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The words, the conversation of the Bridegroom with the Bride are words of love, adoration and comfort. Hos. 2:14 I have a marginal reference which translates it, comfort, as to the heart or friendly. Even now, so many times our comfort and the assurance that all will be well comes to us from the Word of the Lord. The Word speaks volumes of the love that will be displayed to the church. According to Isaiah, it will be a time of song and rejoicing.
Isa. 49:13 After having overcome the greatest power of darkness to ever have been assembled against the church, she has now safely arrived to the place prepared by the Lord, the wilderness. Rev. 12:6, 14.
But not without having faced persecution. Rev. 12:13, 15 There is no greater gathering of Godly people than that found in the Bride of Christ depicted here in Revelation twelve. Prior to her transportation she will experience difficulties and persecution. All who would live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Not the great tribulation but persecution.
2 Tim. 3:12 The dragon, the devil knows the full meaning of all that will take place with the birth of the child. The child is the crowning work, the fulfillment of the Divine power of the Almighty God. The child is sinless and without the possibility of ever committing sin. He is immediately caught up to heaven. The firstborn of an eternal, everlasting, righteous race. He is of Royal standing, for part of his responsibility is to rule and reign. Rev. 12:5.
The valley of Achor (trouble) as a door of hope. What a strange situation to use as a door of opportunity. However there is a startling truth to be learned here. It is the revelation of the enemy within the ranks. Achan, the source of trouble), is a type of the antichrist. Joshua 7. The beginning of one who creates trouble in the midst of the people of the Lord started in heaven with Lucifer. A created being who walked in perfection before the Lord until inequity was found in Him. Eze. 28:15 With Jesus it was Judas. Jesus knew in choosing him to be His disciple that he would be the trouble maker. Follow his doings and see. John 6:70-71 Ps. 55:13-14 Paul warned of perilous days, and gave an outline of the problems of the church of the last days. 2 Tim. 3:1-6 A perfect situation for the division of the body of Christ because of a lack of knowledge of the Word of the Lord. 2 Tim. 3:7 Paul warned of winds of doctrine, the cunning craftiness of the methods used by men to deceive those who are lacking a true knowledge of the Word of the Lord. Eph. 4:14 The splits, the divisions, that we see in the church world today are but the beginning of a division that will be accomplished by the antichrist. Many will follow him in his day even as many now come under the influence of unscrupulous individuals, who claim to follow Christ but are false apostles and prophets. Mt. 24:24.