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• The shadow of the Bride of Christ in the Old Testament (excerpt #1)
• Who is caught up in the rapture and who isn't (excerpt #2)
• The significance of blasphemy of the Spirit in the end times (excerpt #3)
• The time life of the last 7 years prior to the second coming (excerpt #4)

Excerpt #1 The shadow of the Bride of Christ in the Old Testament

Revelation 19:7. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

There is going to be a wedding. The question is; who is getting married? God’s word states the Lamb is getting married. However, who is the Lamb?………

Just as many of God’s spiritual principles and pre-planned events are shadowed in the Old Testament, so is the marriage of the Lamb. However, the majority of the prophetic information found on this subject is devoted to the bride of the Lamb, or the bride of Christ, as Jesus is the Christ.

This is one of the most often referred to ‘shadow’ subjects in the Old Testament. We will begin by examining the 24th chapter of Genesis. The entire chapter is devoted to this subject, as Abraham sends the eldest servant of his house on a journey to find a bride for his son, Isaac…

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Excerpt #2 Who is caught up in the rapture and who isn't

We learned the privilege of being considered the bride of Christ is reserved only for christians who attain extra oil. As oil represents a type of the Holy Spirit, having an extra measure of Him involves yielding to His influence every day to perform the appropriate works of God and successfully progressing through the sanctification process. The condition of yielding to the Spirit daily is referred to as blamelessness. This condition is motivated by a strong hunger or desire to patiently deal with all the hindrances that threaten to impede devotion to God. The next step is to find out why God symbolically uses the depiction of marriage to communicate so many of His spiritual truths.

Just as a husband and wife are intended to be exclusively devoted to each other, I believe God uses the depiction of marriage to illustrate the great devotion He desires to share with all human beings. This devotion transcends basic membership in His kingdom….

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Question: "What does it mean that the church is the bride of Christ?" Answer: The imagery and symbolism of marriage is applied to Christ and the body of believers known as the church. These are those who have trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal savior and have received eternal life. In the New Testament, Christ, the bridegroom, has sacrificially and lovingly chosen the church to be His bride (Ephesians 5:25-27). Just as there was a betrothal period in biblical times during which the bride and groom were separated until the wedding, so is the bride of Christ separate from her bridegroom during the church age. Her responsibility during the betrothal period is to be faithful to Him (2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:24). At the Second Coming of Christ, the church will be united with the Bridegroom, the official "wedding ceremony" will take place and, with it, the eternal union of Christ and his bride will be actualized (Revelation 19:7-9; 21:1-2). At that time, all believers will inhabit the heavenly city known as New Jerusalem, also called “the holy city” in Revelation 21:2 and 10. The new Jerusalem is not the church, but it takes on the church’s characteristics. In his vision of the end of the age, the Apostle John sees the city coming down from heaven adorned “as a bride” meaning that the inhabitants of the city, the redeemed of the Lord, will be holy and pure, wearing white garments of holiness and righteousness. Some have misinterpreted verse 9 to mean the holy city is the bride of Christ, but that cannot be because Christ died for His people, not for a city. The city is called the bride because it encompasses all who are the bride, just as all the students of a school are sometimes called “the school.” As believers in Jesus Christ, we who are the bride of Christ wait with great anticipation for the day when we will be united with our Bridegroom. Until then, we remain faithful to Him and say with all the redeemed of the Lord, “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20).

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