{"id":69,"date":"2012-02-23T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=69"},"modified":"2012-07-12T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T21:33:32","slug":"the-bride-and-wife-of-christ-is-the-new-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"The “Bride and Wife” of Christ is the New Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Week\u2019s Audio Message
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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. \u2013 Hebrews 12:2<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, \u201cCome, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.\u201d\u00a0 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. \u2013 Revelation 21:9-10<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Revelation 21 shows an incredible picture of the \u201cjoy set before Christ\u201d that took Him through the cross.\u00a0 \u00a0It is the vision of the Holy City, the New Jerusalem coming from heaven.\u00a0 Even though the scripture provides great details of it physical features and dimensions, what makes this city, this physical structure, a picture of joy for Christ is revealed by the angel who called the New Jerusalem the Lamb\u2019s bride, His wife.<\/p>\n

The New Jerusalem will be the most incredible physical structure ever created.\u00a0 But the joy that drove Christ to endure the cross is more than that.\u00a0 It is Christ seeing the vision of that structure enabling His bride, the church, to continue His Eden directive \u2013 to be fruitful and multiply as a market place, as a city, as a Kingdom under His governance.<\/p>\n

The fact that we are called the bride has great implications for our market place responsibilities today.\u00a0 The bride does not yet have the responsibilities of a wife, but is committed to prepare for that role.\u00a0 In the same way, Christ expects the church today to prepare for the wife\u2019s role, to prepare for our place in the awesome city where we will celebrate the splendor of creativity and value creation as we work as one Body under His headship.\u00a0 We, as Christ\u2019s bride today, have a market place responsibility to prepare for that role as the Lamb\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n

Market Place Prayer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

May the Holy Spirit inspire His market place leaders to understand and fully commit to the bride\u2019s preparation as the Lamb\u2019s wife, as a city \u2013 a market place in New Jerusalem under Christ\u2019s power, wisdom, and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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