THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY COME!
PART 2

The Bridegroom message is the revelation of Jesus' emotions and commitments as an intimate Bridegroom God.
An intimate encounter with God energizes the Church with a spirit of prayer.

1. Jesus the Bridegroom is filled with tender mercy and understands our weakness.

We often confuse rebellion and immaturity.
God is angry at rebellion, but He has a heart of tenderness towards sincere believers that seek to obey Him.
He enjoys us even in our weakness.

Psalms 18:19, 35
(19) He delivered me because He delighted in me.
(35) Your gentleness made me great.

Psalms 130:3-4
If You, LORD, should mark iniquities...who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

2. Jesus the Bridegroom has a heart of gladness (happy heart) - Jesus had more gladness than any man in history.

Most of Church history has viewed God as mostly mad or mostly sad when He relates to us.

Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

3. Jesus the Bridegroom has fiery affections and desire for us.

The Church will be cleansed by experiencing the cherishing heart of Jesus.

John 15:9
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.

Ephesians 5:26-29
That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
That He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord loves the church.

4. Jesus the Bridegroom is zealous - He destroys all that hinders love and injures His Bride.

Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Zechariah 8:1-2
And the Word of Jehovah of Hosts came to me, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts:
I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

5. Jesus the Bridegroom possesses indescribable beauty - He captivates our hearts.

Psalms 27:4
One thing I have desired from Jehovah, that I will seek after:
That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to pray in His temple.

THREE INTERCESSORY WAYS THAT CRY FOR JESUS TO COME

Come Lord Jesus!

1. Come NEAR US in intimacy (individual breakthrough of my heart in God)
2. Come TO US in revival (regional or national breakthrough of the Spirit in revival)
3. Come FOR US in the sky (historical breakthrough by the Second Coming of Jesus)

TWO MANIFESTATIONS OF THE BRIDE'S CRY FOR JESUS TO COME (BREAKTHROUGH)

1. Worship - "We love You, we worship You, we beckon You to come by our love."
2. Intercession - "We need You, we pray for You to come and release revival power."

A TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRY: UPWARD TO GOD AND OUTWARD TO PEOPLE

1. Vertical - an upward call to Jesus to come to us in breakthrough power (near us/to us/for us).
2. Horizontal - an outward call to people to come to Jesus as the Bridegroom King.

Most of the Church today is out of touch with the true purpose of God.

Question:
What will help bring about change?

1. The Holy Spirit is raising up forerunners.

Forerunners are those who are one short step ahead of others in walking out and announcing what the Holy Spirit will soon emphasize universally.

2. The Spirit anoints what He emphasizes.

Jesus will only come (near us/to us/for us) in response to a praying Church.
He only comes by invitation of His covenant people.

In the Father's sovereignty, He has decreed to work only in partnership with a praying Church.
Ministry programs can be helpful, but must not exist at the expense of the prayer ministry, which is the primary mandate of the Church.

JESUS DECLARES THAT HE IS A JEWISH KING WHO WILL GUIDE HIS PEOPLE

Revelation 22:16-17
I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you over the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and Morning Star.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come!
And let the one hearing say, Come!
And let the one who is thirsty come.
And he willing, let him take of the Water of Life freely.

Jesus reveals four things about Himself in Revelations 22:16 that are vital to the prophecy of Revelations 22:17 and that release the anointing on the End-Time Church as a Bride.

The first titles two have to do with His human heritage.

The next two titles have to do with His deity.

Jesus emphasizes His Jewish heritage as the root and offspring of King David.
He is saying, "I am a Jewish King that will sit on the Throne of David."

Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning lamp.

Isaiah 60:2
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people;
But the LORD (Jesus the Second Coming) will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

THE END-TIME CHURCH WILL SURELY BE VICTORIOUS AS WE ARE ANOINTED IN INTERCESSORY PRAYER.

Ephesians 5:26-27
That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
That He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Revelations 7:9
After these things I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands.

Revelations 19:7-8
Let us be glad and rejoice and we will give glory to Him.
For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white.
For the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.


  Dale Boehs

09.15.2007