Jesus is a Bridegroom that will indeed come for His Bride, but do we know who she is? Do we know anything about His wedding plans?  

It would not be an exaggeration to say that much of Scripture is a wedding plan!  Read more...

Imagine the Lord saying to you, “I have a gift for you,” and while you’re wondering what His gift might be, He says to you, “I give you Sabbath!”

The Sabbath is far more than just one day out of the week to worship. It is the fulfillment of ALL that God would and will...  Read more...

Remarkably, the three parts of the Jewish wedding are profoundly illustrated in intimate detail within the three primary Feasts of the Lord -- Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. The Seven Feasts of the Lord are God’s big picture plan of His calendar of events, His flow-chart!  Read more...

It was customary, as the primary responsibility of the father, to Shiddukhin for his son, meaning to the father would select and make arrangements for his son’s marriage.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…John 6:44

Once the Shiddukhin was arranged, the wedding itself had two parts: Read more...

As mentioned, the Shiddukhin was the customary practice of the father to select a bride for his son. The father, or someone authorized on his behalf, would approach the bride and her family presenting his intentions.  In Genesis 24, Abraham commissioned his servant, Eliezer...  Read more... 

Much like Abraham commissioned Eliezer, the Lord commissioned Moses to go to Egypt and revealed His full intention and terms of redeeming Israel and in exchange, God would pay the redemptive Mohar price... Read more...

Eyrusin means betrothal and Kiddushin means sanctification or set apart...Understanding the meaning of these words reveals the sole purpose of the first part of the wedding: to make a public confession of their betrothal... Read more

The Bride’s Responsibility: The bride accepted the personal responsibility of preparing herself as a chaste and pure bride, committing her sole loyalty to her husband without distractions. She would begin to sew and prepare her wedding garments of white.  Read more...

Pharaoh conceded to God’s Passover and the Children of Israel experienced their Exodus, passing through the Red Sea (Mikvah) ... There under the cloud of God’s Presence (Hoopah), God gifted the Israelis (and all the world I might add) with the Torah (Katubah) - which is known as the Law of the Covenant.   Read more...

The Nissuin, which means to carry away! As both the bride and groom neared the completion of their preparation period, their anticipation, no doubt, was climaxing! Since it was customary for the groom’s arrival to be a surprise, the bride and her bridesmaids stayed in a constant state of readiness, especially nearing the end of the preparation period.   Read more...

These collectively are considered the High Holy Days. All the Feast rehearsals point to the epoch of the Ages in the Great Day of the Lord, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). The outline below reveals their intentional contents. No doubt, you will draw the parallel so graphically foretold by the prophets regarding end-times events.  Read more...

There are traditionally four eschatological views of end-time events. However, the two most widely believed in our day are polar extremes:

1. Preterism: the belief that end-time events prescribed in the Book of Daniel and Revelation have already been fulfilled in  the first century. 

2. Premillennialism: the belief that Jesus will come back to earth after the great tribulation and will rule during a millennium of peace on earth, known as the Millennial Reign of Christ. This group believes in the rapture will happen pre, mid or post tribulation.  Read more...

The High Holy Days are a given period of time for us as God’s children, and even the world, to realign ourselves with our God’s invitation and get ready for both the coming Bridegroom and the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. It’s much like a parent who says, Oneeeee, twoooooo…” not wanting their child to be subject to unfortunate consequences if they disobey.   Read more...

The Jewish wedding has three primary parts:

Shiddukhin – The Arrangement

Kiddushin - The Betrothal

Nissuin - The Actual Marriage

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There are multiple similarities listed in the right hand column between Moses and Jesus. Our primary peek-a-boo into the matter is to see that the Exodus was a type and shadow of the Jewish Wedding all culminating in the expectation of our coming Bridegroom.  Read more...

Both Joseph and Jesus endured tremendous trials of character, were separated by rejection from their Jewish brethren, married Gentile wives, and brought salvation to the known world. Ultimately, they also brought (and will bring) salvation to their entire Jewish family as they were, and will be, revealed.... Read more...

Just as we saw the prophetic shhhhhhh secret in Joseph’s life, that Gentiles would be included in the family of God, so we see in the Book of Ruth. However, the Book of Ruth not only reveals our inclusion by marriage, but speaks more specifically as a type and shadow of our role -- the characterization of Gentiles in the family of God.  Read more...

Just as an interesting side note, the Midrash illustrates a further character study of Orpah and Ruth.  Orpah went back to her Gentile-ness and gods and became the great grandmother of the giant Goliath. Ruth stayed in the family of Israel and served the God of Israel to become the great grandmother of David. The choices we make today matter generations from now!   Read more...

A bit a trivia, in King Solomon’s early days he would go out among his own vineyards, in disguise, and see the state of his affairs. It is within this context that the storyline for the musical, literary art and prophetic book of Song of Solomon was written. The royal king of Israel, disguised as a simple shepherd, comes to a small village in northern Israel.  Read more...

In the first three chapters of Hosea, God speaks of the entire history of Israel. He then reveals, age by age, their tenure through exile, their return, and even a time of waiting back at home until they resumed their marital relations – it’s all there!  It is important to realize and hold fast to the fact that God repeatedly foretold of the mystery that Israel would be exiled and at an appointed time be restored... Read more...