Presented by Rebecca Huey
The Bride is a day of discovery. Come and marvel at your role in history’s greatest love story. There is a special covenant relationship between Christ and His bride, the church. Our understanding of God’s plan for us and His church is enriched by learning about the three steps of weddings in the Jewish culture. Come and join us as we grow in spiritual maturity, preparing ourselves for the coming of the Bridegroom.
Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, having done all to stand. - Ephesians 6:13
The Bride
Scripture portrays Christ as the divine bride groom and the church as his beloved bride – an image providing rich and important spiritual lessons. However, over the years many of these lessons have been lost or made less rich by our lack of awareness of the events that surrounded weddings in the time of Christ. By looking at both historical Hebrew rituals, customs and traditions and those that are still practiced in Jewish communities today, we are amazed by the great number of times that wedding imagery is used in the New Testament. When we see these scriptures with their original wedding context we gain a deeper insight into the relationship Christ desires with us and what it means to be his Beloved. Please come and join us as we explore how we are truly the bride of Christ and the promise and meaning it brings to our daily lives.