What does the ancient Jewish wedding have to do with you, a believer in Jesus? Jesus our Bridegroom is coming again for His bride, the Church and He has given the ancient Jewish wedding as a picture of our salvation and His return!
In this audio message, I will discuss what the ancient Jewish wedding is all about and what it means for you, the believer!
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Jesus Our Bridegroom
Throughout scripture, Jesus is illustrated for us as a Bridegroom coming for His bride. This is no accident or coincidence.
The ancient Jewish wedding is a beautiful and poignant picture for us of not only Jesus’ love for us but His plan to return for us.
Matthew 9:15
“And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” ESV
Jesus Our Bridegroom – You’re Betrothed
In the audio, you will learn about the betrothal process and what that truly entailed.
You will learn that a marriage was in fact legally binding upon betrothal and the couple entered into a covenant relationship with each other at that time. Once a couple was betrothed, the only way to break that engagement was with a legally permitted divorce.
This is why no one would have thought much of Mary being pregnant with Jesus. She was never shamed in the community because Joseph was betrothed to her. The only thing remaining was the consummation phase so people would have just assumed they had consummated their marriage. They would not have seen her as an impure woman. Only Joseph knew that they had not consummated marriage.
I discuss more about this in this post at Kingdom Bloggers.
Jesus our Bridegroom has entered into a betrothal stage with His bride!
Jesus Our Bridegroom Goes to Prepare a Place for You
Jesus our Bridegroom has gone to prepare a place for us!
John 14:3
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” ESV
Find out how this statement Jesus made is full of so much meaning to those He spoke it to.
You will learn exactly why this one statement He makes was so meaningful to His followers, who were Jewish men. They understood the context of which He was speaking!
Jesus our Bridegroom is in Heaven right this moment preparing a place for His bride. The timeline of this preparation and the time spent with Him at His return is covered in this audio message.
Jesus Our Bridegroom and Our Covenant With God
You will learn about the Ketubah or marriage contract and how God the Father and Jesus our Bridegroom have covenanted with us in much the same way it was done in the ancient marriage.
The Bible is our Ketubah! It is our marriage contract with Jesus! It outlines what He will do for us and what He expects from us, just like the Jewish Ketubah!
Jesus Our Bridegroom – Gifts of the Spirit
You will learn the significance of the Gifts of the Spirit and how Jesus our Bridegroom gives us His gifts as part of His marriage contract with us.
In the ancient Jewish wedding, upon betrothal the Bride receives gifts from her Bridegroom!
We have been given the gifts of the Spirit! When we accept Yeshua into our lives, when we accept His “proposal”, He then gives us these gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.” ESV
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
When Jesus our Bridegroom returns for His bride and brings her to Himself, there will be great celebrations in Heaven, not unlike the marriage supper that occurs with the ancient Jewish wedding.
However, before that celebration takes place, the bridegroom and his bride are sequestered away for a time to become acquainted with each other and formally consummate their union.
You will learn more about this time!
I pray this blesses you and if you would like to see a more in depth message on the topic, please comment below!
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THE CHRISTIAN AND THE OUTER COURT – JOURNEY INTO THE TABERNACLE
THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND – ROSH HASHANAH & CHRISTIANITY
GOD’S PRESENCE IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES – JOURNEY INTO THE TABERNACLE
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved
Let the oil in our lamps always be full no matter the time of day. We may enter when the time is prepared.
Amen!!
I love how you compared the Bible to a marriage contract – this is so right! We need to be constantly walking with the Lord and fulfilling our part of the contract.
Amen!! Thank you!
It’s so important to see the Biblical contexts these statements were made in! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Bailey!!
This is fantastic!! Most believers don’t realize how much of the Christian faith is based in Judaism. If we can learn more about Jewish and Middle Eastern culture, we will learn more about the heart of God and what He meant in His word to us. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such an easy-to-understand way. God bless you!
Thank you so much Gina!!
I would love to know more!
I’ll be doing more posts on it!