Page 67 - The Remnant Bride

Love is certainly an attribute of those who make up the Bride of Christ. It is arguably

the greatest attribute. It will be impossible to embrace the cross and walk where Christ
would have us to walk without love. We will fail to believe, fail to hope, fail to endure, fail

to bear all things, without love.
In the preceding examples it would seem that God is striving to reveal to us a

profound truth. Over and over we see Peter and John facing the same tests, but with vastly
different results. What Peter was unable to accomplish with human strength, will-power,

and resolve, John accomplished with love.
I heard a pastor, who had performed many marriage ceremonies, state that he had

never seen an unattractive bride. He said they were all made radiant by the love that was
evident upon their faces. Even so, the most attractive feature of the Bride of Christ is her

evident love for the Bridegroom. It is this love that allows her to advance where others will
not go. It is this love that leads her from the Outer Court, through the Holy Place, into the

Most Holy Place.
Those who are of the Bride have seen the joy that is set before them. This joy is Christ.

He is the passion and love of the Bride. He is her possession, her inheritance. Her love will

keep her in readiness and in expectation of His appearing. Like John, she will not be able
to be anywhere else, but at His side.
Love is therefore essential, for Yahshua will lead His Bride through wilderness places

as He prepares her. Even as a butterfly begins as a caterpillar, but is transformed in the

cocoon, the Bride will be transformed as she allows her love for Christ to lead her through
wilderness paths.