In ancient Jewish weddings, while the bride-to-be was excitedly waiting for her beloved to return from building a place for them, she was being observed for moral purity
Has The Bride Of Christ Made Herself Ready For His Return?
Dean Dwyer with The Harbingers Daily writes:
What do you picture in your mind when you hear the word “wedding”? One of the first images that comes to mind for most people is a beautiful bride, adorned in white. We might also think of a woman who has kept herself pure, awaiting that blessed day when two will become one under the provisions of God’s marriage covenant.
In the Scriptures, we know that the church is the bride of Christ. But during this time when we are awaiting the upward call of our Bridegroom, how are we living? After all, every bride looks forward to her wedding day with great anticipation. In ancient Jewish weddings, while the bride-to-be was excitedly waiting for her beloved to return from building a place for them, she was being observed for moral purity.
Ephesians 5:25-27 reads: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.”
