Stagecoach, NV
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
In the Jewish Wedding, a
man will leave his home, no matter how far away, and go to her house asking her
to marry him. He tells his father he
found his bride. They go to ask her. IF she say’s yes, they create a contract of what he will do and what she will do, then they both sign
the contract (which becomes their wedding vows) and sip a cup of wine to seal
the contract and he gives her a bride gift.
NOTE: Jesus
came from His home in Heaven to
earth for His bride.
Then the man will go back home and prepare
a place for her. When his father
approves that it’s done, then he tells his son to go get his bride. In his finery (king like) he is carried by
his best friends the long way to her house with musicians, so everyone can
rejoice with them as he goes to gather his wife. This process takes approximately one year in time that they do not see each other.
NOTE: John
14:2 – “In My Father’s house are
many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.”
During that time before
they meet again, he sends her another gift, just to let her know he still wants
to marry her and encourage her to have patience.
NOTE:
John 14:26 – 28 NKJ
26 “But the
Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I
said unto you.
27 Peace
I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
28 Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced,
because I go unto the Father: for the
Father is greater than I.”
So fear not, the Lord is never late.
His second gift is the Spiritual Gifts for each of us to receive. While we wait, the Holy Spirit reminds and
teaches us how to have a blessed marriage with our Lord. He’s also to comfort us in times of trouble
and remind us what the Word says about any situation to overcome it. Think about how unique this is our conscious
is actually the voice of our spirit that helps us to mature for our Husband to
come. So REJOICE ALWAYS HE HAS NEVER LEFT US! (Matthew 18:20
"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am
there in the midst of them."
She’s also preparing
her wedding dress (queen like). Packing
her hope chest for her new (unseen) home, saying goodbye to friends and family
as the time draws near. When she hears
her husband coming, she gathers her maids and runs to her husband. Then they are carried back to his home, to
repeat the vows to each other and sip more wine, to seal their vows before
others then the wedding feast. After
which they are enclosed in their new home for 7 days.
The bride is not seen
for that time; occasionally the husband will come out and get food or drink,
thanking the guests for coming.
NOTE: Luke 14:8-10 NKJ This
is the proper way, when you attend a Wedding Feast.
8 "When
you are invited by anyone to
a wedding feast, do not sit
down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by
him;
9
and he who invited you and him come and
say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the
lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit down
in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you,
‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will
have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.”
Keep in mind it’s the only time they do
not work. Back then, they didn’t have
honeymoons, vacations, etc. They worked
sun-up to sun-down every day. He didn’t
use a tractor to plant the crops or harvest them, nor does she go to a store
to buy bread, or have ready made clothes for her hubby and kids. Everything for both of them is created from
scratch.
2
Thessalonians 2:1-2 NKJ
1 “Now, brethren, concerning
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and
our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
2 not to
be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either
by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of
Christ had come.”
So our job
until He comes for His Bride [US], is to be trained, preach the Gospel, then use the
gifts he gave us to reveal His saving Grace and Love to the world – so they
will believe to. Our trials are what
makes us mature, because we seek His answers for them - IF we're smart. That’s also how we develop a relationship
today with our future Husband.
Blessings to all of you - see you Thursday, the Lord
willing. I’ll continue to
pray for you Ephesians 1:18-19.
Ephesians 1:18-19 NASB
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His
calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance
in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These
are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might”
Sandy F - The Lord's Servant, Stagecoach , NV USA
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