“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"
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
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
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Pocket
Full of Rocks Publishing (adm by Word Music)
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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