February 24
(Luke 5:33-35 NIV) ““They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking." {34} Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? {35} But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
(Matthew 22:2 NIV) “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.”
(Ephesians 5:31-32 NIV) ““For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." {32} This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.””
(Revelation 19:7-9 NIV) “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.”
When the Pharisees questioned Jesus about His disciples’ fasting, He told them that they were like the guests of a bridegroom. So while Jesus was with them, they would celebrate. The time for fasting would come after He was taken from them. Jesus described the kingdom of heaven as a wedding banquet for the son of a king. Paul wrote that the church and Christ were like a bride and groom, soon to be united as one flesh. John spoke of a wedding for the Lamb of God and a bride who had made herself ready. Jesus is the bridegroom. We who live by faith are His promised bride. The believing church awaits His return for the wedding banquet to begin. Only those who have pledged their hearts to King Jesus will become the eternal bride of Christ. Have you done that? Is Jesus your bridegroom? He will be coming soon for His bride. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day
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