come to end. Our marriages will end. Our spouses could die, leave us, abuse us ... Nothing is promised to us.

As we have learned from the Book of Job, we came into this world alone, and will leave this world alone ... Everything in between is rented.

Though in physical marriages, our physical bodies belong to our spouses:

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Our souls belong to God:

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

By Grace We Are Jesus Bride
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Hope

Shouldn't we get closer to the one that holds our soul? The one that holds our eternal future? He can guide our physical marriage so much better than we can on our own. He can bless our marriage. Without His blessing, it's bound to fall apart and leave us alone once again. But, If we choose to keep our eyes and hearts on the real marriage ... The marriage between us and Jesus and use this as a basis for our earthly marriage. We can overcome.

That event is something that will never perish ... There is no "Til Death Do Us Part" with Jesus.

Jesus will never "cheat" on us.
Jesus will never leave us.
Jesus will never attempt to make us jealous.
Jesus will never take advantage of us.
Jesus will never hurt us.
Jesus will never call us names.
Jesus will never allow us to feel lonely.
Jesus Love for us in unconditional.

Jesus Love is Love that we definitely need.

Ask yourself frequently, "What if the Lord is watching us in our own earthly marriage as to determine how we will act and react with Him in our marriage to Him?"

How can we truly understand and know how to Love our earthly spouse, if we don't allow ourselves to be Loved by the Perfect One that already died for us ... The One that we are already betrothed to and apply that to our earthly marriage?

Don't we wish that we could love, and that our earthly spouse would love us with the love that Jesus has for us?

Unconditional Love !!!

Fully understand the Love that Jesus has for us and apply it in your marriage. Lives would be so different if we got just a tiny glimpse of it and applied this true love in our own earthly marriage. Make sure you ponder on and comprehend this Love! A love so deep, that had our LORD die for us. Has anyone else ever died for you? Hung by nails holding up the weight of their body, spit upon, mocked, stabbed, beaten ... Because of their love for you? Maybe our views on love would change ... If we were able to feel His Love for us.

Love Song for a Savior
by Jars of Clay

In open fields of wild flowers,
she breathes the air and flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all
He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call her and she will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"

Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls

He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
Someday we'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call us and we will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"
"I want to fall in love with You"

It seems too easy to call you "Savior,"
Not close enough to call you "God"
So as I sit and think of words I can mention
to show my devotion

"I want to fall in love with You"

"My heart beats for You"

Jesus Bride Shows Unconditional Love
Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ Now

What would happen to your marriage if you and your spouse/future spouse went all out for each other? Complete unconditional love is thinking only about how to please one another and God, caring nothing about what worldly trends are, working on the same team. Can you imagine what that marriage would be like?

It would be a very righteous Christian marriage, the way that God intended marriage to be. Not two people living two separate lives occasionally giving each other a kiss ... But rather two people, becoming one, on the same team ... Living only for each other and for God.

Does it seem like we're saying the same thing over and over just with different words? That's because we are, because it is so simple, and it comes down to only one word ... LOVE! Jesus said it was the greatest commandment, to love one another. Just surrender to it, and Jesus will help when you commit your love to each other ... To Him!

In the movie "Shall We Dance," one of the characters reflects on marriage:

"All these promises that we make and we break ... Why is it that you think people get married? Because we need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet, I mean what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything ... The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things ... All of it, all the time, every day. You're saying ... Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go unwitnessed, because I will be your witness."

Same Team !!!

Do you have unconditional Love in your marriage? Physical marriage is only until Til Do Us Part ... But the marriage with Jesus will last eternally.

I would like for you to consider something ... The Israelites had a custom where if a man was married to a woman, and the man died the brother of the man would marry the woman:

Deuteronomy 25:5

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Who is the Bride of Jesus Christ? YOU are.

So these Religious leaders, trying to trick Jesus, came and asked of Him ... Who would be the husband of the woman in Heaven if she married several times according to Jewish custom.

Matthew 22:23-30

²³ The same day came to Him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked Him,
²⁴ Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
²⁵ Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
²⁶ Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
²⁷ And last of all the woman died also.
²⁸ Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the Angels of God in Heaven.

Jesus said that these religious leaders did not comprehend the Scriptures correctly.

(Who would have thought that could happen, huh?)

Jesus said when one soul of a married couple dies ... The marriage ends. Let that be the reason these words are spoken ...

Til death do us part.

So, all of you who have this mental image of showing up in Heaven and being reunited with your husband or wife and the marriage continues in your little house with a white picket fence ...

Jesus made it clear ... In Heaven there are no marriages. We become as the Angels. We become the Bride of Christ.

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