CONTINUED ROMANTIC WORDS OF THE BRIDEGROOM. Song 5:2 MY DOVE, The dove noted for its lifelong devotion one to the other. His dove found in the clefts of the great rock in a weary land. Song 2:14 As the Lord placed Moses in the cleft of the rock and covered him with His hand so the Dove will find her refuge in the rock, the Lord, during the tribulation period. He is our rock. Ps. 18:31 Ps. 94:22 He is the secret place, our place to hide and take refuge during the turmoil that is coming on the earth. The promises of a secure place, for the Bride are many. The Lord will protect and care of His Dove. Ps. 91:1-2 His Dove is unique, one of a kind. She is greatly loved and appreciated by all who know her. They praise her for the physical and the spiritual beauty they find in her. Song 6:9 She is His UNDEFILED, His perfect one. The word UNDEFILED is also translated COUPLED, in relationship to the corner boards of the Tabernacle. These boards are a type of Christ and His Bride. They are united as one, depicting the perfect and absolute unity and harmony between Christ and His Bride. Note, they are also to be double, the double or complete portion. Ex. 26:24 It is translated, UPRIGHT, those who are hated by the unrighteous.
THE UNDEFILED OR THE PERFECTED. My UNDEFILED, the upright, the holy one. Men teach and preach of a God with whom nothing is impossible. NOTHING BUT NOTHING is impossible with the Lord. Until it comes to the perfection of the Bride of Christ, then, that cannot happen? Oh, consistency thou art a jewel. The CHALLENGE of perfection. Jesus established the standard and called men to partake of its fulfillment. Mt. 5:48 Jesus PRAYED for the perfection and unity of His church. Jn. 17:23 Paul wrote and taught PERFECTION. With UNITY of the Spirit and DOCTRINE as its goal. A complete comprehension and knowledge of who and what Jesus is as the motivation, the master plan. Read the blue print, it shows a completed building perfect in every aspect. The perfect man or church is one that will have reached the full measure of the glory, the power, the very being of Christ living within and manifesting His life. Filled with all the fullness of everything that is to be found in the nature and character of God Himself. Eph. 4:13 The good pleasure of the Father was that in Christ Jesus ALL THE FULNESS of the Godhead was to dwell. Col. 1:9 He is the dwelling place, the habitation of the Living God. Col. 2:9 The Bride is privileged to be filled to the fullness with all the fullness of God. Eph. 3:19 If the completeness, the totality of the Godhead dwells in Christ and Christ dwells in us, then most assuredly having received Christ as savior and Lord, the essence of ALL, the being of the Lord that comprises the Godhead will abide within His people. We are the Temple, the house, the people of the Lord, His eternal dwelling place. He will occupy a sanctified and consecrated church in which He will manifest the fullness of His eternal glory. A perfect Bride. Wholly like Himself.
THE HEART OF THE KING GREATLY MOVED. The beauty of the Bride is the thrill and joy of His heart. The love and appreciation of the Lord Jesus for His church, the body of Christ, His Bride is evident. His love is so great that He gave HIMSELF for her. Eph. 5:25 When He has given all, the complete, total sacrifice, He must at times wonder at the lack of consecration, to Him, on behalf of those who claim to have a desire to be His bride. She must be holy. It is the desire of the Lord that she be as holy as He. He is holiness personified. That holiness will be accomplished by a people who are obedient to His Word. They are washed by the Word or are in subjection to and are cleansed by the WORD. They believe it in its entirety and accept it as a way of life for themselves. Eph. 5:26 That WORD will produce the desired result of a glorious, radiant, brightly shining Bride that is filled with all the light that is God. The literal brilliancy of that glorified body of believers will shine as the sun in all its strength. Rev. 12:1 She is the fulfillment of the vision of His heart to have a bride precisely like Himself. The word, <present> means to stand beside or to exhibit. This gives us an insight to the joy and pride that is in His heart as He presents her to the universe as His one and only, deeply loved and most precious.