Rayford Strange
Feb 20th, 2023
Eph 5:27 – That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
The heavenly bridegroom seeks to present to himself a beautifully arrayed church, a woman of splendor, majestic and divine, having on a radiant white wedding gown, a wonder of beauty above all that is in heaven or on earth. She she shall be arrayed in glory that none, neither in heaven or on earth can compare to her beauty.
Her wedding garments, her bridal gown and veil will have neither a spot of evil, smudged by the love of the world or stained with with acts of wickedness from adulterating the Word of God in her former life. She is a virgin, pure, holy, prepared for the hour of her nuptials, worthy to be presented to the glorious King, chief potentate, the only wise God, ruler of heaven and earth. All in heaven and earth gasp at the wonder of her glorious beauty. Angels are in awe of her radiant brightness, since there are none compared to her glory and beauty.
Such is the picture of the Bride of Christ for whom He will come to receive when she is ready to be taken for Himself. He will have no (church) woman whose wedding garment is soiled, spotted, smudged with evils of life. Such a woman is not prepared nor is she worthy to be the brightly adorned, holy and radiant wife of His Excellency. Neither is she ready to be presented and received by Him whose power and glory is from everlasting to everlasting clad in a wedding gown wrinkled with error as though it had been lifted from a pile of garments unfit for wear until all the wrinkles are ironed out. In fact, regardless of how radiant bright the wedding garment may be free of love of the world, evils of that love, wrinkles of error will not be acceptable in the banquet hall of a wedding reception in the presence of the King of glory, the King of kings.
While spots of evil are washed out by the blood of the Lamb of God through confession and repentance, to forever forsake the world, the love and evils of it, yet, the garments as pure and brightly displayed as they may be, free of every stain of evil, yet, she is not prepared so long as she has the wrinkles of error clinging to her wedding gown. She must iron out the wrinkles of error in her beautiful garments of holiness.
Now, I have already bored some of my friends until their minds are now wandering. Please forgive me. I had wanted to get to the main point this morning, as I had intended. But first, I felt that I should prepare our minds for what I will come back tomorrow morning and to further elaborate on those wrinkles and try to iron out a few of them which yet disqualifies this beautiful woman unprepared for the return of Jesus to receive his wholly sanctified, holy Bride free of spots of evils of life and wrinkles of error.
Some of my friends of the body of Christ may not think that their friend is not qualified to do this since he has not a Phd or an Lld of higher scholarship or even a graduating certificate from one of the major bible schools adorning the wall of his office. If that is your thought, please excuse me and pay no further attention. I will love you unconditionally anyway and simply pass on by. Nevertheless, I will be back tomorrow morning to conclude my pressing and urgent thoughts here for anyone who might have an interest.
With Love,
Brother Strange
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