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I Am A Member of the Pure Bride of Christ
(Eph5:25, 27; Rev19:7-8, 21:1-2)
God is holy (Lev11:45).
His essence is holy and
He separates from the nations those who are holy and makes them His possession (Lev20:25).
Faith is knowing Him and
The life of this faith is in living sincerely and purely in order to be welcomed by Christ one
husband as His clean bride (2Co11:2-4).
The Bible indicates the distinction between
What is clean and unclean, what is holy and unholy for
There remains the last day when Hades will be burned up (Ge7:2; Rev20:14).
The Law instructed what was unclean and how to handle them:
Animals (Lev11:4-7), diseases (Lev13), human corpse (Nu19:12), returning soldiers (Nu31:19),
Women after giving birth (Lev12:6), prostitutes (Lev21:7).
The tent, the vessels etc of the holy tabernacle had to be
Cleansed with the blood of animals (He9:21-22),
Even the Levites and the priests who had already been sanctified had to be
Cleansed by having their whole bodies shaved and
Washing their clothes and bodies with water (Nu8:6-7; Neh12:30).
In spite of this, however, the holy people of Israel defiled the temple by
Having mediums and spirits in the courts of the temple (2Ch33:5-7).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days," because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20),
In the Father's name Yeshua, not Jehovah,
With His own blood, not the blood of animals,
He would purify the heavenly sanctuary, not an earthly one (He1:3, 9:1, 24)
To make not a people by possession but the Bride of Christ.
For what defiles man is inside of him, that is, sin (Mk7:1-21),
The sinless God came as man and died on the cross to
Purify their sins with His blood (He1:3).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The only One having nothing to do with unclean sin and death is the holy Father alone;
2) Judged the devil, the origin of unclean sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood cleansed all men's sin (He9:22-23).
He resurrected and entered the holy heaven and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent calls and gathers into the Church
The souls cleansed by the blood of Yeshua
To sanctify through and through their spirit, soul and flesh (1Th5:23; 2Th2:13):
The temple = the groom Christ = the Church = the pure bride = the members
All have the essence of holiness.
The Christian is he who denounces
A different savior, a different spirit, a different gospel "”
In other words, liberal theology, prosperity faith, secular faith (2Co11:4),
Turns away from those who think that godliness is a financial gain (1Ti6:5), and
Puts every effort to escape the corruption of the world, such as
Sexual immorality, envy, idolatry etc (Jas1:27; 2Pe2:20)
To be saved from hell, the garbage incinerator (Mt5:22; 2Th2:13) for
He longs to belong as members of the pure bride on the day the groom Christ returns,
To participate in the wedding banquet in the air (Rev19:7-8, 21:1-2).
O Lord,
Like the Amish people we would rather be
Willingly isolating ourselves and living a lonely life
Than returning to the world after having escaped the corruption of the world (2Pe2:20).
Let the Church of Jesus keep herself sanctified from the world and
When the Lord Yeshua Christ returns
Let us all be taken up to the wedding banquet in the air with the church.
Let us not miss the opportunity to repent (Rev2:21)! Amen.