Monday, September 23, 2013

Beautiful Bride - Ahava Love Letter (Steve Martin)

                
          “Beautiful Bride” 

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” (Rev. 19:6-9 NAS)

Dear family of friends,

As she walked down the aisle that fantastic early evening, my heart choked up with emotion. I had planned on completely singing the song I had written for her, while playing my guitar with full gusto, but I just couldn’t manage to steady my voice through the second verse. I almost lost it then and there. She was beautiful. Oh, my beautiful bride. She was making her way to me.

My heart was thumping, about ready to leap out due to sheer excitement. Her white linen gown flowed down and out behind her, as she slowly moved forward in grace and beauty. The look in her hazel eyes and the sweet smile on her face even more shook the core of my body. When she got to the front of the altar, more than one tear had already crested my cheek. I thought I had waited for eternity for this moment. Now she had come.

I could not have imagined this day any better than what it was then. Years of waiting for her to finally arrive, having been prepared just for me, was but a mere image of what I had thought this would be. My wonderfully made, beautifully formed bride had come to me.

The time is fast approaching when the Groomsman of the Universe, the Creator of all mankind, the One with the biggest heart for His own beautiful bride, will have arrived. He will be finished with His preparation and we will go to Him. Centuries of history, a mere moment in His eternity, will have reached a crescendo when we finally join Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus Christ, for His wedding ceremony, and then sitting down for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

Nothing will have stopped the Father God from aligning all for this moment, to present to His Son, His Bride. Having been fashioned together, into one Body, from all nations, through all the centuries, for His grand purposes, she will now have been perfected. Now the time will have arrived to give her to Yeshua.

Jesus came the first time as the hidden Messiah, the quiet Lamb of God, revealing Himself to a chosen few in the land of Israel. He came in human form, to offer the required blood sacrifice redemption, with His brutal death on the cross, the earthen tree, so we could be free. When He returns on His mighty steed, having waited these two thousand years for His bride to be readied, there will be a fire in His eyes for her. His immense heart of pure love, which has been burning with passion for His people, will be felt in our spirits too. We will be joined with Him for all eternity.

These times of tribulation will be over. The Lord God of Israel and His glorious bride will finally sit down together at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, celebrating this completed plan of God the Father, orchestrated perfectly by His Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh. I personally can’t wait!

As He has shown Himself in the feasts of the Lord, even now opening wide our eyes further to see what He has in these for us, we will know that the final feast, the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with His beautiful Bride, will have been worth the immense price He has paid. We will certainly rejoice. We will forever be with Him.

Paul Wilbur sings a great song entitled “Song of the Beautiful Bride.” Believe me, the words can be overwhelming as you listen to them, over and over again. Several versions of YouTube links are below, along with the lyrics. 

The impact of it on your soul will be far reaching, as you begin to really long for the return of the King of kings and the Lord of lords, coming for His beautiful bride, whom are you and I. 

As I live in reality, the soon coming return for His beautiful, glorious, prepared and united Bride is as real to me as my beautiful bride of 36 years has been here on earth. He so longs to share His love, the True King.

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin
Founder, Love For His People

"Song Of The Beautiful Bride"

by Paul Wilbur 
Album: Your Great Name 
There is a noise,
There is a sound
There is a cry from the depths of our hearts,
Heaven come down

Will not be silenced,
Cant be contained
The cry of a people,
a priesthood, a nation,
called by Your name

Out of the darkness,
Redeemed from the night,
Bathed in His glory,
Reflecting His light

Oh what a beautiful bride

From every nation,
From every tribe,
Clothed with His righteousness,
Fully alive

Hear the song of the beautiful bride

Oh what a mystery,
How great the love
Goes to the broken,
The orphan, the chosen
Making us one

And under His hand,
United we stand
Bearing the goodness,
The beautiful mercy,
Of Great I AM

Out of the darkness,
Redeemed from the night,
Bathed in His glory,
Reflecting His light

Oh what a beautiful bride

From every nation,
From every tribe,
Clothed with His righteousness,
Fully alive

Hear the song of the beautiful bride

Singing,
How great and marvelous are all your deeds
Nations will come
And bow down at Your feet

Glory to You Lord of all
King of all kings, we sing

How great and marvelous are all your deeds
Nations will come
And bow down at Your feet

Glory to You Lord of all
King of all kings

Out of the darkness,
Redeemed from the night,
Bathed in His glory,
Reflecting His light

Oh what a beautiful bride

From every nation,
From every tribe,
Clothed with His righteousness,
Fully alive

Hear the song of the beautiful bride
Hear the song of Your bride
Song of the bride
Dance with me

Hear the song of Your bride
Lover of my soul

Lover of my soul
Hear the song of Your bride

Paul Wilbur, Steve Merkel, Michael Farren
© 2013 Integrity Worship Music/ASCAP
(adm at EMICMGPublsihing.com) & Word Music, LLC/
Pocket Full of Rocks Publishing (adm by Word Music)
CCLI # Pending



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Ahava Love Letter #76   “Beautiful Bride”  ©2013 Steve Martin 
Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (09/23/13 Monday at 5:45 am in Charlotte, NC. During the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot or, Succot in Hebrew))

All previous editions of Ahava Love Letter can be found on this Blog:

Here are the last few:

Explosion of Love (#77)
What Do You Want (#75)
The Hiding Place (#74)
Why Is A Gentile Like You Celebrating the Feasts of the Jews? (#73)
They Are Loved Too (#72)
Oskars Needed Again? (#71)

Little Orphan Chuckie (#70)



Song of the Beautiful Bride


Our dance to Song Of The Beautiful Bride by Paul Wilbur. Yom Teruah 9/7/2013 at our congregation; Beth Judah, Ephraim and Companions. Kumai Adonai Dancers. Published on Sept 8, 2013


Another selection by the Simchah International Dance Company: YouTube: Song of the Beautiful Bride
Published on May 16, 2013


And yet another version:
(Ephesians 5:25-27) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (KJV)

"Song of the Beautiful Bride" - with lyrics on YouTube: 
Published on Sept. 20, 2013




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Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your head from the Lord Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach.

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People
Charlotte, NC USA