Here we are looking at the City Bride.
The City Bride:
Just like Babylon is not a city in the symbolic language of Revelation, it is a fallen-mindset society; so the New jerusalem is not a city but the redeemed society of humanity! The bride of Christ! In John 7:37-38, when Jesus speaks of waters gushing forth out of your innermost being, he says that you are the city! You are the bride! GOD'S redeemed society!
Revelation 3:12, It is in very individual's continual association with their victory in Me that I will make them to be like a strong pillar in the Inner Shrine of GOD'S sanctuary supporting the entire structure of My GOD-habitation within you! A place to be your permanent abode where you will never depart from. And I will engrave upon them the name of My GOD, also the name of the city [the Bride!] of My GOD, the new Jerusalem that desends from heaven; as well as My own new Name!
Revelation 21:2, And I saw her, in spotless magnificence, the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of the heavens; having been fully prepared as a bride and beautifully adorned for her husband.
Psalm 87:3, Glorious things are spoken of you, Oh city of GOD-This one and that one were born in her.
Psalm 87:7, Singers and dancers together say, All my springs of joy are in you! There is no greater glory to pursue but to know that all my springs of joy are in you!
Revelation 19:16, His crown endorses our crown!
Look at John 7:37-38, On the final day, the crescendo of the eight-day Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stood up and proclaimed with a loud voice, 'If anyone is thristy, ley him come and stand face-to-face with Me and drink! (John again employs the word pros in order to emphasize the face-to-face fellowship we are invited to.) In your belief that i am what the Scriptures are all about you will discover uniquely for yourself, face to face with Me, that I an what you are all about and rivers of living waters will gush out of your innermost being! ( Jesus addresses the individual; you singular. Here John records how Jesus witnessed the eighth day, the great and final day of the Feast of Tabernacles, when, according to custom, the High Priest would draw water from the Pool of Siloam with a golden jar, mix the water with wine, and then pout it over the altar while the people would sing with great joy from Psalm 118:25-26, Look also the entire Psalm 118 which was obviously what Jesus reminded Himself of and also Isaiah 12:3; "Therefore with joy shall we draw water from the wells of salvation!" Then, Jesus, knowing that He is the completeness of every prophetic picture and promise, cried out with a loud voice: 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink! If you believe that I am what the Scriptures are all about, you will gush from your innermost being!' The Siloam tunnel - a winding tunnel carved into the rock, leading from the spring Gihon to the Pool of Siloam in the city of Jerusalem! Dating from the time of Hezekiah [800BC] or earlier, it was an aqueduct that effectively replaced the Middle Bronze Age channel. Gihon derives from the Hebrew Giha which means gushing forth!
Revelation 19:7-9, This is the climax of the ages! Celebrate His glory with ecstatic joy and extreme delight, for the wedding feast of the Lamb has come! The day didn't catch her by surprise! His bride has prepared herself appropriately! She is ready and fully [1]fit for the occasion! (The word, [1, G ] hetoimasen, is in the Aorist Active Indicutive tense pointing to what has already happened. This word derives from an old word, heteos, fitness. She has gotten herself ready! Verse 8 tells us how she did it!
Revelation 14:4, These boldly exhibit the first of the Lamb's doing. Here we have blameless innocence on display and redefined. What the (Mosaic) Law of Performance failed to do, the Lamb did! They are pure and unblemished in their close association with the Lamb-purchased and rescued out of the grasp of religious enslavement, fallen humanity; representing the entire human race as fruits to GOD and the Lamb. These 'first fruit redeemed ones' have witnessed humanity's joint association in the full range of the Lamb's journey. They are all marriageable maidens with their virginity intact! Their default settings are fully rebooted! See also Revelation 16:15, Be wide awake; My coming to you should not be like a thief who suddenly breaks into your space, unannounced! Guard your apparel lest you feel exposed and embarrassed about your nakedness like Adam and then Eve did when they traded their awareness of their I-am-ness and their sweet communion with Me for the fruit of the I-am-not-tree (the fruit of religions poison)! [see Genesis 3:9-11, And Jehovah GOD called to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' And he said, "I have heard Your sound in the garden, and I was afraid, for I am naked, and I hid myself. And He said, 'Who told you that you were naked?')
She [1] was given the finest wherewith she clothed herself; there she stands, wrapped in radiant white-dressed in [2] spotless, saintly innocence. (The verb [1], edkaioma, is from (G1325 a primary verb, to bestow) didomi, was given, Aorist Passive Indicative. The word innocence, [2, G1345 from G1344 dikaioō, to render innocence, is from G1342 dikaios, means absolutely or relatively, just is from G1349] dikaioma, meaning righteousness, stems from the (G1349) dike, means justice, two parties finding likeness in each other. Dike is also the root for the word (G1343) dikaiosune, righteousness. Sadly, many translations have it completely wrong here! this is not the righteous "deeds" of the Saints! This innocence gives testimony to the merits of the Redeemer. Paul say in Philippians 3:9, "And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but what is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of GOD by Faith." Zechariah 3:4, And the Shepherd-Messenger said to those who were standing before Him, 'Remove the filthy garments from him.'" And to him He said, 'Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with (H6663) righteousness - צָדַק - " Aramaic Targum.
Revelation 7:13-15, "Then one of the Elders asked me if I knew who those masses of people all in white, were. I said, "No Master, I don't; would you please explain this to me?" He answered, "This is co-raised humanity, brought out (Matthew 27:51-54; Daniel 12:2, Hosea 13:14; John 5:25-29; Daniel 9:24) of their extreme claustrophobic spaces where they were trapped in. They have plunged their stained priestly garments in the blood of the Lamb and they were made white." (The verb erchomenoi is the present Passive of erchomai - to come - in the mominative case - they are the brought out ones. tradition translated the great tribulation but literally, their extreme claustrophobic spaces - tes thlipseos tes meglaes - in the genitive case, possession, "of;" also origin or separation, "from." The word pluno is a prolonged form of an obsolete pluo, to "flow;" to "plunge," that is, launder clothing: - wash. Note, it was not their suffering that gave them their standing or their white garments - it was the suffering of the Lamb.) Standing free and forgiven in their redeemed innocence and union, face to face before the Throne of GOD, they are fully engaged, day and night in their priestly service of worship in the inner sanctuary. The One seated upon the Throne is their tabernacle - He shelters them with His presence.)
And He instructed me to record this in writing: Oh the [1]blessedness of this bliss which is the supreme celebration of the union of the ages! You have individually been [2]identified by name and invited to the Lamb's supper concluding in the ultimate wedding feast! This is the Grand Finale in the [3] unveiling of GOD'S word. (The word, [1, G3107] makarios, usually translates, blessed, suggests a special intensity of delight. It is another beatitude (makarioi) like that in Rev. 14:13 [fourth of the seven in the book.]
The verb [2], kekelemenoi, is a Perfect Passive Participle of (G2564) kaleo, means to call, to identify by name, to surname. The Passive Participle describes a state that exists at the time coincident with that of the leading verb as a result of action completed prior to the time of the main verb, [in previous verse] edothe from didomi, was given [v8] which is in the Aorist Passive Indicative form. See the extended notes on ekklesia at the end of chapter 1. The word, [3, G228, from G227] alethinos, is from (G227 from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2990) alethes, true (not concealing), is from the negative particle (G1) a or ah, to conceal, and G2990) lanthano, to lie hidden, ignorant of, unawares; thus that which is unveiled by truth.
This is not a wedding where you are invited simply because you're a friend of a friend of the Groom or the bride - or a distant second cousin to a relative of a relative on someone's mother's side! No! You're the Bride!!!! Matthew 26:26-29, While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is My body.' Then He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for the many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it a new with you in My Father's kingdom'")
Isaiah 54:5, For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is His Name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemed, the GOD of the whole earth he is called.
The Prostitute becomes the Bride!
Hosea 2:19, And I will betroth you to Me for ever; I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast Agape, and in mercy.
Hosea 1:2, "The LORD said to Hosea, 'Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom.'"
In Hosea 3:1, after Gomer had left Hosea and was living in immorality, the LORD commanded Hosea to find her and buy her back!
Hosea 2:14-23, "'Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. And in that day, says the LORD, you will call me, 'My husband,' and no longer will you call Me, 'My Baal.' For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. And I will make for you a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety. And I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast agape, and in My mercies. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD. And in that day, says the LORD, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth; and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel; and I will sow him Myself in the land. And I will have pity on Not pitied, and I will say to Not My people, 'You are My people;' and he shall say, 'Thou art my GOD1'"
Isaiah saw the new Jerusalem-Bride in the context of the powerful prophetic salvation poetry recorded in Isaiah 52, 53 and 54.
Isaiah 52:1, awaken, awaken; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. ( Addressing the city of Jerusalem in the feminine singular of Hebrew. Through the feminine form of the command 'awaken!' and 'put on,' as well as the feminine singular possessive and objective pronoun ending on the words 'your strength,' 'your beauty' and 'in you.') (The Mirror, with editing.)
With our next visit the LORD willing we shall enter chapter 4 from the new birthed perspective.
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