Matthew 25 Rapture Blog

2 Corinthians 11:2 :: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused (Betrothed/Married) you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ :::::: We Are Engaged or already Married to Yeshua (Jesus) ! The Rapture (Jewish Wedding)/The Marriage Supper of The Lamb —

by on Aug.21, 2010, under God is Love, The Rapture

The Truth of The Scripture Verse Above is perhaps one of The Greatest Truths in The Bible. When a Christian Matures and begins to understand like me, who has stayed single for Jesus 🙂 that we are really in essence Engaged/Married to Jesus right now — This Truth will Change a Believer’s entire outlook on living the Christian Life or Better said will be Better Footing in fighting off temptation — in that every time Satan tempts us with Lust or we are just tempted, it is easier to say no — Because now we know that we are in an Engagement/Marriage Relationship with Jesus and just like a regular Marriage – Faithfulness to the Spouse in Thought and Deed is where all the Honor is !!!!!!!! 🙂

BETROTHING :::: The engagement of a man and woman to marry each other at a future time.  — The Bride Of Christ

Wedding Feasts :::: Lasted usually for a whole week ::: (parallel to The 7 Years in Heaven, while the 7 Year Tribulation/End of The World is Taking Place on Earth) ::: The most honoured guests sit nearest, others behind; After the first circle have satisfied themselves with food those lower in honour sit down….

Could Be This :::

1. During the 7 Years in Heaven — Consecrated as Priests after the Order of Melchizedek

2. Bema Seat – Rewards or No Rewards — Those that do well May be decked out with Jewels for the Marriage Supper. – Pray for me ! 🙂

3. The Marriage Supper of The Lamb will be for a whole year – The last year in Heaven before the Return for the Millennial Kingdom on Earth.


Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Marriage

  • The modes by which marriage was effected — The choice of the bride devolved not on the bridegroom himself, but on his relations or on a friend deputed by the bridegroom for this purpose. The consent of the maiden was sometimes asked (Genesis 24:58) but this appears to have been subordinate to the previous consent of the father and the adult brothers. (Genesis 24:51; 34:11) Occasionally the whole business of selecting the wife was left in the hands of a friend. The selection of the bride was followed by the espousal, which was a formal proceeding undertaken by a friend or legal representative on the part of the bridegroom and by the parents on the part of the bride; it was confirmed by oaths, and accompanied with presents to the bride. The act of betrothal was celebrated by a feast, and among the more modern Jews it is the custom in some parts for the bride. groom to place a ring on the bride’s finger. The ring was regarded among the Hebrews as a token of fidelity (Genesis 41:42) and of adoption into a family. (Luke 15:25) Between the betrothal sad the marriage so interval elapsed, varying from a few days in the patriarchal age, (Genesis 24:55) to a full year for virgins and a month for widows in later times. During this period the bride-elect lived with her friends, and all communication between herself and her future husband was carried on through the medium of a friend deputed for the purpose, termed the “friend of the bridegroom.” (John 3:29)

She was now virtually regarded as the wife of her future husband; hence faithlessness on her part was punishable with death, ( 22:23,24) the husband having, however, the option of “putting her away.” ( 24:1; Matthew 1:19)

The essence of the marriage ceremony consisted in the removal of the bride from her father’s house to that of the bridegroom or his father. The bridegroom prepared himself for the occasion by putting on a festive dress, and especially by placing on his head a handsome nuptial turban. (Psalms 45:8; Solomon 4:10,11) The bride was veiled. Her robes were white, (Revelation 19:8) and sometimes embroidered with gold thread, (Psalms 45:13,14) and covered with perfumes! (Psalms 45:8) she was further decked out with jewels. (Isaiah 49:18; 61:10; Revelation 21:2) When the fixed hour arrived, which was, generally late in the evening, the bridegroom set forth from his house, attended by his groomsmen (Authorized Version “companions,” (Judges 14:11) “children of the bride-chamber,” (Matthew 9:15) preceded by a band of musicians or singers, (Genesis 31:27; Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9) and accompanied by persons hearing flambeaux, (Jeremiah 25:10) 2 Esdr. 10:2; (Matthew 25:7; Revelation 18:23) and took the bride with the friends to his own house. At the house a feast was prepared, to which all the friends and neighbors were invited, (Genesis 29:22; Matthew 22:1-10; Luke 14:8; John 2:2) and the festivities were protracted for seven or even fourteen days. (Judges 14:12; Job 8:19) The guests were provided by the host with fitting robes, (Matthew 22:11) and the feast was enlivened with riddles, (Judges 14:12) and other amusements. The last act in the ceremonial was the conducting of the bride to the bridal chamber, (Judges 15:1; Joel 2:16) where a canopy was prepared. (Psalms 19:5; Joel 2:16) The bride was still completely veiled, so that the deception practiced on Jacob, (Genesis 29:23) was not difficult. A newly married man was exempt from military service, or from any public business which might draw him away from his home, for the space of a year, ( 24:5) a similar privilege was granted to him who was ’betrothed. ( 20:7)

  • The allegorical and typical allusions to marriage have exclusive reference to one object, viz., to exhibit the spiritual relationship between God and his people. In the Old Testament (Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19) In the New Testament the image of the bridegroom is transferred from Jehovah to Christ, (Matthew 9:15; John 3:29) and that of the bride to the Church, (2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 19:7; 21:2,9)

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