Discover the rich, symbolic tapestry that intertwines a traditional Jewish wedding with the profound relationship between Jesus and His Church. Picture this: Jesus, the divine bridegroom, preparing a place for us in His Father's house, just as a Jewish groom readies a home for his bride. Through John 14:1-4 and Thessalonians 4:16, we explore the stages of a Jewish wedding ceremony, drawing fascinating parallels to Jesus' covenant with the Church, His ultimate sacrifice, and His solemn vow to return. This episode is particularly special as we acknowledge my son James for his unwavering support during my illness and extend heartfelt thanks for your prayers.
Feel the anticipation and joy of a bride awaiting her groom as we delve into the sanctity and purity that Christ expects from His Church. Reflect on the significance of the bride's seclusion and her joyous reunion with the bridegroom, which mirrors our hopeful anticipation of Christ's return. We shed light on how biblical events, such as the Last Supper, tie into these wedding customs, offering a deeper understanding of our spiritual readiness for the Lord. For those eager to learn more, we highly recommend Dr. Showers' insightful article, "Behold, The Bridegroom Comes" https://israelmyglory.org/article/behold-the-bridegroom-comes Join us in this enriching journey and rekindle your excitement for the coming of the Lord!
Discover the rich, symbolic tapestry that intertwines a traditional Jewish wedding with the profound relationship between Jesus and His Church. Picture this: Jesus, the divine bridegroom, preparing a place for us in His Father's house, just as a Jewish groom readies a home for his bride. Through John 14:1-4 and Thessalonians 4:16, we explore the stages of a Jewish wedding ceremony, drawing fascinating parallels to Jesus' covenant with the Church, His ultimate sacrifice, and His solemn vow to return. This episode is particularly special as we acknowledge my son James for his unwavering support during my illness and extend heartfelt thanks for your prayers.
Feel the anticipation and joy of a bride awaiting her groom as we delve into the sanctity and purity that Christ expects from His Church. Reflect on the significance of the bride's seclusion and her joyous reunion with the bridegroom, which mirrors our hopeful anticipation of Christ's return. We shed light on how biblical events, such as the Last Supper, tie into these wedding customs, offering a deeper understanding of our spiritual readiness for the Lord. For those eager to learn more, we highly recommend Dr. Showers' insightful article, "Behold, The Bridegroom Comes" https://israelmyglory.org/article/behold-the-bridegroom-comes Join us in this enriching journey and rekindle your excitement for the coming of the Lord!
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gayla:
Hello, I'm back. Before I get started, I want to thank my son, james, for taking over for me the last two weeks. He did a great job. I want to thank you Sorry I've been away. I had bronchitis very bad I could barely talk and I want to thank you all for your prayers and your good wishes. Thank you all for your prayers and your good wishes.
gayla:
Today we want to talk about a Jewish wedding. It's very important to talk about this because of how it is so remarkably the same as Jesus coming here and going home and coming back for us. There is an article called Behold, the Bridegroom Comes. It is from a website called Israel, my Glory, and it was written by a Dr, r Sowers. If you would like to read the article, the address will be in the transcript and in the description.
gayla:
We're going to start this with the scripture and go from there. The scripture is John 14, 1 through 4. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there, ye may be also. And where I go, you know, and the way you know, first part of a Jewish marriage is the betrothal.
gayla:
The betrothal happens when the prospective bridegroom travels to the home of the prospective bride and at that time he would negotiate with the father of the bride for a price and he would pay the price and the covenant would be established and at that point in time a man and a woman would be considered husband and wife. The bride would be declared consecrated or sanctified and set apart just for her bridegroom. As a symbol of that, they would drink a cup of wine, and that would mean that the prole benediction had been pronounced. After all of that was done, the groom would leave the bride's house and go back to his father's house. There would be a period of separation between the groom and the bride. Now the bride did not know when the groom was going to. Now the bride did not know when the groom was going to come back for her. So she must always be prepared, she must always be faithful. When the groom's father decided, when it was time for the groom to go get his bride, he would be escorted to the bridal house with other members of the bridal party and there would be a shout and the bride would know he was coming and time of separation. In his father's house he prepared a place for his bride. Bride and groom would come in, the wedding party would stand outside their door, they would go into the bridal room and they would consummate their wedding and then the groom would say something and everyone would know and they would cheer At that time. The wedding party would start the wedding feast. The groom would leave, the bride would be in bridal suite for seven days during the feast and at this time no one has seen her face because her face has always been covered. Then at the end of the seven days the bridegroom would come in and get her and they would join everyone and this would be the big celebration.
gayla:
If you didn't notice, the similarities in what I just explained to you happens during a Jewish wedding. Let me tell you about those because to me they are so exciting. First is the betrothal. Jesus came to earth and Jesus established a covenant with his bride or the church and Jesus had the last supper with the disciples and he said in 1 Corinthians 11.25, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. That was the covenant. That was the glass of wine that the bride and groom drank.
gayla:
And once that was done and the covenant was over, jesus did pay the price. He hung on the cross, he died, he rose, he returned to the Father's house and before he left, the very first scripture that I read. He said let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there were many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told him I go and prepare a place for you, just like the bridegroom goes to his father's house and prepares a place for his bride. Isn't that amazing? I just that gives me cold chills when I think about it.
gayla:
But one of the things that it says is that there was a groom would announce that it had been consummated. And to the wedding party waiting outside. Well, who was the wedding party? John the Baptist. In John 3.29,. He says he who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is fulfilled voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is fulfilled. Every part you can think of that happens in the wedding, happens with the church, with our wedding to our bridegroom. Now, after they consummate their wedding, bride remains in the bridal chamber for seven days. Can anyone think of why it was seven days?
gayla:
So many people have talked about and my son talked about this the rapture and the tribulation period and all of that. If you look at the Jewish wedding, the groom comes and gets the bride. If you look at the Jewish wedding, the groom comes and gets the bride. He takes the bride to his father's house. The bride is put away for seven days. When the rapture comes and we're taken to the father's house, we are taken out of the seven years of tribulation. Is that not just absolutely amazing, exciting? It makes me sometimes want to cry when I think how much God looks at us as his son's bride.
gayla:
You know there's a lot of scriptures to go with this and I didn't give you all the scriptures. One of the scriptures that the groom was preceded by a shout. Thessalonians 4.16 says For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God. The littlest things in a Jewish wedding are shown between Jesus and his bride. I would love to go through this more and get into it really deep, but I didn't want to do that this time. I just wanted to give you an overview of it and how wonderful it is.
gayla:
If you want to read the article from Dr Showers, like I said, the website will be in the description and in the transcript. But are you ready? Are you prepared? Are you keeping yourself sanctified, are you keeping yourself pure for when the bridegroom comes? But we know we've been bought with a price and we know that price was Jesus' blood and we know he will return, because if he was not going to return, he would not have said he was. So think of yourself as that bride. Think of yourself as the excitement that the bride has waiting for her groom to come, the joy we need to have that every day. We need to have that joy in our hearts, that excitement, that anticipation of being with the Father, knowing that our bridegroom is soon to come.
