“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.” Revelation 19:7. Compare this to Ephesians 5:21: “That He might present it (her) to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Also, Colossians 1:22: “In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and reproveable in His sight.”
Let’s be honest and greatly concerned when we see the contrast between these descriptions of the Bride, now and then. Now living in what many informed Christians believe to be the End-Times, the overall church that we’re familiar with here in our nation, the U.S.A., does not measure up to the Revelation 19 Bride “who hath made herself ready.” I’m thinking we should be extremely alarmed and in a frenzy to rectify this calamity. Even as the storm clouds gather, apparently there is still time if we act now according to Revelation 19:7. But we’re not there yet. Seemingly, it will require a dramatic spiritual awakening, for which some are now praying. A painful and unthinkable possibility is that the number making up the “Bride” would be downsized drastically.
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