FATHER’S Master Plan requires us to prepare our wedding garment in anticipation of the catching away!
Once you realize that you are included in the Bride of Christ, you have certain responsibilities, both in Word and actions. When a woman becomes engaged, she begins preparations for the Wedding Day, and this includes her wedding garment.
The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 19:
7 Let us rejoice and exalt Him and give Him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come. And His bride has made herself ready.
8 She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white-for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and Godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God’s Holy people).
The dress is not physical, it’s Spiritual, made of righteous living. How does the Bride prepare her dress?
The dress is made of righteous acts; acts of obedience to God; Loving others; walking in Truth; and doing what pleases Christ.
Paul uses a metaphor as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 5:
25 Husbands, Love your wives, just as Christ also Loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word,
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be Holy and without blemish.
Christ cleanses His bride by the Word to make her without spot or wrinkle. So, the dress becomes clean through repentance, obedience, and Holiness. She keeps herself unspotted from the world
James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:
27 True spirituality that is pure in the Eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world’s values.
True spirituality is to keep oneself unspotted from the world! How do we refuse to be corrupted? It is by rejecting compromise, turning from sin, living set apart, and most of all, guarding what you watch, think, and do. This removes stains from our garment.
The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 7:
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
How is the dress washed and made white? It is by repentance, faith in Christ, continual cleansing, and humility before God.
The bride keeps washing her dress. She stays awake and ready
Jesus warned in Revelation chapter 16:
15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments. We must stay spiritually alert and not allow ourselves to spiritually drift away from Holiness but maintain our purity.
Holiness is the fabric of the dress. It is walking in purity, humility, faithfulness,
Love, and obedience.
In essence, the Bride prepares her dress by repenting quickly, obeying Jesus, living Holy, doing righteous acts, staying spiritually awake, and being faithful until Jesus returns. In doing this, her dress becomes clean, white, , without stain, and most of all, ready for the wedding.
In response, Jesus will present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, and she will be Holy and without blemish.