13. A Herald to Jesus of Nazareth's Bride

The Church in this country is at a time in which there will be no Isaiah 64:1-3 without Joel 2:13 first.

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This is episode 13 of my version of an audiobook for the book I wrote titled A Herald to Jesus of Nazareth's Bride in the United States of America. And um this is this episode is gonna be based we're dealing with the stone. Remember that's Isaiah 62, verse 10. The stone that needs to be removed in the area of marriages. The only people who stand before Jesus of Nazareth in judgment are those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Those whose names are not listed there are taken from hell, a holding prison for the lost who have died, just as heaven is a holding place for the saints who have died through the lake of fire. There's no discussion, no opportunity to explain oneself or to plead for mercy. In short, no audience with Jesus of Nazareth. Again, only those whose names are in the Lamb's Book of Life get a conversation with Jesus when he judges them. But this is when they receive either rewards or suffer losses. Further, I believe biblically that for those who stand before Jesus in judgment, the very first issue he will judge if a person was married will be what he or she did as a husband or wife. Why? Because marriage is the most important human-to-human relationship. Then if the person had children, Jesus will judge what he or she did as a parent. Then he will judge what one did with their parents, then what one did with one's siblings, then what what one did with the family of believers, then what one did with all other people. And in judging through these levels of relationships, this process will reveal quite clearly one's relationship with Jesus. For what one does with others says much about where one is with him. Matthew 25, 37 through 45. But again, the relationship that says the most about a person's true relationship with Jesus is the marriage relationship. So, sadly, this is one of the not so talked about issues in the church. Enormous numbers of failed marriages, both kinds, those that end in divorce, as well as those that are undivorced yet pathetic at the worst and mediocre at the best, and the impact these have on the church. And one of the major reasons for this disgraceful condition of the vast majority of marriages between Christians and the impact this has on the church concerns the fact that so many husbands and wives are not maturing in the first and the greatest commandment. Whoever claims to love God yet hates his brother or sister or one's spouse is a liar. Whoever does not love their brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. When a person does not love his or her spouse, truly it does not matter what else that person is doing. This prolific failure of marriages, divorced and undivorced, but pathetic or mediocre between two followers of Jesus of Nazareth is probably one of the most revealing evidences of the pitiful compromising condition of the bride in this country. Don't be fooled. There is a spiritual connection between what is happening in the bride in this country and what is going on in marriages between Christians. In 1 Corinthians 15 46, Paul asserts a spiritual principle that occurs whether one realizes it or not. He said, The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that, the spiritual. So in other words, what we see in the natural is an indication of what's going on in the spiritual. So in other words, I just said that. I didn't read it, I said it. In other words, sometimes what is going on in the natural realm tells us something about what is going on in the spiritual realm. Women and wives, it does not appear that you grasp the incredible importance you have as a woman and or wife. Thus, neither do you appear to comprehend the profound impact your actions have in the spiritual realm. Submitting, honoring, and following your husband, fitting yourself into his life has far more bearing than you can imagine. Women want to be considered important. Well, they are. They absolutely are. Just not as our culture says they are, but rather how Jesus says they are. Feminism and the Americanisms say that Jesus' assignment to wives is wrong, demeaning even. But these are demonic liars. For there's no democracy in a godly marriage. It is true, women are the highest creature of creation, for creation moves from the most simple to the most complicated. Truly, women are the best of all that the Son made. Of course, what is also true is that to whom much is given, much is expected. So it is a great honor and an awesome privilege, as well as a huge responsibility, to be the creature who represents Jesus' bride in the natural. And not only is this a great honor and an awesome privilege and a huge responsibility to women, but there's also an excellent wisdom in one's assignment as a woman. Think. As I just said, women are the highest and the best of all of creation. But as the Apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians 12 7 or just as of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12 7, to keep women from becoming conceited about being the highest and the best of all creation, Jesus put them under a lesser creature, namely their husband and or male leadership in general. This is the place where women can excel and shine, revealing the indescribable, breathtaking beauty of being a woman. Remember, going down is going up in the kingdom, and being the least and the last is to be first and great in the same way that this God's grace is made perfect in weakness. So it is actually true. Men are below women. I'm not joking here. This is a biblical fact. However, in Jesus' wisdom, he put women under male authority and male leadership for better or for worse. Now, do men screw up? Yes and absolutely. But that is not to be wom woman's concern or women's concern. Women get to trust Jesus to deal with the men andor husband when, not if, they're stupid. And in doing this, women get the privilege of being an example to the world of Jesus' bride who submits to him in all things. Granted, Jesus is a perfect husband, and human husbands or male leaders are nothing of the sort, not even on a good day. But in this, women get to acquire the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. In other words, humility. Something that is of great worth. Great worth to Jesus of Nazareth. So do not minimize one's assignment as a woman. For if a woman demeans this, she's telling Jesus he's an idiot and doesn't know what he's doing. Further, and this is a critically critical point, a wife is to serve the purpose of her husband. For woman was made for man, not the other way around. Wives are their husbands' helpmeet, not the other way around. And this is the same for the church, who is made for Jesus. The bride is his helpmate, not the other way around. Certainly Jesus serves his wife, but not in the sense of giving over his place as the head and the leader. And so it is with husbands and wives, or male leaders and women. For there is no such thing as mutual submission. This is the son's design. When Paul addressed this issue of wives andor women usurping their husbands andor male leadership, he pointed to creation to support what he was saying. And note this when a woman agrees with her husband, that's not submission. The living godless wives can do that. Submission begins when the wife disagrees with her husband. Wives, Jesus put your husband in charge. Even if he isn't doing a good job, that is between him and Jesus, not you and him. Jesus will hold him accountable at some point. In the meantime, as long as your husband doesn't ask you to deny Jesus or do something immoral, you're to submit to him in all things. And you're to do so in the same way Jesus expects his wife to do it to him. Because you love your husband. And thus you love your husband. In other words, because you love hus Jesus, your husband, you should love your husband, little H. Feminism would disagree. So are you a feminist Christian, or are you an obedient follower of Jesus of Nazareth who does what he says he what he says to do? More. Various Americanisms, democracy, personal rights, independence, would also disagree. So are you an American Christian, someone who puts these unbiblical pagan humanistic beliefs over the qualities of the kingdom? Or are you someone who bay obeys the clear commands, not suggestions, of Jesus of Nazareth to women and wives? The bottom line, wives, is this You're not only modeling what a godly wife is to other women, Titus 2, 3 through 5, but you also have the tremendous honor of modeling in miniature for all to see how the church the wife of the bridegroom king relates to him. Do not take either of these lightly. If women you want some help from if you want some some help, I suggest the book created to be His Helpmeet by Debbie Pearl. Husbands, you have a gargantuan responsibility, loving and leading your wife and your children to know Jesus of Nazareth deeply. Not just religiously, like take them to church or something, but relationship. And while wives only have to submit, which to them may seem impossible, but is doable, you are commanded to love and to lead like Jesus loves and leads. Something that really is impossible. For what human, male or female, can do that? What Jesus expects of husbands will take all their lives to try to get to, and even then they will still won't have matched up with him. Certainly, Jesus understands that you are nowhere near perfect. He also knows no husband will ever love and lead his wife exactly like he does his. But he does expect you to grow in the first and greatest commandment, which is your only hope of developing his love and his wisdom in you with which to love and lead your wife, even somewhat like he loves and leads his wife. I don't have adequate words to describe the giganticness of this lifelong goal and purpose. And yet, just because it is insurmountable, even impossible, it's not optional. The good news is that men were designed to do it to love and to lead. Therefore, as the husband, you get to not only model to others what a godly husband is, but you also get to model in miniature what Jesus is like with his bride. So human marriage is not merely about companionship and having children as good as those are. Human marriage is about the one man about one man and one woman having the opportunity and the privilege of tasting a little something of why Jesus created creation and to model that before others. And this is why divorce and undivorced but pathetic or mediocre marriages are simply not acceptable. For more information, I suggest some books recovering biblical manhood and womanhood, countering the claims of evangelical feminism. No more Christian, nice guy. One last issue about marriage. A marriage between one man and one woman only is established with a covenant. It is the only human-to-human relationship that is based upon a covenant. Neither partner has a covenant with their parents, they have no covenant with their siblings or friends, and they absolutely have no covenant with their own children. But the man and the woman do have a covenant with each other. Therefore, no one is to come between a husband and his wife. No one is to seek to have a place with either one of them that is equal to what the person has with their partner, much less to have something greater than they have with their partner. Not the couple's parents, not the couple's siblings, not the couple's friends, not the couple's own children even. A married couple is to keep their relationship high and above, foremost and before all other relationships. And along this line of couple of couple of a couple protecting the sanctity and the preeminence of their covenantal relationship, the very best way to teach children young and old about love is by how a husband and wife express love to each other that the children see them doing. When children are young and daddy and mommy, and later when they're older and dad and mom are loving each other, this has a huge impact on the couple's children. Huge. I'll stop there.