Jesus, the

Bridegroom
King
Ptra. Zarah Lim
March 22, 2015

John 14:2-3
In my Fathers house are many
rooms; if it were not so, I would
have told you. I am going
there to prepare a place for
you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back
and take you to be with me
that you also may be where I
am.

THE BRIDEGROOMS
ACTS OF LOVE

JOHN 1:14
The Word
became flesh
and dwelt
among us

Jesus, the
Bridegroom,
left His
Fathers home
in heaven to
be with His
Bride.

JOHN 10:15,18 Jesus, the

Bridegroom,
I lay down my willingly gave
life for the
His life for His
sheep I lay it Bride.
down of my
own accord

JOHN 13:1-5

Jesus, the
Bridegroom,
[Jesus]
got down on
showed them his knees,
the full extent humbling
of his love himself to
serve His
Bride.

JOHN 19:18,
28-30
They crucified him
all was now
completed, and that
the Scripture would
be fulfilled Jesus
said, It is finished.
With that, he bowed
his head and gave up
his spirit.

Jesus, the
Bridegroom,
with His arms
spread wide
on the cross,
gave His very
life,
for His Brides
freedom.

THE BRIDEGROOMS
PROMISE

JOHN 14:2
He is preparing a
In my Fathers place for us.
house are many
rooms I am
going there to
prepare a place
for you.

JOHN 14:3
And if I go and
prepare a place for
you, I will come
back and take you
to be with me that
you also may be
where I am.

He is coming back
for us.
He made a
covenant with us
through His blood.
(Lk. 12:20)
He paid the
highest price for
His Bride with His

JOHN 14:18
I will not leave
you as orphans;
I will come to
you.

He will never
leave us. We
have an
unbreakable
marriage.

PARALLELS BETWEEN
ANCIENT JEWISH WEDDING
CUSTOM & THE CHURCH

SHIDDUKHIN: The Match

Father of the
groom
selects a
bride for
his son

Ephesians 1:4
For he chose
us in him
before the
creation of the
world

SHIDDUKHIN: The Match

Groom
approves of
his fathers
choice
John 15:16
You did not
choose me, but
I chose you

MOHAR: Bride Price

1 Peter 1:18-19
God paid a ransom to save
you from the impossible
road to heaven and the
ransom He paid was not
mere gold or silver
But He paid for you with
the precious lifeblood of
Christ, the sinless, spotless
Lamb of God.

How
much is
her
value?

KETUBAH: Marriage
Contract
Contains:

Grooms
promises
Brides
price,
rights and
privileges

New Covenant = New

Testament

Jeremiah 33:31-33

KETUBAH: Marriage
Contract

1 Cor. 11:25-26
This cup is the new
covenant [ratified
and established] in
My blood. Do this, as
often as you drink [it]
to call Me
[affectionately] to
remembrance.

The two parties

drink in
agreement

MATTAN: Love Gifts

Ephesians 1:13-14
And because of what
Christ did, all you others too,
who heard the Good News
Sign of love
about how to be saved,
Reminder of promise
to return
and trusted Christ,
were marked as belonging
to Christ by the Holy Spirit,
who long ago had been promised to all
of us Christians.

MATTAN: Love Gifts

Ephesians 1:13-14
His presence within us is
Gods guarantee that He
will really give us all that
Sign of love
He promised; and the
Reminder of promise
to return
Spirits seal upon us means
that God has already purchased
us and that He guarantees to
bring us to Himself. This us just
one more reason for us to praise our
glorious God.

MIKVEH: Purification
The old has
gone,

the new has

come!

KIDDUSHIN: Betrothal
Couple are
considered married
Binding
Religious divorce
needed in order to
annul option
available only to
husbands

KIDDUSHIN: Betrothal
Couple live
separately
during the
betrothal
period.
The groom
goes to his
Fathers house
to prepare a
new home for
his bride.

John 14:2 In my Fathers

house are many rooms I
am going there to
prepare a place for you.

KIDDUSHIN: Betrothal
Bride wears a veil in
public.
Signifies being
Set apart,
sanctified,
bought with a price,
Her beauty is
reserved only for
her groom.

Bride maintains an
attitude of
READINESS.
Groom may come
anytime.

NISSUIN: The Nuptials

Heb: Nasa =
To carry
The bride waiting
for the groom to
carry her of to
their new home.
Matthew 24:36
No one knows the date and
hour not even the Son. Only
the Father knows.

NISSUIN: The Nuptials

Surprise
Shout
Sound of
a
trumpet

Matthew 25:6
1 Thess. 4:16-18

Have you been

preparing
yourself
for the
Bridegrooms
return?

THE BRIDAL
1.
Commitment to HOLY living.
PREPARATIONS
2. Commitment to FOCUSED
living.
3. Commitment to FASTED
living.

HOLY
set apart, sanctified, and bought with a price;
our beauty reserved for our groom only.
Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brother,
in view of Gods mercy,
to offer your bodies as
living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God
this is your
spiritual act of worship.

FOCUSED
Maintain an attitude of readiness by:
1. Living a life of undistracted devotion.
2 John 7-11; 1 John 2:15
Colossians 3:2
Set your minds
on things above,
not on earthly things.

FOCUSED
Maintain an attitude of readiness by:
1. Living a life of undistracted devotion.
Hebrews 12:2-3
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus
Consider Him
so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart.

FOCUSED
Maintain an attitude of readiness by:
2. Preparing for our eternal life
with our Bridegroom.
Get used to kingdom living and
practices: WORSHIP
Get busy doing the Lords mandate to
us:
John 10:16, John 21:15-19, Matthew
28:19-20.

FASTED
Matthew 9:15
The time will come
when the bridegroom
will be taken from them;
then they will fast.
Rev. 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, Come!
And let him who hears say, Come!

I am my Beloveds
and He is mine
His banner over me
is love
(3x)
His banner over me
is love

He brought me to
His banqueting table
His banner over me
is love
(3x)
His banner over me
is love

He lifted me up
into heavenly places
His banner over me
is love
(3x)
His banner over me
is love

Jesus, the
Bridegroom
King
Ptra. Zarah Lim
March 22, 2015