MAGNIFICENCE OF THE SPIRIT. All glorious within. Utterly filled with the glory of the presence of the Spirit of the Lord. It may well be said that the WORD is alive and active in her. She has met the standards of the Word. Ps. 45:13 The true New Testament Jew is one inwardly. Where the grace and redeeming blood of Christ has wrought a complete work. A work of circumcision (separation, disconnection) has taken place in the heart by the power of the Spirit. The new creature is in full control and is exerting the force of the Spirit enabling one to live the life of Christ. Rom. 2:29. If Christ is in us and we are in Him. We are that new being, living a new life by the authority of the Word and the Spirit. The old life of sin and unrighteousness is gone. The new prevails and empowers providing the ability to live that new life. 2 Cor. 5:17 There is a consistent refreshing and renewing of the Spirit that is made available, daily, by the moving and procedures of the Word and the Spirit in the spirit nature of man. 2 Cor. 4:16
THE INWARD, THE HIDDEN MAN OF A PURE HEART. The inner man, with the indwelling Spirit of the Lord, will possess qualifications that manifest themselves outwardly. The <unfading beauty. NIV> of a meek or gentle and quiet spirit is of immense value with the Lord. 1 Pet. 3:4 Attaining this stature in the Lord is not always pleasing to the flesh. Nevertheless it is a Divine requirement for membership in the Bride of Christ. We must confront the flesh, the carnal life that tries to usurp authority. The old man must be destroyed by being crucified with Christ. Rom. 6:6 The problems of a worldly, carnal church are multitudinous. The Lord always has a solution. Paul showed the answer by testifying that the world was crucified to him and he to the world. Gal. 6:14 Only by dying to the call, the desires and passions of the carnal nature can we find freedom. There is glorious liberty when that sinful nature has been crucified with Christ. Gal. 5:24
HER CLOTHING OF GREAT EXPENSE. The wedding gown wrought with gold. Gold a type of the eternal being of the Lord and His righteousness. Ps. 45:13 The call of the Spirit to the Zion of God, to the New Jerusalem is to Awake, arouse out of slumber and lethargy to put on the strength of the Lord. Clothe yourself with the Wedding Gown of beauty and splendor. She is the only city of Holiness. The unholy, the unrighteous will in no way be permitted to enter, or in any way be a part of that city. They are excluded forever. Isa. 52:1 The Holy City is identified as being the New Jerusalem. The city that has prepared itself for the great wedding of the Lamb. Rev.21:2 The majesty, the beauty and the glory of that New Jerusalem will far surpass anything that has ever been built by man here on earth. Its builder and maker is God himself. It is the true eternal city.
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LORD. The decree of the Lord made concerning that people whom He has called unto Himself. An edict that will be accomplished in the end of this world. It is directed to the daughter of Zion. Isa. 62:11 There are three things that she is to think upon. The first being; her savior, her redeemer, her Bridegroom is coming. The most important event in the end of the age, for the church, is the marriage of the Lamb and the Bride has made herself ready. Rev. 19:7 Are we prepared for that day? The second; is the reward that He will grant to the faithful. This will be a compensation or the benefit of having arrived at the requirement that is necessary to be in the Bride. Which is; unity of doctrine. A full and complete understanding of who Christ is. A mature Christian, unblemished and whole, having reached perfection. Having achieved the measure of Christ, being everything that He is. Bone of His bone, etc. Having come to the stature of Christ, possessing the same qualifications, attitudes, quality and Spiritual growth. Eph. 4:13 The third; is His work, that will be the judgments that are revealed against the ungodly nations of the world.