Bible Lesson: Titles Of The Church:
Church Title: Lamb's Wife
Bible Text:
Revelation 19:5-9 KJV
5 And a voice came out of the
throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear
Him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice
of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for The Lord God
Omnipotent Reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honor to Him: for the marriage of The Lamb is come, and
His wife hath 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 saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of
The Lamb. And he saith unto
me, These are the true sayings of God.
John 1:29 KJV
(John the baptist)
The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb Of God, which taketh away
the sin of the world.
John 1:36 KJV
(John the baptist)
And looking upon Jesus as He walked,
he saith, Behold The Lamb Of God!
The pure
sacrificial Lamb Of God, was The Lord Jesus Christ, His wife is the
body of born-again believers from Calvary to the rapture (I
Corinthians 15:51-58/ I Thessalonians 4:13-18) She is the true,
blood washed church of Jesus Christ.
I Corinthians
6:11 KJV
And such were some of you: but ye
are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name
of The Lord Jesus, and by The Spirit Of our God.
Ephesians
5:25-27 KJV
25 "...Christ loved the church.
He gave up His life for her
26 to make her holy and clean,
washed by the cleansing of God’s Word.
27 He did this to present her to
Himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other
blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.
Titus 3:5 KJV
Not by works of righteousness which
we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing
of regeneration, and renewing of The Holy Ghost;
Revelation 1:5
KJV
And from Jesus Christ, who is The
Faithful Witness, and The First Begotten Of The Dead, and
The Prince Of The Kings Of The
Earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
His Own Blood,
“Pastor, if the
bride is all believers since Calvary, what about O.T. Believers,
where are they?”
That is a good
question, and the answer is found in …
John 3:29 KJV
(John the baptist)
He that hath the bride is The
Bridegroom: but the friend of The Bridegroom, which standeth
and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of The Bridegroom's voice:
this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John the baptist
was the last Old Testament prophet, and he called himself the
friend of The Bridegroom. Old testament believers, are the
attendants at the wedding, (as well as all believers after the
rapture of the church.).
Attendants:
A person who is
present, as at a meeting.
Being present or in
attendance; accompanying.
(Dictionary.Com)
It was the eastern
custom, for a bridegroom, to have a procession of his family or
friends, traveling at midnight, torches in hand, to the brides home
and then to take her to his fathers house, where the wedding would
take place.
Are you ready, for
His secret coming?
Matthew 25:1-13
KJV
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven
be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth
to meet The Bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and
five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their
lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps.
5 While The Bridegroom tarried, they
all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, The Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto 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 ye rather to them
that sell, and buy for yourselves.
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 was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But He answered and said, Verily
I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know
neither the day nor the hour wherein The Son Of Man cometh.
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