The Jewish marriage happens in two distinct phases, betrothal ‘Kiddushin’
adopted by ‘Nissuin’, the wedding itself. Within the interval between the
betrothal and the wedding, which final for one 12 months, the bride would spend her
time in preparation and purification. She wore a veil each time she went out in
public, intimating that she was betrothed. She was thus thought of being
bought by the bridegroom with a bride-price, and stood consecrated to her
groom.
Then on, the younger bride lived in anticipation of the approaching return of
her beloved bridegroom. She doesn’t when he’ll return, so she saved a
fixed vigil. Each evening she lit an oil lamp and positioned in a conspicuous
place earlier than retiring to mattress.
The Hebrew phrase ‘Nissuin’, means ‘to take’, or ‘to abduct’. The thought was
to actually steal his bride away from the home, which added thrill to the
event. All Jewish brides longed to be stolen away by her prince.
The Lord Jesus Christ has already paid the bride-price, His treasured
blood shed on the cross. When God appeared down on earth, He noticed man in his
fallen, ruined, sinful state heading for the unquenchable hearth in hell. God
due to this fact despatched His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ into this world two thousand
years in the past to redeem man from his fallen state. Jesus provided Himself on the
cross as a propitiation on your sins. He was buried, however He rose once more on the
third day. Then He ascended to heaven. He has gone to arrange a spot for all
those that belief in Him for his or her salvation. He promised to come back again to take His
redeemed to the mansions on excessive above.
Those that have repented (turned away from their sins and confessed them)
and put their belief within the Lord Jesus Christ are betrothed to Christ. Jesus
will come quickly to grab away His betrothed Bride. This occasion will happen
at a time after we least count on it. Because of this, He instructs us to be
at all times prepared and ready, as His coming is close to! He’ll seem any day, any
second!
Pricey reader! Are you betrothed to Christ? If not, repent on your sins,
confess them and obtain the Lord Jesus Christ as your private Saviour and
Lord proper now and turn out to be His betrothed who may be certain of a spot with Him all
eternity.
– by Kumar N.
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