BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM

1.     Genesis 1:26-31; 2:18-25 “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.  And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

2.     Isaiah 61:8-11 “For I the Lord…will make an everlasting covenant with them.  And their seed shall be known among the Gentile, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.  I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.  For as the earth bringeth forth her, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord god will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

3.     Isaiah 62:1-5For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.  And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.  Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.  Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah(my delight is in her), and thy land Beulah(married): for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.  For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.”

4.     Jeremiah 33:10-11 “Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place…The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.  For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.”

5.     Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19-20; Luke 5:34-35 “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?  But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.”

6.     Matthew 25:1-13 “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom…the bridegroom tarried…Behold the bridegroom cometh…the bridegroom came.”

7.     John 2:1-11 “There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage…the governor of the feast called the bridegroomThis beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.”

8.     John 3:29 John:“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.”

9.     Revelation 21:2-3 “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.”

10. Revelation 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that heareth say, Come.  And let him that is athirst come.  And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”

 

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