Getting Ready For His Coming

The bridegroom’s wife is called the “fairest among women” (v. 1). She is pictured as the bride of Christ, “the church” (Eph 5:25), who will be presented to Him in the future event called “the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Rev 19:9). The phrase “she that looketh forth as the morning,” signifies the saints’ anticipation of the second coming of Jesus, “the bright and morning star” (Rev 22:16). Today, we are like living in the night and looking forward to the morning. This is why Jesus will come “as a thief in the night” (1 Thes 5:2).

It would be a blessed time for all “that love His appearing” (2 Tim 4:8); when He shall reign in righteousness and He “shall rule in judgment” (Isa 32:1)! When the bridegroom calls his beloved to “come away” (Song 2:10), it pictures the rapture, when the saints of God shall be caught up together “to meet the Lord in the air” (1 Thes 4:17). We must always be ready and watching (Rev 16:15), because we “know not what hour our Lord doth come” (Mt 24:4) – it could be “at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning” (Mk 13:35).

While waiting, we should be “fair as the moon,” by being sanctified and cleansed “with the washing of water by the word” (Eph 5:26), so we can come forth as “a glorious church” (Eph 5:27), not having spot, or wrinkle, and without blemish. Sadly, many churches today are becoming more worldly than spiritual (Rom 12:2). But we are commanded to be “the light of the world” (Mt 5:14), “clear as the sun” and reflecting the full brightness of Jesus, “the Sun of righteousness“ (Mal 4:2). We must also be “terrible as an army with banners” by fighting “the good fight of faith” (1 Tim 6:12). As “good soldiers of Jesus Christ” (2 Tim 2:3), let’s get ready for that great day of His coming! God bless you!

- Pastor Melito Barrera