The destiny of every human being depends on his relationship to Jesus Christ. It is not on his relationship to life, or on his service or his usefulness, but simply and solely on his relationship to Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers
We began our discovery of what it means to be the bride of Christ with the hupa, the marriage contract, in our book The Doorway to Rest. We answered Jesus’ invitation to become His bride and our contract has been sealed with the “bride’s price”—His blood. He promised us that He is coming back to take us as His wife and He has given us His gift, the Holy Spirit.
As we looked at the message of the Song of Solomon, we were given a clear picture of not only who our bridegroom is, but equally important how He sees us and how we should see Him. His invitation opened the doorway to His Rest and now, as we walk out the days of our ketubah, we need to find out what that means and what it entails along the pathway to His Rest. For that we turn to the Book of Hebrews, where we learn what sewing our wedding dress means and how important it is for us to be ready and watching for His soon return as we move up the path to spiritual maturity.
We need to move on from the Cross, and within Hebrew’s 13 chapters we are provided with our foundation along with the challenge to continue to achieve the goal of our betrothal. And as noted in Wake Up And Rest – The Bride of Christ Sleeps At Her Own Peril, I believe that Paul was the author of Hebrews and he uses this epistle to not only provide us with the path to spiritual maturity, he also reveals the steps we need to take to stay on that path. And along the way we have the incredible opportunity to live in His Rest and set aside for ourselves unbelievable rewards for our wedding day as we fulfill our role in His kingdom. But our journey isn’t without challenges and Paul clearly lays those out for us. He urges us to face them and not be satisfied with just our salvation. What we seek is nothing less than entering into the total Rest of Christ.
We will be releasing this study of the book of Hebrews shortly and it will be available for download on our Free EBooks section on our website … WalkWithGod.org