<"The Church" is The Bride>... are you sure?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | | 0 comments |It seems that the "Christian" populace has a general belief in the bible. Christ will come soaring on the clouds with glory, every eye will see him and the world will end. Seven headed Beasts will come out from the oceans and people will receive a micro-chip (or bar code as some say) on their hands and/or foreheads and so on and so forth. Also they say that the Bride that is mentioned throughout the entire book of Revelation symbolizes the church.
There has always been controversy as to what is the correct interpretation for the book of Revelation. One church teaches this way and then another church differs in teaching. Yet, many church leaders have sought to make it their obligation as to what these events mean and what are their correct interpretations to the masses. Their interpretation however, is not based on concrete scriptural evidence. Like I had previously said in my last post. There is only one that can give us a definite truth and that's the Root of David Christ Ahn Sahng Hong. If you study the bible you'd have no problem understanding who the Bride really is.
Let's see... in the book of Revelation there is much reference of the Bride.
Revelation 19:7 [Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.]
In the book of Revelation we see that in the last days the Wedding of the Lamb, meaning second coming Christ, will take place since the Bride is now ready. However Christ had already mentioned of a "Wedding" occurring to his disciples 2,000 years ago.
Matthew 22:1 [Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 "Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.']
Christ equates the Kingdom of Heaven to that of a Wedding Banquet. By understanding the parable of the Wedding Banquet we can understand how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It is understood that in order for a wedding to take place there are certain elements that must be involved. There must be a groom, a bride, guests and food of course! When all the elements have been established then the wedding banquet can begin. However, once this Wedding Banquet begins we can understand that the Kingdom of God has begun! For Christ equated the Wedding Banquet to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Then who is the groom, who is the bride, who are the guests and what is the food? Christ in the parable mentioned the food as the oxen and fattened cattle. Also Christ said that the King prepared a wedding for his "son" being the bridegroom. Then who came as a son? None other than Jesus of course. Therefore Jesus is the bridegroom, let's confirm.
Matt 9:14 [Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.]
When Christ was questioned about fasting he referred to himself as the Bridegroom and his disciples as the guests. The disciples of Christ however are those who do God's Will meaning believers according to the bible(ref Matt 12:49-50). Hence the Guests are the believers who do God's will. Yet many churches claim that the bride is the Church or the people who believe in Jesus. Yet, Christ already said that his believers are the Guests and NOT the Bride. How can we think otherwise? Did I interpret it? Maybe you should read it again.
["How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?]
It is clear then, Jesus is the Bridegroom and we are the Guests who are invited. Yet, who is the Bride then? In a Wedding the Bride always appears at the very end. Without the bride ever showing up then the wedding cannot take place or even begin. Therefore the Bride of Christ is prophesied to appear in the Last Days. That is why we see the bride mentioned all over the book of Revelation, the book concerning the last days. Without Her appearing the Wedding Banquet, the Kingdom of Heaven, cannot begin. Then who is the Bride if we are already guests?
Revelation 21:9 [One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.]
Then when John wanted to show us the Bride the Wife of Second Coming Jesus Christ he showed the Holy City, Jerusalem descending from Heaven. Then who is she?
Galatians 4:26 KJV [But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.]
When Apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians concerning the Heavenly Jerusalem he testified that She was Mother of us ALL, he understood that we are only the guests and NOT the Bride otherwise who would Jerusalem be Mother of? Can anyone be their own Mother? Surely not, if you think so then you have lost your sense of rationale.
Please understand, Mother is truth and she is the TRUE Bride. If you have any questions don't just go searching the internet because you will not find any answers. Ahnsahnghong Christ taught us everything from the bible. There is not one honest reason why we shouldn't believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother New Jerusalem. Don't be decieved by false teachings that are not in the bible.
2Corinthians 4:4 NLT [Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.]
2Thessalonians 2:9 [The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.]