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“...CHRIST ALSO “LET US BE GLAD AND REJOICE AND
LOVED THE CHURCH GIVE HIM GLORY, FOR THE MARRIAGE
AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER,
THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE OF THE LAMB HAS COME, AND HIS
HER WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY WIFE HAS MADE HERSELF READY. AND

THE WORD, TO HER IT WAS GRANTED TO BE
THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT HER TO ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN, CLEAN AND
HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT BRIGHT, FOR THE FINE LINEN IS THE
HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY
RIGHTEOUS ACTS OF THE SAINTS.
SUCH THING, THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘WRITE:
BUT THAT SHE SHOULD BE HOLY AND
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE CALLED
WITHOUT BLEMISH... FOR WE ARE TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE
MEMBERS OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH LAMB!’ AND HE SAID TO ME,
AND OF HIS BONES... THIS IS A GREAT "THESE ARE THE TRUE
MYSTERY, BUT I SPEAK CONCERNING
SAYINGS OF GOD.’”
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH.”
Rev 19:7-9
Eph 5:25-32

“ FOR I AM JEALOUS FOR YOU WITH GODLY JEALOUSY. FOR I HAVE BETROTHED YOU TO ONE
HUSBAND, THAT I MAY PRESENT YOU AS A CHASTE VIRGIN TO CHRIST. BUT I FEAR, LEST SOMEHOW,
AS THE SERPENT DECEIVED EVE BY HIS CRAFTINESS, SO YOUR MINDS MAY BE CORRUPTED FROM THE
SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST. FOR IF HE WHO COMES PREACHES ANOTHER JESUS WHOM WE HAVE

NOT PREACHED, OR IF YOU RECEIVE A DIFFERENT SPIRIT WHICH YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED,
OR A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT ACCEPTED, YOU MAY WELL PUT UP WITH IT!”

2 Cor. 11:2-4

“...AT MIDNIGHT A CRY WAS HEARD, ‘BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM IS COMING; GO OUT TO MEET HIM!’
...THE BRIDEGROOM CAME, AND THOSE WHO WERE READY WENT IN WITH HIM TO THE WEDDING;
AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT.”

Matt. 25:6,10

“I KNOW YOUR WORKS. SEE, I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU AN OPEN DOOR, AND NO ONE CAN SHUT IT; FOR
YOU HAVE A LITTLE STRENGTH, HAVE KEPT MY WORD, AND HAVE NOT DENIED MY NAME...BECAUSE YOU
HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND TO PERSEVERE, I ALSO WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TRIAL WHICH SHALL

COME UPON THE WHOLE WORLD, TO TEST THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH. BEHOLD, I AM COMING
QUICKLY! HOLD FAST WHAT YOU HAVE, THAT NO ONE MAY TAKE YOUR CROWN. HE WHO OVERCOMES,
I WILL MAKE HIM A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND HE SHALL GO OUT NO MORE. I WILL WRITE
ON HIM THE NAME OF MY GOD AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, THE NEW JERUSALEM, WHICH

COMES DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD. AND I WILL WRITE ON HIM MY NEW NAME.”

Rev 3:8-12

“THEN I, JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD,

PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND...” (Rev 21:2) "COME, I WILL SHOW YOU THE BRIDE, THE

LAMB'S WIFE. AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT TO A GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN,
AND SHOWED ME THE GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, DESCENDING OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD,

HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD.” (Rev 21:9-11)

“ LISTEN, O DAUGHTER, CONSIDER AND INCLINE YOUR EAR; FORGET YOUR OWN PEOPLE ALSO, AND YOUR
FATHER'S HOUSE; SO THE KING WILL GREATLY DESIRE YOUR BEAUTY; BECAUSE HE IS YOUR LORD, WORSHIP
HIM... THE ROYAL DAUGHTER IS ALL GLORIOUS WITHIN THE PALACE; HER CLOTHING IS WOVEN WITH GOLD.
SHE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE KING IN ROBES OF MANY COLORS; THE VIRGINS, HER COMPANIONS WHO

FOLLOW HER, SHALL BE BROUGHT TO YOU. WITH GLADNESS AND REJOICING THEY SHALL BE BROUGHT;

THEY SHALL ENTER THE KING'S PALACE.” Ps 45:10-15

“WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WIFE? FOR HER WORTH IS FAR ABOVE RUBIES. THE HEART OF HER HUSBAND
SAFELY TRUSTS HER...MANY DAUGHTERS HAVE DONE WELL, BUT YOU EXCEL THEM ALL. CHARM IS

DECEITFUL AND BEAUTY IS PASSING, BUT A WOMAN WHO FEARS THE LORD, SHE SHALL BE PRAISED.
GIVE HER OF THE FRUIT OF HER HANDS, AND LET HER OWN WORKS PRAISE HER IN THE GATES.”

Prov 31:10-31 excerpts

The above passages of Scripture contain the revelation of the Bride of Christ which Paul depicts as “a great
mystery (“hidden truth”). These too, like the passages we considered on the Body of Christ, are worthy of our
careful scrutiny. These Scriptures cannot be read without concluding that the believer has a great part in laying
hold of the inheritance of the Bride of Christ. Although espoused to Christ by means of the new birth, it is
evident that a new life of righteous conduct and deeds is needed to secure a place in the Bride.