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Today we continued our study of the Seventh Commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery".
We are looking at Deuteronomy 24:5, as it pertains to End-time Bible Prophecy. It says: “When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.”
Of course, because He is without sin, Yah keeps His Own Torah. As we are finding in our study, Yah will be keeping this Statute in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and beyond...
End-time Events happen on Feast Days: So… The Marriage Supper of the Lamb will be on a Feast Day… And our Heavenly Bridegroom will not go to war until after the Wedding - and the "year" of joy with His people...
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb – The Last Great Day
Steps of the Hebrew Wedding,
as they are carried out in the Marriage of the Lamb:
·
The Bride is chosen by the Father
o
Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy
people unto Yahweh thy God: Yahweh thy God hath chosen thee to be a special
people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”
o
Deuteronomy 14:2 “For thou art an holy
people unto Yahweh thy God, and Yahweh hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people
unto Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.”
· The prospective Bride has a choice to make. She
is not force to marry against her will. She has to decide if she will love and
marry the prospective Groom.
· When the Bride says “yes” the Bridal Payment is
made.
o Sometimes it’s called the Bride Price… ultimately,
it belongs to the Bride. This payment sets her free from her former house.
§
Isaac and Rebecca – Gen 24:53
§
Jacob and his wives – Gen 29:20, 27
o
The more valuable the Bride – or the more in
debt she was, the higher the Bride price would be.
o
The Bride didn’t hide her Bride price. The coins
were strung and worn as a ringlet about her head. In this way she proclaimed to
everyone the price that had been paid for her. The Groom conveyed his great
love for the Bride by this payment.
§
John 12:32 - “And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all [men] unto me.”
· The Bridal Couple then enter into a special
Covenant- which is signed – it is called the Ketubah. Ketubah means “written”
and is the “marriage contract”.
o The Ketubah is the Groom’s communication to his
Bride. In Bible times, the ketubah contained instructions for the Bride to help
her prepare to become his wife. It also tender words of love from the Groom to
her, with his promise that he would provide for all of her needs. He would be
leaving, after giving the Ketubah, and would prepare a place for his bride, so
he could return and take her home.
o During his absence, the Bride read the Ketubah
to learn his instructions and be comforted by his promises and words of love.
· Once the Bride Price was paid and the ketubah
was signed, the Couple was betrothed.
o
The betrothal period is called kiddushim, in
Hebrew… it means “sanctification” or “to be set apart”. The betrothal was so
binding that the couple would need a divorce (or a “get”) in order to annual
the contract (Deut 24:1-4).
§
Messiah promises He won’t break it – John 10:28
·
During the kiddushim, the Bridal couple would undergo
a mikveh (baptism by immersion).
· A cup of wine was shared to seal the vows of betrothal.
This happened at Passover (the Last Supper) and at the Seder…
o
This cup at the Seder is called The Cup of
Redemption.
· At the Groom’s departure, he would give his Bride-to-be
a matan, or a bridal gift was a pledge of his love for her. It was to provide
for her during the time of separation and to demonstrate his love.
o
Yahshua fulfilled this by giving the Holy Spirit
at His Leaving…
· After the Groom’s departure, the Bride was to be busy in preparation for the wedding. She invited the guests, she read the ketubah, she prepared her wedding garments, and she gathered the bridal party... All of which are things we are to do, in preparation for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb!
The
Bride-Groom’s Return
The final step
in the wedding process is Nissuin, from the root nasa, meaning “to carry”. This
is the beautiful description of the Bride waiting for her Groom to come and
carry her off to her new home.
When the time
came for the Groom to come, the bride and her bridal party were to be ready -
this is the background of Yahshua's parable (Mat. 25:1-13). It was
customary for one of the grooms party to go ahead of the bridegroom, leading
the way to the bride's house - and shout - "Behold, the bridegroom
comes." This would be followed by the sounding of the shofar.
In Isaiah 25:9, we find what the Bride will say, when she
sees her Bridegroom return, “Lo, this is our God! We have waited for Him and He
will save us.”
Revelation 1:7-8 “Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every
eye shall see Him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith Yahweh, which
is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
The completed worksheets are available to read-print at the following link:
Wednesday, January 22 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom.
Monday, January 27 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom.
Wednesday, January 29 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom.
Monday, February 3 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom.
Wednesday, February 5 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom.
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