My heart is moved by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king. My tongue is the pen of a skilled writer. You are the most handsome of men. Grace flows from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever. Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side, in your majesty and splendor - in your splendor ride triumphantly in the cause of truth, humility and justice. May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice. You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions. (Vs.1-7)
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. And as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. (Isaiah 62)
The blushing bride awaits her handsome mate who approaches her with a Ketubah in hand. On the table before her is a flask of wine to be drunk if she accepts the proposal sealed in the contract he carries with him. The young bride's face is covered. Her heart pounds as the young man comes near and opens the Ketubah and reads from it all the promises he will make to his future bride. Even more important is the price he will pay to gain her for his own. The young man is handsome and eager. His own heart beats wildly as he waits for her to drink from the cup of wine set before her, for if she does, she agrees to be his and the marriage would be legally sealed.
Her dainty hand reaches for the cup of wine he presents to her and her scarlet lips take a sip. Joy! She agrees to be his bride. "I will not drink of this cup until we are reunited," he declares. It will be a year or so before he comes to get her because he has to prepare a place for them to live. He cannot share this cup with anyone else because that would mean he would be engaged to another. She is his beloved now.
On the night before He died, Jesus took the cup. "This is the new covenant (Ketubah) in my blood. (The price I will pay for your love.) Drink it in remembrance of me. I will not drink from it again until you drink it with me in My Father's kingdom." He declared that He must go away to prepare a place for us, but assured His Bride that He will come again and take her to Himself that where He is she will also be. Jesus betrothed Himself to the Church. His Bride. The Groom Who rejoices over us.
With what reciprocal joy should we give ourselves wholeheartedly to loving our Savior? The Ketubah He has made with us is filled with promise after promise paid for with holy blood. Our groom is beautiful beyond description, a mighty warrior who has slain the one who would destroy our faith and vanquished the last great enemy, death. The Word of God, the Logos, Jesus is reigning in splendor ready to come for His Bride on horseback dressed in white. His awe-inspiring acts to win our love and demonstrate His power are carried out with truth, humility and justice. He won us! Careening over the forces of evil and the lies of the evil one, the strong right hand of our Husband beat back the unjust and swooped us up onto His horse, carrying us to His heart forever!!
Sing bride. Sing for joy! Your Husband is the King Who will come back to take you to Himself!
Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. His eyes were like a fiery flame and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself. He wore a robe stained with blood, and His name is the Word of God...A sharp sword came out of His mouth....and He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KINGS OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. And as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. (Isaiah 62)
The blushing bride awaits her handsome mate who approaches her with a Ketubah in hand. On the table before her is a flask of wine to be drunk if she accepts the proposal sealed in the contract he carries with him. The young bride's face is covered. Her heart pounds as the young man comes near and opens the Ketubah and reads from it all the promises he will make to his future bride. Even more important is the price he will pay to gain her for his own. The young man is handsome and eager. His own heart beats wildly as he waits for her to drink from the cup of wine set before her, for if she does, she agrees to be his and the marriage would be legally sealed.
Her dainty hand reaches for the cup of wine he presents to her and her scarlet lips take a sip. Joy! She agrees to be his bride. "I will not drink of this cup until we are reunited," he declares. It will be a year or so before he comes to get her because he has to prepare a place for them to live. He cannot share this cup with anyone else because that would mean he would be engaged to another. She is his beloved now.
On the night before He died, Jesus took the cup. "This is the new covenant (Ketubah) in my blood. (The price I will pay for your love.) Drink it in remembrance of me. I will not drink from it again until you drink it with me in My Father's kingdom." He declared that He must go away to prepare a place for us, but assured His Bride that He will come again and take her to Himself that where He is she will also be. Jesus betrothed Himself to the Church. His Bride. The Groom Who rejoices over us.
With what reciprocal joy should we give ourselves wholeheartedly to loving our Savior? The Ketubah He has made with us is filled with promise after promise paid for with holy blood. Our groom is beautiful beyond description, a mighty warrior who has slain the one who would destroy our faith and vanquished the last great enemy, death. The Word of God, the Logos, Jesus is reigning in splendor ready to come for His Bride on horseback dressed in white. His awe-inspiring acts to win our love and demonstrate His power are carried out with truth, humility and justice. He won us! Careening over the forces of evil and the lies of the evil one, the strong right hand of our Husband beat back the unjust and swooped us up onto His horse, carrying us to His heart forever!!
Sing bride. Sing for joy! Your Husband is the King Who will come back to take you to Himself!
Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. His eyes were like a fiery flame and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself. He wore a robe stained with blood, and His name is the Word of God...A sharp sword came out of His mouth....and He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KINGS OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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