Is the Church Christ?

[existential mabel]

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Who-Is-The-Bride-of-Christ

 

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[1to3]

12 minutes ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

Sis,I put @George as he may not see your question.💗🙏

Hello Rosie;

Thank you for letting me know. Do not remember how to highlight that way.Can you tell me how?

[Your closest friendnt]

In the Parable of the Ten Virgins, Jesus tells a story about a party of virgins, perhaps bridesmaids or torchbearers for a procession, chosen to participate in a wedding. Each of the ten virgins is carrying a lamp or torch as they await the coming of the bridegroom, which they expect at some time.

The custom was to have unmarried women in the brides procession party...

The bride stayed at her home and they went out waiting for the arrival of the bridegroom.....after recieving the word that the bridegroom is coming....

The ten virgins were not the  brides (ten)...not the ones to get married...they were the friends of the bride....

This is a parable of the Kingdom of God.....

The point is and the message to those Jesus was speaking who all of them (with a grain of salt) were looking forwards the coming of the Messiah....that not all of them will recognize him and wellcome him....

This is a prophetic message from Jesus...

This message also points to the way the Messiah will come....

He will not be announced in such a grand way that everyone will bow down to him...but rather in a way that the people will be divided among themselves.....asking is he really the Messiah or not....

And this is what Moses said: someone from amongst you, one of your kindred...that be will walked with you and you will not know that he is the one...or he would not be convinced that he is the one....

Moses is saying that he will not be announce from God in the same grand way he was announce to speak face to face with him the way he did with Moses...

But he also said that he will not talked to anyone else face to face...

This why Jesus said he has the WORD of God within him...what a terrible thing for Jesus to say that....that was the reason to be condemned to death....

To say God's spirit was abiding in himself..,and live...

The WORD of God within him.

Jesus was the first one to have the WORD of God in him and declared to the people.....

Moses had the word of God speaking to him face to face infront all the people and everyone heard what God was telling him...

But Jesus had to declare to the people what was THE WORD of God...

Jesus Christ was the first to have the WORD OF GOD...WITHIN........the Spirit of God within...he was the Temple of God of the Spirit of God...

In other words Jesus Christ was saying that some of them will welcome him and some of them will reject him...

And Jesus is raising another point that the Messiah will be the Judge of all...of those who receive him and of those who deny him....

Is it pointing to the Judgment after death when they were told "I do not know you" and because they were not in the righteousness of the Christ Jesus....something that can happen at a future time and after their death....

Because if it was at some time before their death they would have been offered repentance....only after their death when they appeared before the judgement sit of Jesus Christ---that time everyone will believe--‐but it is when they see Jesus Christ as the Lord and the Judge the one they rejected while they lived....

They believe after they see Jesus in his Glory and after their death...which is not counted...it is too late when they are outside their body...

This is why Jesus Christ said... bless are they who do not see me and believe...

In that Jesus was telling that everyone will see him and everyone will believe when they see him on their judgment day but only who believe in him before that day are the blessed ones...who believe in him before they died...ofcourse that includes that they died in the faith of Jesus Christ. 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Your closest friendnt

[1to3]

Hi,

Jesus gave a very important  Parable /story of the virgin/ bride and keeping their oil lamps full.

Matthew 25:1-13  is written in red in my bible to show these where the Words Christ Jesus spoke.

 

I am sticking with the facts of what the bible has to say and not articles like  @mabel gives to read that says: " The term "Bride of Christ" is nowhere in the Bible."

To say that also then implies that nowhere is the Holy Spirit mentioned in the bible., when Christ Jesus clearly mentions the comforter the Holy Spirit He will send, to those who believe in Christ Jesus being the promised Messiah and will teach them, comfort them, give them peace the world does not understand.

If you read Math 25, it is the chapter that follows ch24, Both are written in RED as these are the Words that Christ mentioned.

If this is correct then lets look at ch24 what did Christ say?

Math 24: 36-51 Note :the whole chapter is highlighted in red in my bible to show it is direct from Christ Jesus. I will highlight in red the points that show us that yes we who are truly in Christ are His bride.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of

heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then Christ Jesus says the following in ch25 giving another examaple of the ten virgins,  5  who neglected to fill up their lamps with oil=No Holy Spirit in them

The what does Christ Jesus mean when He mentions Mathew 25?

Christ Jesus says the door will be shut to those virgin brides with no oil in there lamps

Math 25:  Christ Jesus said:

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

 

Then Christ jesus continues in Math ch.25:v14 to give another parable of the talents: meaning: When you are saved what do you do with your gift of Mercy and Grace?

 

In other words: will you cultivate your fruits of the Holy Spitit of God? or will you let your vineyard dry out and have it to be pruned out and burned.

Christ Jesus is writing in Parable:

.We are His Bride: If we are truly His bride we shall keep our oil lamps filled daily with the Holy Spirit of God working in us in daily relationship,communication with us

. We in Him are His VineIf We are truly His vine, we shall bear GOOD Fruit.

 

So then if you understand these parables from Christ Jesus.

We who are TRULY in Christ are His actively, daily, prepared Brides, we who are Truly in Christ are His branch that bears Good fruit form His Holy Spirit living and working in us, making us more and more the child of God we were always meant to be in Him.

 

A true beliver in Christ Jesus is:

.An active bride, Communing daily with the Holy Spirirt in their temple=Body.She is a prepared bride, keeping her lamp of the Holy Spirit full within her.

. A GOOd Branch nurturing and bearing Good  fruits from the Holy Spirit

 

Basically speacking :

we who are called by Christ Jesus:

the True Church

are also

called the True Bride,

are also called

The True Branch.

and Matthew 13:1-23  for the parable that Christ Jesus gave of the sower

We are called the seed planted in GOOD Soil

⁹ Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Christ Jesus said:

¹¹ He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

¹² For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

¹³ Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

 

If you truly understand Christ Jesus paraboles written in the book of Mathew:

you understand that those truly in Christ Jesus Are:

. The true Bride

.The true Branch

.The true Good seed bearing fruit.

 

 

 

[1to3]

What Scripture says Jesus is the church?

 

 

Ephesians 1:23 In-Context

22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave Him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. 23 The church is Christ's body, the completion of Him who Himself completes all things everywhere

 

Revelation 21:9-11:

As the Corporate =Body Church we are the Bride of Jesus, Who is the Groom. But we are here called the Bride of Jesus, who is the Lamb. Jesus in not only the Groom but He is also the Lamb Who gave His life for our salvation.

Christ Jesus is

.The Head of The church

. The Groom of the bride

. The Lamb of God

Edited February 3, 2023 by 1to3

[Michael37]

4 minutes ago, 1to3 said:

What Scripture says Jesus is the church?

Ephesians 1:23 In-Context
22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave Him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. 23 The church is Christ's body, the completion of Him who Himself completes all things everywhere

And the meaning of the metaphor is . . . obviously not literal, certainly abstract, and definitely conceptual.

Eph 4:13-16
(13)  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
(14)  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
(15)  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
(16)  From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

[1to3]

What Scripture says Jesus is the church?

 

 

Ephesians 1:23 In-Context

22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave Him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. 23 The church is Christ's body, the completion of Him who Himself completes all things everywhere

 

Revelation 21:9-11:

As the Corporate =Body Church we are the Bride of Jesus, Who is the Groom. But we are here called the Bride of Jesus, who is the Lamb. Jesus in not only the Groom but He is also the Lamb Who gave His life for our salvation.

Christ Jesus is

.The Head of The church

. The Groom of the bride

. The Lamb of God

[Michael37]

22 minutes ago, 1to3 said:

I am sticking with the facts of what the bible has to say and not articles like  @mabel gives to read that says: " The term "Bride of Christ" is nowhere in the Bible."

Yes, @1to3 As you may know there is a branch of study that deals specifically with what God communicates through the Bible and how He does it.

Some things are directly spoken, others are implied, and much is intended through symbolism.

[1to3]

16 minutes ago, Michael37 said:

Yes, @1to3 As you may know there is a branch of study that deals specifically with what God communicates through the Bible and how He does it.

Some things are directly spoken, others are implied, and much is intended through symbolism.

So whats your point? 

ok , so I see you also agreed to what I wrote.

Praise God.

Edited February 3, 2023 by 1to3

[Vine Abider]

4 minutes ago, 1to3 said:

What Scripture says Jesus is the church?

 

 

Ephesians 1:23 In-Context

22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave Him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. 23 The church is Christ's body, the completion of Him who Himself completes all things everywhere

 

Revelation 21:9-11:

As the Corporate =Body Church we are the Bride of Jesus, Who is the Groom. But we are here called the Bride of Jesus, who is the Lamb. Jesus in not only the Groom but He is also the Lamb Who gave His life for our salvation.

Christ Jesus is

.The Head of The church

. The Groom of the bride

. The Lamb of God

Ephesians 1:23, NASB: which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

We really have such a small view of who we really are in Christ - Lord, open our eyes!!!