90 What was the purpose of creation

What was the purpose of creation?

In last week’s sermon we heard that when Elohim created Adam in His image and likeness; His purpose was to build a dwelling place for Him on earth, in Adam. If we truly want to understand heavenly things, there are two Scriptural principles to take into account; firstly, we need to realize that Elohim has given us patterns, examples and shadows of His will in heaven or heavenly things, in nature and ancient Jewish customs, and secondly; that there is nothing new under the sun, as King Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes (transliterated as ‘Kohelet’ in Hebrew) 1: 9 & 10, saying: ‘That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done. So, there is nothing new under the sun. (10) Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? Already it has existed for ages which were before us.’

When we study the Scriptures, it becomes evident that YHVH desires intimacy between Himself and His people; we see that this is what He wanted in the past, but will again in the near future, when Messiah returns to remarry His bride made up of both houses of Israel, as witnessed in Jeremiah 31: 31 – 33, in this way: “Behold, days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, (32) not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the Land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares YHVH. (33) “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares YHVH, “I will put My law within them, and in their heart I will write it; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”’YHVH is declaring His intimacy here. As human beings we understand that a friendship is considered intimate, but there is nothing as intimate as a marriage relationship, where a husband and wife become one flesh. YHVH presented the marriage contract transliterated in Hebrew as the ‘Ketubah’, to His bride the commonwealth of Israel, which were His Torah teachings at Mount Sinai (the ‘Chuppah’). However, we see that before she could receive this intimacy – the contract or Ketubah, she had to be sanctified by washing and having her clothes washed as recorded in Exodus 19: 10 & 11, as follows: ‘YHVH also said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them was their garments; (11) and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day YHVH will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.”’Rav Shaul tells us in 1st Corinthians 10: 1 and the first part of verse 2, that the Israelites went through the same process as we the lost sheep of the house of Israel, who are returning to YHVH are going through at this time, saying: ‘For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2) and all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.’YHVH wanted to be the nation of Israel’s husband at Mount Sinai and promised to provide and protect them in exchange for their obedience to His teachings.

Yahshua later showed us in the model prayer He taught His disciples that Elohim’s Kingdom will eventually be established on earthas it is now in heaven, in Matthew 6: 9 & 10saying: “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’YHVH explicitly told Moses to construct the wilderness Tabernacle exactly as He was shown on the mountain. YHVH told Moses four times not to deviate from what was shown him on the mountain, since everything in the Tabernacle in the wilderness was a pattern or perfect replica of the heavenly Tabernacle. It had to portray a perfect reflection of the heavenly Tabernacle/Temple and it depicted a perfect picture of Yahshua who was to become the Lamb, as recorded in Exodus 25: 9, 40; 26: 30; and 27: 8. Rav Shaul re-iterated the words spoken to Moses in the Tanach in Hebrews 8: 1 - 5, when He spoke about Yahshua’s priesthood, saying: ‘Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, (2) a minister in the sanctuary, and in the true tabernacle, which YHVH pitched, not man.(3) For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. (4) Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; (5) who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by Elohim when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says, “THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.”

Yahshua gives us these truths so that we can understand Elohim’s attributes. YHVH desperately wants to walk with His people and has done everything He could to reveal Himself to them, as we read from Genesis 3: 8, in this way: ‘And they heard the sound of YHVH Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of YHVH Elohim among the trees of the garden.’There is much more to write about this subject but suffice it to say that our heavenly Father, YHVH Elohim, desired to have an intimate relationship with His people from the day He first created mankind. In fact our forefathers the ancient Hebrews understood the pattern of the ancient Hebrew wedding to be a shadow of Messiah and His bride, as Rav Shaul also explained in Ephesians 5: 25 – 32 by quoting Genesis 2: 24, saying: ‘Husbands, love your wives, just as Messiah also loved the congregation and gave Himself up for her; (26) that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (27) that He might present to Himself the congregation in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless. (28) So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; (29) for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Messiah also does the congregation, (30) because we are members of His body. (31) ‘FOR THIS CAUSE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE; AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. (32)This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Messiah and the congregation.’

The ancient Hebrew marriage consisted of two distinct and separate parts; first the betrothalwhich is much like the engagement party of today. In ancient Israel, the betrothal was a legally binding contract, and was like a marriage, except the young man and his bride-to-be could not live together nor could they have marital relations during their betrothal. In fact it was so binding, that they could not decide to annul the agreement entered into, without an orthodox divorce, transliterated as a ‘get’ in Hebrew. A typical example of such a betrothal was when Joseph discovered his betrothed bride-to-be was with child, and he had grounds to obtain an orthodox divorce, but an angel appeared to him and explained the situation and he discovered that he had no reason to put his betrothal aside, because he understood it to be the work of Elohim. Once the prospective bridegroom made his first official move, he brought his father to the intended bride’s house. They took with them a betrothal cup, wine and the price he was prepared to pay for her in a pouch. Upon their arrival they would knock and the prospective bride’s father would be on the other side of the door. But before he could open the door, he would peek through a little window, identify the visitors and look at his daughter to confirm, in most cases, what she had settled in her mind. Would he open the door? If she said yes, the commitment to work through the betrothal process and arrive at a fully functioning marriage was made at that moment. To this end Yahshua told Yochanan in Revelation 3: 20, saying: ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.’ Once the door was opened, the only question was: We can have a marriage if we can work out the terms, so what will it be? The contract showed the willingness of the future bridegroom to provide for and protect the young woman and described the terms under which he proposed marriage. The most important part of the contract was the price the young man was prepared to pay for his future bride. The price could be property, livestock, silver or gold. The payment was to be made to the woman’s father in exchange for his permission for the young man to marry his daughter. The ‘Bride Price’ was appropriate in that society to compensate the young woman’s parents for the cost of raising her, as well as an expression of his love for her.

In our case as the lost ten tribes of the house of Israel, Yahshua came specifically to reconcileus back to the Father and our Jewish Brothers as Rav Shaul explained in Ephesians 2: 11 – 19, by paying the penalty due to us for disobeying Torah. Yahshua came to the home of His bride (earth) to present His marriage contract. The marriage contract provided by Yahshua is the New Covenant for forgiveness of sins, which He sealed/ paid for with His own blood, as witnessed in:

Luke 22: 20, ‘And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.”’,
Romans 11: 27, “AND THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”,
1st Corinthians 6: 19 & 20: ‘Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Set-apart Spirit who is in you, whom you have from Elohim, and that you are not your own? (20) For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify Elohim in your body.’’,
1st Peter 1: 18 & 19: ‘Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, (19) but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Messiah.’, and
Acts 20: 28, “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Set-apart Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the congregation of Elohim, which He purchased with His own blood.”

So we see clearly that Yahshua (our groom) left His home (heaven) to come to earth to pay the ultimate price for His bride and to ensure her salvation.But let’s return to the ancient Hebrew wedding practice, where the price was secured for the bride-to-be and if found acceptable toher father, the young man would pour the first glass of wine for his bride-to-be. Once she drank from the cup, it would indicate her acceptance of the proposal and would effectively seal their betrothal. The written marriage contract will be presented, in which the bride is promised that she will be provided and cared for in every way - all her needs will be fulfilled by her future groom. The transliterated Hebrew term for bridegroom is ‘Chatan’ meaning the ‘one who enters the covenant.’ A betrothal period typically lasted between one to two years, during which time the future couple are not allowed to see one another. We clearly see the fulfillment of the cup in Yahshua our Messiah, when he poured the Passover wine for His disciples. The words that He used described the importance of the cup in representing the bride with the price stipulated in the marriage contract in Matthew 26: 27-29, saying: “Drink from it, all of you; (28)for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. (29) But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.’ The disciples drank of this cup, thus accepting the covenant. We see over and over that Yahshua determinesthe conditions of the covenant and we have no part in it, other than to accept what He has done for us. Every time we partake of the Passover cup, we are affirming our betrothal with our Bridegroom Yahshua. We are reminded of the price He had to pay to reconcile us to the Father, each time we partake of the Passover with the members of the body of Messiah. The Scriptures or Word of Elohim is the wedding contract that promised to provide for us all things and we need never be fearful for He is our faithful espoused Bridegroom!

The future bridegroom will at this point give the price he is prepared to pay to his future bride. The gift are given as a token of appreciation for the Bride, but also intended to help her to remember the groom during their fairly lengthy betrothal period. Yahshua gave us the gift of the Set-apart Spirit with its variety of gifts as described in 1st Corinthians 12: 1 – 11, as follows: ‘Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. (2) You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the dumb idols, however you were led. (3) Therefore I make known to you, that no one speaking by the Spirit of Elohim says, “Yahshua is accursed”; and no one can say, “Yahshua is Master[1]”, except by the Set-apart Spirit. (4) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. (5) And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Master. (6) And there are varieties of effects, but the same Elohim who works all things in all persons. (7) But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. (8) For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; (9) to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit, (10) and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. (11)But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.’ Next, the bride partakes of a ‘mikvah’, or cleansing bath. The transliterated Hebrew word ‘Mikvah’ means to be immersed or baptized in water. To this day a Jewish bride cannot marry without a Mikvah.

This symbolizes setting aside her former way of life and starting a new life preparing for her beloved. In our case as returning members of the lost ten tribes of Israel, our water immersion serves two purposes; firstly, we are immersed in water for purification of our old ways and to make us acceptable and ready for service to YHVH. It is virtually dying to our old sinful ways and be resurrected from the water as the bride and servant of YHVH, as described in Romans 6: 1 – 7 & 16 – 18, in this way: ‘What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? (2) May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? (3) Or do you not know that all of us who have been immersed into Yahshua Messiah have been immersed into His death? (4) Therefore we have been buried with Him through immersion into death, in order that as Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, (6) knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; (7) for he who has died is freed from sin. (16) Do You not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? (17) But thanks be to Elohim that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, (18) and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.’ We were washed in the water of immersion and cleansed by the blood of Messiah, who died to pay the penalty due to us, for our past lawless lives, and as a result also died to that previous way of life that we were used to. Secondly therefore, our immersion represents partaking of Messiah’s death, burial and resurrection to be able to remarry Him at His return as our bridegroom. It was therefore fitting when Messiah died, that His final words on the impalement stake was as recorded in John 19: 30, as follows: ‘When Yahshua therefore had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” (The word ‘finished’(כּלּא) is transliterated in Hebrew as Kalah but can also mean bride,‘Kallah’.)And He bowed His head, and gave up His spirit.’ The reason for Messiah saying it is finished but also My bride is aptly explained by Rav Shaul in Romans 7. We need to remember that YHVH divorced the house of Israel, because of Idolatry as per Jeremiah 3: 8 and as witnessed in Isaiah 50: 1, in this way: ‘Thus says YHVH, “Where is the certificate of divorce, by which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.”

We need to realize that Yahshua died for us His adulterous bride, and was given sour wine and eventually had His side pierced on our behalf (as described in Numbers 5: 18 – 27). Rav Shaul talks about the part of the Torah applicable to an adulterous woman in Deuteronomy 24 and accordingly tells us how now that we have died to our previous way of life in immersion and since Messiah also died (for our sins), He is now free to remarry us at His return, something He could not do before we were immersed, saying in Romans 7: 1 – 4: ‘Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law {of divorce and remarriage}), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? (Meaning a husband who divorced his wife may not remarry her again after he divorced her and remarried or had marital relations with another woman in the meantime.) (2) For the married woman is bound by Law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. (3) So then if, while her husband is living, she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man. (4) Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Messiah (when we‘died’ in immersion and He died on the impalement stake), that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit for Elohim.’ Most of us recall that the laver was a piece of furniture or utensil in the Tabernacle, located in the courtyard in front of the Tabernacle. The priests were bathed all over once in immersion, picturing putting away the old and putting on the new and then minister before YHVH. After that, every time they entered the Tabernacle, they had to stop at the laver and wash their hands and feet. Hands typify our service and feet typify our ways.

This correspondsto when Yahshua introduced His disciples to the tradition of foot washing at His last Passover, when He poured water in a basin and began washing their feet. When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him in John 13: 6, “Master, do you wash my feet?” We read Yahshua’s answer and the discussion that followed with Peter in verses 7 – 10, in this way:“What I do you do not realize now, but you shall understand hereafter.” (8) Peter said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Yahshua answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” (9) Simon Peter said to Him, “Master, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.” (10) Yahshua said to him, “He who has bathed (meaning – was immersed) needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you (in this case meaning Judas Iscariot who still intended tobetray Him).”When we partake of the Passover we are required to be immersed, but in subsequent years we are only required to wash our feet as part of the ceremony when partaking of the Passover, like the Priests do when they serve YHVH in the Temple.The mikvah or immersion that Yahshua required for His bride was immersion in the Set-apart Spirit, as He told His disciples in Acts 1: 4 & 5,in this way: ‘And gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; (5) for Yochanan immersed with water, but you shall be immersed with the Set-apart Spirit not many days from now.”

In the ancient Hebrew wedding practice, the prospective groom pledged to his wife that he will return for her, after preparing a place for her in his father’s house, as the bridal chamber for the honey moon. The bridal chamber had to be perfect – a beautiful place to bring his bride to. It had to conform to the bridegroom’s father’s specification, and the groom could only return to fetch his bride, when his father approved of the bridal chamber. If the groom was asked when the wedding will take place, he might well say: ‘It is not for me to know; only my father knows.’Yahshua our Messiah as the Bridegroom of His congregation made up of a remnant of both houses of Israel, told His disciples in John 14: 1 – 3, saying: “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in Elohim, believe also in Me. (2) In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am (in the kingdom of Elohim, which by that time will have been established on earth, by Yahshua), there you may be also. (4) And you know the way where I am going (since He came specifically to show us how we will also by the resurrection be born-again as spiritual children of Elohim).” Our heavenly Father’s house after Messiah’s return will be the Temple of Elohim, which has many rooms on the sides of the Temple to accommodate the priests who will serve in the Temple. This is essentially what Messiah meant here, and not that He will take us to heaven where He will go to prepare a room for us, since He will rebuilt the Temple at His return and clearly told His disciples in John 3: 13, saying: “And no one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man.” In agreement with the ancient Hebrew wedding practice, the bridegroom could only get his bride upon his father’s approval, as was confirmed by Yahshua in Mark 13: 32 & 33, saying: “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. (33) Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is.”

While the bridegroom was preparing the wedding chamber, the bride was considered set-apart or consecrated for her future groom, and bought with a price. After her immersion, she was from then on supposed to prepare herself for marriage. She would buy expensive spices and oils to apply to herself to make her more attractive for her bridegroom. She will have no idea when he will come to fetch her, so she always had to be ready to leave at his arrival. Because grooms typically came for their brides in the middle of the night, to ‘steal’ her away, the bride would have to have her lamp filled with oil and her belongings ready at all times. Her sisters or bridesmaids would also be waiting keeping their lamps trimmed in anticipation of the late night festivities. It was for this reason that Yahshua told His disciples in Matthew 25: 1 – 5, saying: “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. (2) And five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. (3) For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, (4) but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps (their copies of the Scriptures and other related study materials to remind them not to do as their ancient forefathers the Israelites did in the wilderness, and keep them from the false churches of the world and their false teachings, whilst waiting for the groom). (5) Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.’ When the bridegroom’s father agrees that the wedding chamber meets his high standards for the bride, he will send his son to fetch her in order to conclude the marriage ceremony. The bridegroom would then go and ‘abduct’ his bride from her father’s house, like a thief in the night and take her to the wedding chamber. However, as the groom approaches the bride’s father’s house, he would shout and blow the shofar so that she had enough warning to gather her belongings to take it to the wedding chamber.

Continuing in Matthew 25: 6 - 12Yahshua said: “But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ (7) Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. (8) And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ (9) But the prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ (10) And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. (11) And later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Master, master, open up for us.’ (12) But he answered and said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’”We also read Yahshua’s explanation to Yochanan in Revelation 19: 6, 7 & 9 regarding His return to fetch His bride on a Feast of Trumpets in the near future, saying: ‘And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For YHVH our Elohim, the Almighty, reigns. (7) Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” (9) And he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”” And he said to me, “These are true words of Elohim.” Anciently the consummation of the marriage including the wedding celebrations took seven days in the wedding chamber. The bridegroom would take his bride and spreads his tallit over her and with a strong hand lead her to the wedding chamber and they will go into the honey moon chamber and consummate the marriage, thus becoming one flesh. After seven days, they will know one another like never before, by means of this face to face encounter. The bridegroom’s friend will stand outside the honey moon chamber door and once the marriage is consummated, the bridegroom would hand him the bed sheets to be taken to show the guests that the consummation has taken place, after which he would hand it to the bride’s father for safe keeping, as evidence of her virginity, in case his daughter’s virginity ever came into question. Yahshua’s bloodied garments are our insurance policy, the proof of our oneness with Him as our Bridegroom.

Ancient Jewish eschatology taught that a time of Jacob’s trouble would come on the earth, before the coming of Messiah. When Yahshua returns to get His bride, the dead in Messiah will rise first, and then those who are alive will be changed from mortal beings to Spiritual children of Elohim. This will obviously happen during the Fall Feast period in the Northern Hemisphere, as we read from Isaiah 26: 19 – 21, as follows: ‘Your dead will live; their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. (20) Come, my people, enter into your rooms (during the Feast of Tabernacles), and close your doors behind you; hide for a little while, until indignation runs its course. (21)For behold, YHVH is about to come out from His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth will reveal her bloodshed, and will no longer cover her slain.’ When the couple comes out of the wedding chamber, they will join their guests in a very festive marriage feast. Then Yahshua will be crowned King, and we His bride shall become His queen. Then the millennium rule of Messiah and His bride will begin and His bride will serve Him throughout the millennium and into the Great White Throne judgment and beyond, when the New Jerusalem will come down from heaven. Yahshua is building the wedding chamber, but will move to the New Jerusalem after the Great White Throne Judgment, whenafter everyone have been taught the truth of salvationand have either accepted or rejected Messiah, when all people will have their opportunity to bow before Him. Those who do will after repentance and immersion, be changed into spiritual children of Elohim, whilst, those who do not accept Him as their Savior will be burned to ashes.

To conclude; we learn from the pattern of the ancient Hebrew wedding practice, that like the bridegroom of ancient times, Yahshua came to earth to betroth His Bribe and begin a new covenant,sealing it with a glass of wine (Passover wine), and saying in Luke 22: 17 & 18:“Take this and share it among yourselves; (18) for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of Elohim comes.” We the betrothed congregation and body of Messiah is currently awaiting His return to take us to the wedding chamber away from the great tribulation and Day of YHVH to protect us there as indicated in Isaiah 26: 19 – 21 (quoted in the previous paragraph) and in Psalm 27: 5, in this way: ‘For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.’ During this period of seven days, Yahshua will spend alone with His bride whilst they remain in the honey moon chambers and He ministers to them, thereby preparingthem for rulership and to rule beside Him as His bride. Then they will celebrate the marriage supper of the Lamb after which they will depart to rule the earth for a thousand years. Halleluyah!

[1]MarYah in Aramaic, meaning the Master YHVH