Lane and I have heard many teachings, messages and sermons. One that God refuted yesterday at church to me was that "Jesus can't return soon because He's coming for a bride without wrinkle or blemish".
During the service we had praise and prayer and many people went forward to lift their praise to God at the alter. Some lifted praise, some surrendered their lives and some were giving thanks. It's really hard to know what all of the people are feeling in their spirits, God deals with each of us so differently. Isn't it amazing that each of us are able to interact with Him from our own beings and it's all custom made for us? God is not a One Size fits All kind of God!
This is a "Rabbit Trail", so please bear with me for a moment, and take time to marvel that God meets each of us in different places, in different ways! He may be more gentle with the person that has a softer more sensitive spirit and sterner with the hardheaded one that won't listen! Isn't He amazing!?
Okay, back to the point of the blog. The idea that Jesus is not able to return until His bride is without blemish.....if He is able to cover us and our gaps in our spirit, is He not also able to cover His bride that He is preparing to return for? This is what He spoke into my spirit yesterday at church, it had nothing to do with the service or the praise, I think He was just showing me that to expect to see a perfect church before His return is delusional! He can and did cover a multitude of sins by His blood.
There is nothing too difficult for Him and He has already paid the ultimate price for His bride and He will return for her, make sure your oil is full!
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ Matthew 25:1-12
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