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plans for a wedding feast. The Bride too was busy. She was preparing herself to be taken
into the Bridegroom’s home to be his wife. We see all activities revealed in Christ’s
relationship to the church.

Christ, The Bridegroom, Preparing a Dwelling

John 14:2-4
"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told
you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

God the Father, Preparing a Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:2-3
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king, who gave a wedding feast for
his son.”

The Ekklessia, the Bride, Making Herself Ready

Revelation 19:7-9
"Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb
has come and His bride has made herself ready." And it was given to her to clothe
herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the
saints. And he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.'”

A typical betrothal period lasted approximately one year. The Bride, having been
espoused, was to wait in readiness, for she would not know the exact time that her
Bridegroom would come for her.

Matthew 25:1-6
"Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their
lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom... 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.'”

Not even the Bridegroom knows the precise time when His Father will send Him to
get His Bride. He waits in readiness, having prepared a dwelling place for His Bride.

Mark 13:32-33
"But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,
but the Father alone. Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the
appointed time is.”

As the people of God, we have been espoused to Christ as a pure virgin. Christ has
gone away to prepare a place to receive us unto Himself. The Father is preparing a great
wedding feast to mark the day of our gathering to Christ to Tabernacle with Him