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The Bride Is Ready
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
A grave deception lies dormant like a sleeping sickness in the theology of the
church . . . an error with eternal consequences and unutterable loss. The error is this: that all believers, all born again Christians will be at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Christ's own words refute this. The Bride of Christ must meet specific requirements. His parables make such clear illustration of this, it is a marvel there can be such a serious mistaking of His teaching. Salvation is ever free. A gift. Unmerited and unearned by any effort or will. There is no work to be born again, only that of the work of Christ . . . but the Bride, that is another matter.
The Bride is Ready
Author: Martha Kilpatrick 4 October 2001
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Revelation 19:7 NKJ
Let us be glad and rejoice and
give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and
His wife has made herself ready.
Who is the Bride? The one who has said YES to
the Bridegroom and who by her fearsome yes
has begun an unending preparation for
absolute . . . purity.
The Bride has made herself ready.
"His wife has made herself ready."
Not "the Bride has been made ready" as though
it were done entirely for her.
Not "the Bride IS ready" as an automatic position
by right of rebirth.
But this: "the Bride has MADE HERSELF ready."
The ones who live for That Day, and not this Now Day,
enter an ardent preparation
with a deliberate ... read remainder of article
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1
The Prelude
A grave deception lies dormant like a sleeping sickness
in the theology of the church . . .
an error with eternal...continue reading
2
Finding a Bride
Genesis 2:18 NKJV
And the Lord God said, "It is not good that
man should be alone;
I will make him a helper...continue reading
3
The Invitation
Matthew 22:1-10 NKJ
And Jesus answered and spoke to them
again by parables and said,
"The kingdom of heaven is like a certain...continue reading
5
The Great Divide
May it never be that I would boast,
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the...continue reading
6
Ten Virgins
Reading: Matthew 25:1-13
Virgins of the story are all believers.
All are in the family of God, washed by the Blood
of the...continue reading
7
Oil of the Spirit
No Extra Oil
Caught in the crisis of Christ's return,
found wanting while waiting
without fullness,
the five foolish had run out of oil...continue reading
8
Wedding Clothes
Reading: Matthew 22:1-14
The mysteries of Bridal preparation
are strewn throughout scripture, by clear symbol.
Jesus freely gave the secrets that gain a...continue reading
9
White Robes
The King's daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
She will be led to the King...continue reading
10
Fine Linen
And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen,
bright and clean;
for the fine linen is the righteous...continue reading
11
Covered in Filth
Before ever the bride was revealed
in New Testament fulfillment,
the 'what' and the 'how' of her preparation
were planted in Old Testament...continue reading
12
White Turban, Blue Cord
We can solve nothing about being nothing.
And by being nothing, we can do nothing.
We can only let God.
To see our...continue reading
13
God's Dream
The dream of God is marriage.
Marriage was His original relationship
for humanity.
His favorite idea.
The First Institution.
The Original Bond.
Not friends, not brothers...continue reading
14
Bride of the Cross
Ephesians 5:26, 27 NAS
. . . so that He might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing
of water with...continue reading
15
Gomer, Faithless Bride
Hosea 1:2 NAS
The Lord said to Hosea,
"Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry
and have children of harlotry,
for the...continue reading
16
The Reigning Bride
I Corinthians 6:2a-3 Amplified Bible
Do you not know that the saints (the believers)
will one day judge and govern the world?
Do...continue reading
17
Daniel's Sovereign God
Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar,
"Seven times will pass by for you until you
acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign
over the kingdoms...continue reading
18
Called to Overcome
Revelation 3:21 NASB
"He who overcomes, I will grant to him to
sit down with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame...continue reading
19
The Overcoming Blood
The first "overcoming" is to conquer what is
within your own being . . .
the wrongness that lives unchallenged
in your primal...continue reading
20
The Overcoming Word
The facts of God's gifts to us cannot be imagined.
His being, His grace, His plan are so outside
the thoughts of...continue reading
21
The Overcoming Testimony
. . . he who accuses them before our God day and night,
and they overcame him because of the...continue reading
22
The Overcoming Love
Rev. 12:11 NAS
And they overcame him
because of the blood of the Lamb and
because of the word of their...continue reading
23
The Bridegroom
The Lord Jesus has a multitude of names.
Names that reveal facets and gifts of His
boundless being.
But one name will...continue reading
24
Friend of the Bridegroom
The disciples saw Jesus as Conqueror of Rome.
Herod feared Him as King of Israel.
The high priests envied Him as Favorite...continue reading
25
Indwelling Oneness
This is a great mystery, but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:32 NKJ
Of all titles, "Bridegroom" is the...continue reading
26
Paul and the Husband
For I am zealous for you with a godly eagerness
and divine jealousy;
for I betrothed you to one husband,
to present you...continue reading
27
The Only Husband
The one who dreamed marriage, made it
not for human relationship but . . . for Himself.
The human marriage, a hint...continue reading
