The Son, is Jesus, the Messiah, God
in bodily form who in equality with the Father took on the sins of the world to
create a way for mankind to connect with God. Jesus is not the Sunday school Jesus that many
of you may have been taught. He is
God!! The Creator, the beginning and the
end, He bears the Glory of the Father.
He shines in splendor, with all wisdom and power. He raised Himself from
the dead with the power endowed Him as God.
He hold the keys to Kingdom. He
was raised from the dead and went to Heaven in bodily form. He is in bodily form waiting for a church,
the Bride to return to. Would any of you want to marry a bride who had just
rolled out of bed, hadn't brushed her teeth, or her hair, or hadn't taken a shower? No! A glorious bride not only brushes her
teeth and takes a shower the day of her wedding, but she will spend months
before the wedding preparing; preparing the bridal party, picking her wedding
dress, going to spa treatments, going on a diet, getting her hair done at the
salon, finding and securing the location, picking the music and arranging
decorations for the location. She will also spend months preparing and engaging
the hearts of the people involved; talking to family, having Bachlorette
Parties, and a bridal shower. The groom
waits. The groom is less involved with the planning, but he supports the bride
and waits for the day when she will reveal her glory to him and they can be one
and be together forever. The bride is
compelled to prepare for the groom because he loves her and celebrates her and
yearns to have all of her with him in life.
Jesus is the groom of Heaven and Earth.
And we, the Church are His Bride.
He loves us and celebrates us and He is waiting for us to prepare
ourselves as a Bride. You see the Church
is not a building with four walls, a title and a denomination. The Church is us, the believers of God. God is after our hearts and He is waiting for
His Bride to prepare for the return of His son. Right now as the church we are closer to
being the bride that just rolled out of bed, not fully awake, bad breath, no
shower. We need to wake up and get ready
for our glorious King and Groom. You are
His church and I strongly believe that the youth of this generation will wake
up the Bride. Your gifts and talents
will be used by God in the world to bring positive change and wake up the Bride
to be prepared for her Groom.
