October 14, 2022
Ephesians 5:25-27
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it (that’s you & me),
to himself, a glorious church– not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
Revelation 19:7-9
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him (that’s your heart and time and conduct):
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is–
the righteousness of saints.
9 And he says to me…
Write, Blessed are they which are called
to the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he says to me…
These are the true sayings of God.”
(And as Charlie Shamp said today–
“You must first be ‘called’ by Him,
then he asks you to ‘follow’ him, and lastly–
‘ABIDE/LIVE’ with him!”
That’s cultivating and HONORING– your
‘marriage vows,’ and ‘intimacy,’ as one does,
WHEN ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED,
in an ‘official’ CEREMONY!)
Revelation 21:2
“And I John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying…
Behold, the tabernacle
(vessel/tent/dwelling place)
of God is with men,
and
he will dwell with them,
and
they shall be his people,
and
God himself shall be with them,
and
be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said…
Behold, I make all things new.
And
he said to me, Write:
for
These words
are
True
and
Faithful.”
(as is he)
Isaiah 54:5
“For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”
Revelation 21:9
“And there came to me one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying…
Come hither,
I will show you
The Bride–
the Lamb's wife.”
2 Corinthians 11:2
“For I am jealous over you– with godly jealousy:
for I have espoused you to one husband, that
I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.”
John 3:29
“He that has The Bride– is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice –this my joy therefore is fulfilled.”
Isaiah 62:5
“For as a young man marries a virgin– so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride– so shall your God, rejoice over you.”
Matthew 25
“8 And the foolish said to the wise…
Give us of your oil–
for
our lamps–
are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying…
Not so;
lest there be not enough for us and you:
but go rather to them that sell,
and
buy for yourselves.
(We cannot skate by on someone else’s intimate relationship with God and ‘make it;’ like a pastor, or words from prophets like daily horoscopes or counseling positive quotes.
We MUST HAVE OUR OWN– intimacy with Jesus, “otherwise it’s prostitution and pornography” he said, “because people are ‘getting good feelings, and encouragements’ from ‘them and our relationship, and word–’ but they never cultivate a ‘real one’ with ME– for us.”
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready– went in with him… to the marriage: and the door (which is– He)
was shut.
11 Afterward came also– the other virgins,
saying…
Lord, Lord, OPEN TO US!!!!
12 But he answered and said…
Verily I say to YOU–
I DON’T KNOW YOU.
(Like a husband– ‘knows’ a wife;
not sex, INTIMACY, ‘closeness.’)
13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day,
nor the hour –when the Son of man comes.
30 “And cast the unprofitable servant– into outer darkness
(this is the tree that bared– rotten fruit, didn’t
‘get together,’ or GET-IT-TOGETHER– with Jesus and his Holy Spirit– whilst on earth;
but NOTE–
he said ‘servant,’
so THEY CLAIMED TO BE ‘his.’):
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him– then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep –from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand
(as he sits at Father’s ‘right hand,’
so shall we sit at Christ’s ‘right hand;’
I call him my ‘left hand man,’
because my left hand,
if seated at his ‘right,’
can reach to hold his.)
–but the goats, on the ‘left.’ (left out)
34 Then –shall the King say to them on his right hand…
Come, you blessed of my Father…
INHERIT THE KINGDOM
PREPARED FOR YOU…
from
the foundation of the world:
35 For, I was an hungry– and you gave me meat:
I was thirsty– and you gave me drink:
I was a stranger– and you took me in:
36 Naked– you clothed me: I was sick– and you visited me: I was in prison– and you came to me.”
(This is the ‘one’ who will let God set people FREE through them, as well, those that LET GOD SET ‘them’ FREE…
(feeding self and others– Christ,
ministering him to THEM– or yourself.)
Clothing him– in righteousness,
Feeding him– the Word,
Healing him– Reconciled/whole,
VISITED with HIM– ‘intimacy, love and care,’
He Thirsted– and you GAVE HIM to drink
of the ‘living’ waters.)
40 “And the King shall answer and say to them…
Verily I say to you,
Inasmuch as you have done it to
one of the least of these
my brethren…
(that’s *ALL of ‘us–’ the littlest,
or most insignificant seemingly, of us all)
YOU HAVE DONE IT ‘to’ ME.
41 Then he shall say also to ‘them on the left hand,’
Depart from me,
you cursed into
everlasting fire,
prepared for the devil
and
his angels:”
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying…
Lord…
When did we see you– HUNGRY??
–or Thirsty…
–or a stranger…
–or naked…
–or sick…
–or imprisoned…
and
–did not minister to you?!?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying…
Verily I say to you,
Inasmuch as you DID NOT DO
to
one of the least of these–
you did it not– to ME.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment– but…
The *righteous– into eternal life.”
Mark 2:19-20
“And Jesus said to them…
Can the children of the bride-chamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
As long as they have the bridegroom with them (bodily) –they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them– and then,
they shall fast in those days.”
Yes, we will MISS HIM SO, and we will give up things, to be closer to him, and to DRAW NIGH– fast– it gives up–
TO RECEIVE MORE from him.
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying…
Thus says the Lord…
I REMEMBER YOU!
–The kindness of your youth…
–The love of your *espousals…
–When you WENT AFTER ME...
in the *wilderness…
in a land that was not sown.”
Espousals– an act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life–
a marriage or engagement.
Middle English: from Old French espousaille, from Latin sponsalia ‘betrothal’, neuter plural of sponsalis (adjective), from sponsare ‘espouse, betroth.’
Wow, he just said…
“BUT– I CANNOT FORGET YOU;
I remember you
when you CAME AFTER ME
(following, pursuing)
and
you gave me your ESPOUSALS,
your KINDNESS–
from your ‘younger’ years…
You did all that ‘in the wilderness,’
which is to say
THE HARD TIMES…
I CANNOT FORGET– ‘that’ LOVE.”
Ezekiel 16:8
“Now, when I passed by you,
and looked upon you, behold–
your ‘time–’ was the time of love;
and I spread my skirt over you,
and covered your nakedness.
Yes– I swore to you,
and entered into a covenant with you…
say the Lord God–
and YOU– BECAME MINE.”
He just said…
“Remember when I came around, when you had your ‘time’ on the earth, and I ‘looked upon you??’
YOUR TIME– was ‘times’ OF LOVE!
So, I ‘spread my skirt over you’ and
COVERED YOUR NAKEDNESS…
(that’s reminiscent of when Adam ‘lost his covering’ when he sinned,
this is when Christ covers us
with
his RIGHTEOUSNESS–
with his ‘light’ and ‘anointing’ again,
and
we are clothed in WHITE GARMENTS;
Adam lost his,
and ran to cover himself–
with leaves.
Which denotes– he didn’t ‘go to God,’
but instead–
covered–
‘Himself.’)
I SWORE to you, and entered a ‘marriage’ covenant with you, which is to say
‘a blood bond of honor and faithfulness,
with INTIMACY and COMMITMENT’...
And ‘YOU–’ became ‘MINE!!!!’ “
Wow; I still am taken aback by his GREAT LOVE for us, and his faithfulness and commitment.
We must remember, like with ALL WORKING PARTNERSHIPS– we have to call them, talk, share, ASK, *LISTEN (more than talk), prefer them,
acquiesce our desires-for theirs, face-time,
laugh together, cry together, argue, reconcile,
go deeper, trust and love harder, be patient and tender with, and…
‘CHECK OURSELVES
BEFORE
WE WRECK OURSELVES,’
in ALL our behaviors–
which is ‘honoring the other.’
He said…
“This –is what happened with us Janet,
we fell in love for real, both ways, back and forth– LIKE A TRUE ‘couple;’ this is REQUIRED.
It’s part of the ‘real relationship,’
the PARTNERSHIP that turns us from 2– into 1 –united in matrimony of SPIRIT,
played out– IN THE BODY,
‘the earth realm’ dirt vessels.”
He is wanting me to share this with you, for he said…
“Janet– I am coming for ‘a Bride,’ not a hookup or an affair; I am coming for my true, faithful, non-adulterous, resolute, pure, spotless, clean, wrinkle-free-ironed out….
*BRIDE!!
So, we need to remind them…
Intimacy comes from time spent; and
I am ‘the bible’ in premise and point.
Which means– my conduct, character, way, moods, and more
–Come from scripture.
You will ‘come to know me,’ in the text– first, and then, as you commune and talk with me,
asking questions and relying on me…
LIKE A HUSBAND or FIANCE…
Literally, as you would if you had one in dirt-realm…
YOU BEGIN TO ‘know me,’ like a betrothed-to-be–SPOUSE.
I need them to come to me, and REIGNITE
‘the first love’ between us again; and as they all do this, by burying themselves in the
‘death to selfishness, and self focus of importance,’ they will COME TO KNOW ME, and HEAR ME, and SEE ME.
Did I not say, ‘those that SEEK AFTER ME, with ALL THEIR HEART (and time, and dedication)...
YOU WILL SEE GOD!!??
I do not lie, I cannot; I WILL– COME FOR YOU, and you– WILL SEE ME!!!”
Folks, he wants nothing less than– YOU!
ALL OF YOU, and he will ‘pursue you,’ like the SPOUSE YOU DREAM OF.
But if there are ‘adulteries’ going on, spiritually, he will WOO you more…
He will call you to him– to COME DEEPER, and RELEASE the ‘clutter’ that is STOPPING UP his ‘holy Spirit flow,’ and relationship with you.
He will PURSUE YOU LIKE A FIERCELY LOYAL, and JEALOUS– ‘Fiance’ would…
If ‘another–’ was coming to rape, pillage and plunder you, HIS BRIDE TO BE, from– satan.
RUN TO HIM (his depth– are in his words),
and SPEND TIME WITH YOUR– FOREVER!!!
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