Come to
the Wedding
Most of us
in this age who have been called by Yahweh to follow His Son, Yahshua, to the
kingdom have come out of one of the mainstream religions of this present
society. As Yahweh began to show us the truth in His Word, we were overjoyed to
leave behind the fallacies of our past.
Often times in doing this, we erect barriers in our minds that clouds the true
splendor and excitement of our calling.
Let me give you an illustration of one such area. When we
learned the truth concerning the holidays of this society we discarded them and
grasped with excitement, the festivals that Yahweh has instituted. In our
fervor to please Yahweh we sometimes over react. When we do we set up a
barrier. I am one of many that did this. The vast majority of brethren in my
early affiliation would not even read the “Christmas” story in the evangels. We
had put a barrier in our minds that would not allow us to have anything to do
with that pagan time of the year. We would begin to read the evangels at a
point past the “Nativity”. ( I am using those “terms” because that is how we
related to these events mentioned in scriptures.) This was not a conscious
decision to avoid these parts of scripture, but we just avoided them without
contemplation.
It was a few years after my conversion that I was forced into
pulling down that barrier and finally read the story of our Messiah’s
conception and birth. In doing this the real truth concerning this time could
finally come into my mind. I had let my barrier rob me of a very beautiful part
of our Messiah’s life. It is amazing how many of us did this without even
realizing it.
Another area is that of going to Heaven. We were taught by
this society’s churches that one went immediately to Heaven or Hell at death.
For those of us (I am one) who came out of the Catholic church we could also go
to Purgatory for a while for final purification. When we are converted, the
truth about death, the resurrection to eternal life, and the Kingdom of Yahweh,
comes as a wonderful surprise and relief. We grasp these truths with great joy
and cast aside the ethereal beliefs of the past. In doing this, we often erect
another barrier that blocks the whole, exciting truth from being revealed to
us. That barrier is that no one, at any time will ever go to Heaven, for any
reason. This belief is fostered mainly from two scriptures. John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who
descended from heaven, the Son of man. Acts 2:34 For David did not ascend into the heavens;
but he himself says, ‘Yahweh said to my Sovereign, Sit at my right hand 35 till I make thy enemies a stool for thy
feet.’
Sometime we read things into scriptures that they do not say.
It is true that no one, including David, has ascended to heaven. However, these
scriptures or no others mention that when our Messiah returns, and we are
changed to be like Him, that we will be restricted from access to the Heavenly
throne of Yahweh our Father. Scripture actually confirms that we will have full
access to our Father’s throne in Heaven.
This can be the most dangerous barrier because it blocks much
of our true destiny as members of the first fruits harvest of mankind. As an
elder in Yahweh's service I can assure you that this barrier is very prevalent
amongst the assembles to this day. I encounter it often in my dealings with
various brethren. Many of us came from this society’s churches into Sabbath,
Holy Day, law keeping groups minus the sacred names of Yahweh and Yahshua.
However, it was still a step that Yahweh used to bring us out of the world.
When this happens, scenarios are made concerning what happens at the return of
Yahshua.
The scenario that is most prevalent is this; The last trumpet
sounds and Yahshua returns. Matthew 24:31,
1 Corinthians 15:52, 1
Thessalonians 4:16, The dead will rise as spirit beings at Yahshua's
command and those who are still alive will be changed instantaneously to Spirit
and will be as Yahshua is. 1 John 3: 1-2
We shall rise to meet Yahshua in
the air, 1 Thessalonians 4:16. We then go directly to Jerusalem to begin
our reign with Messiah Yahshua. Acts 1: 10-12, The apostles were told He
would return in the same way that He left. Yahshua left from the Mount of
Olives, thus He would return there and His feet would stand upon the Mount of
Olives once again, Zechariah 14: 4, and our thousand year reign with
Yahshua will begin, Revelation 20:1-4. Perhaps you are one of the vast
majority that believe this, as I had been for many years. This is an exciting
and very true scenario, to a point. However the barrier concerning no
one ever going to Heaven at any time prevents us from seeing an awesomely
glorious part of our calling in this scenario. It is this barrier that I pray
will be removed in this study.
When Yahweh issued the call to us to become followers
of His Son Yahshua, John 6:44, He qualified us to be among those to whom
it is given to understand. This call just mentioned is something very special
that may escape us if we allow this barrier to remain intact. It is an
invitation to a wedding!! The wedding of Yahshua His Son to us, selected
by His Father and chosen to be His bride. Revelation 19: 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him
the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made
herself ready;
8
it was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and
pure"—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, "Write this:
Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And
he said to me, "These are true words of Elohim." We have been invited
to the wedding and we need to understand where this wedding will take place
since we are the bride.
To begin to help us in this understanding we will turn to the
parable of the ten maidens in Matthew 25:1-13
As we await the imminent coming of our Bridegroom, we
too are to have our lights burning brightly in anticipation. Matthew
5:14-16, Matthew 6:22. This is the light that our Groom will be looking for
when He comes for us. We are also reminded to keep awake and be alert because
the time draws closer. Romans 13:11
Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you
to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first
believed; 1 Thessalonians 5:6 So
then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be alert.
With all of the above in mind, Let’s go on to understand where our beloved
Groom will take us and where this wedding and marriage supper will take place.
The time has arrived, Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the
Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to be clothed with fine
linen, bright and pure"—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the
saints. 9 And the angel said to me, "Write
this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of Elohim."
Let us look at a picture of heaven and the Fathers throne. Revelation
4:1 After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first
voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up
hither, and I will show you what must take place after this."2 At once I was in the Spirit, and lo, a
throne stood in Heaven, with one seated on the throne! 3 And he who sat there appeared like jasper
and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.
4 Round the throne were twenty-four
thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clad in white
garments, with golden crowns upon their heads. 5 From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals
of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the
seven spirits of Elohim; 6 and
before the throne there is as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And
round the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full
of eyes in front and behind: (Jasper gems are
breathtakingly beautiful in different shades of blue, blended in one stone.
Carnelian gems are a shimmering, translucent, vermillion red color. The rainbow
like an emerald would be semi-transparent green glow around the throne.)
The above is the Father’s house where there are many rooms prepared
and ready for the Groom and the bride following the marriage feast. John
14:2 In my Father’s house are many
rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place
for you? Let’s turn to Daniel for a further description of events and the
entrance of our Heavenly Father. Daniel 7: 9 As I looked, thrones were
placed and one that was Ancient of days took His seat; His raiment was white as
snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool; His throne was fiery flames, its
wheels were burning fire. (if one checks the words “Fiery” and “Flames”, one will
see that this is the same sea of glass around the Father’s throne mentioned in
Revelation. Part of Daniel is written in Aramaic. “Fiery” and “flames” in Aramaic is NUWR and it means to shine or
glisten . The phrase has the meaning of shining or glistening like fire. ) The
Father has arrived for the ceremony. This will be a beautiful double ceremony,
a wedding and a coronation.
The bride is present and she has been clothed in clean,
shining white, and pure garments appropriate for the wedding of a King’s Son;
Carefully note the following; Revelation 15:2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with
fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its
name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of Elohim in their hands.
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice
and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and
his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it
was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure"—for the
fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who
are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These
are true words of Elohim." Note that this beautiful bride is in Heaven
before the Father’s throne, beside the sea of glass. This resplendent bride is
everyone reading this article who have been called by Yahweh to walk with His
Son to the Kingdom.
Now the Groom enters in all of His glory and splendor; Daniel
7:13 I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he
came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.14 And to him was given dominion and glory and
kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom
one that shall not be destroyed.
This is the marriage of the Lamb
and His coronation as King of Kings. Yahshua was born for this very thing. John
18:37 Pilate said to him, "So
you are a king?" Yahshua answered, "You say that I am a king. For
this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to
the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice."
Now note who receives this coronation along with Yahshua. Daniel
7:18 But the saints of the Most
High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and
ever.’ Daniel 7: 21 As I
looked, this horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment
was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints
received the kingdom. Daniel 7:27
And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under
the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve
and obey them.’
What an awesome calling we have received! To be the bride of
and be coronated with our glorious Groom King of kings Yahshua, before the very
throne of our Father in Heaven. Will we be among this great multitude crying
out with uncontrollable joy and jubilation?
Revelation 19:6 Then I
heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many
waters and like the sound of mighty thunder peals, crying, "Hallelujah!
For the Sovereign Elohim the Almighty reigns.”
The coronation and the marriage supper have concluded and
notice where they have traveled to. I would like to bring something to your
attention here. A son inherits his fathers name. Note what Yahshua said. John
5:43 I have come “in” my
Father‘s name,----. (The word “in” can also be translated “with” and is
translated as such 140 times in the new testament.) The bride in turn inherits
her husband’s name at the wedding and so the groom’s father’s name as well. Note the following scripture and the name
written on the foreheads of those with Yahshua, His new bride. Revelation
14:1 Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a
hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s
name written on their foreheads.