The Groom is on the Move
In the time of Christ, when a young man asked for a young woman’s hand in marriage, he would go to her father, and ask permission to wed his Betrothed, the Light of his Life, and once that had been given, he would return home, with a Covenant of Promise. She was his, but he needed to prepare. He would go to his home, the house of his father, and start to build an extension.
She would not know what that extension looked like; part of the promise was that she had to wait. It was going to be a surprise. But all of the time that the hammering and the banging was going on, she knew he was preparing something special. She would prepare herself too, and get her bridal clothes ready. For she had no idea when the date would be. The wedding was set when the house was finished.
Suddenly there were no more sounds of hammering and banging, and the Groom would dress in his wedding finery. Together with his friends, the Groomsmen, as dusk fell, he would start to move from his father’s house. The sounds would go around the village - “The Groom is on the move”. Friend after friend would gather like a comet behind the Groom.
At the house of the Bride, the Bridesmaids would have their lamps ready. To them had been given the resources of oil to light the house in welcome. You don’t welcome someone to a dark house. Remember the 5 foolish virgins who had squandered their oil on stuff that was never meant for the king?
The Groom would come, and the Bride would hear them coming, and would dress in her finery, and suddenly he was there, and he would take her to himself, and together the crowd would return home.
John 14 says; “Do not let your hearts be troubled; trust in God – trust also in Me. In my father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go, and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me, that you also may be where I am.”
Watch the signs of the times.
There are hammerings and bangings all over the world. But when the hammerings and bangings stop - the King is coming
What is his Covenant of Promise? Whenever we take communion, Christ said of it, “ Whenever you eat and drink this bread and this cup, you do it in memory of Me.”
For how long?
“Until He comes”
She would not know what that extension looked like; part of the promise was that she had to wait. It was going to be a surprise. But all of the time that the hammering and the banging was going on, she knew he was preparing something special. She would prepare herself too, and get her bridal clothes ready. For she had no idea when the date would be. The wedding was set when the house was finished.
Suddenly there were no more sounds of hammering and banging, and the Groom would dress in his wedding finery. Together with his friends, the Groomsmen, as dusk fell, he would start to move from his father’s house. The sounds would go around the village - “The Groom is on the move”. Friend after friend would gather like a comet behind the Groom.
At the house of the Bride, the Bridesmaids would have their lamps ready. To them had been given the resources of oil to light the house in welcome. You don’t welcome someone to a dark house. Remember the 5 foolish virgins who had squandered their oil on stuff that was never meant for the king?
The Groom would come, and the Bride would hear them coming, and would dress in her finery, and suddenly he was there, and he would take her to himself, and together the crowd would return home.
John 14 says; “Do not let your hearts be troubled; trust in God – trust also in Me. In my father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go, and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me, that you also may be where I am.”
Watch the signs of the times.
There are hammerings and bangings all over the world. But when the hammerings and bangings stop - the King is coming
What is his Covenant of Promise? Whenever we take communion, Christ said of it, “ Whenever you eat and drink this bread and this cup, you do it in memory of Me.”
For how long?
“Until He comes”
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