The Bride -- In The Last Days

What is THE BRIDE, the wife of THE LAMB?

In previous blogs we looked at A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN, A New City to the South, and Are we IN THE LAST DAYS? to name a few subjects. Now we want to put this all together in light of these verses found in Revelation Chapter 21, and answer the question, what is THE BRIDE and how is she adorned?

[9] Then came [x]one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of [y]the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you [z]the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” [10] And [a]he carried me away in the Spirit to [b]a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, [11] [c]having the glory of God, [d]its radiance [e]like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
(Revelation 21:9-11 ESV)

[Cross References]
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[x] ch. 17:1
[y] ch. 15:1
[z] ver. 2
[a] ch. 17:3; [Ezek. 43:5]
[b] Ps. 87:1; Ezek. 40:2
[c] ver. 23; [ch. 22:5; Ps. 84:11; Ezek. 43:2, 4]
[d] [Matt. 5:14; Phil. 2:15]
[e] ch. 4:3, 6

     First we note "The Bride" is "The Holy City, Jerusalem."
     Many of us grew up with the teaching that the Church was the Bride, but that is not what this says, is it? So, if we don't add or take away from THE WORD (Rev 22:18), then "the Bride, the wife of the Lamb, is the Holy City Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven from God".
     Next we note that John wrote that "the Spirit took him away to A GREAT HIGH MOUNTAIN," to show him "The Holy City Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God."
     A Very High Mountain Mission Statement is mentioned in Isaiah chapter 2, verse 2. This MOUNTAIN is established in the last days Isaiah was told.
     (Ezekiel also references being set down upon a Very High Mountain, Ezekiel 40:2, and he sees a city to the south and the temple complex on top of the mountain. Also in Ezekiel 43 we see the Glory of YHWH coming and filling this facility on top of this mountain, after man has carried out YHWH's wishes to build this facility.)
     Previously we ask the question, "Are we IN THE LAST DAYS?" In this blog we argued that THE LAST DAYS were parallel to the last day of the week, i.e. the seventh day of the week. In other words, the seventh millennium is THE LAST DAYS, meaning one thousand years, or the seventh millennium. Also in this blog we concluded that, according to Biblical chronology, we are now living in the seventh millennium. So our answer to our question is, YES! we are living in the last days.
     With the seventh millennium -- LAST DAYS -- in mind, we conclude: A Very High Mountain is to be established as a House Of Prayer for Everyone (HOPE) somewhere between NOW, the beginning, and the end of the seventh millennium.
     Because of the benefits derived from the establishment of A Very High Mountain -- WAR NO MORE -- the sooner we get started the better, wouldn't you agree?
     Now, what about the Holy City coming down out of Heaven? How close is this, can we expect it soon?
     First, where is A Very High Mountain? The mountain comes first, otherwise John would not have been able to observe the city from there. We note that John was taken to A Great High Mountain from which he observed the Holy City descending from Heaven.
     Is this the same mountain mention by Isaiah and Ezekiel?
     Truth is, the mountain Ezekiel was set upon had a temple on it, and a city to the south. But John said this Holy City he saw from A GREAT HIGH MOUNTAIN had no temple. Also the city Ezekiel say was on the ground, and was not very big, but the one John saw was in space and it was huge.
     So, we conclude that A Very High Mountain and the city Ezekiel describes must be constructed first, then sometime later, perhaps one thousand years from now, the Holy City is built in Heaven (space) and delivered to earth.
     Who builds these cities, and A Very High Mountain? For an answer to this we turn to Isaiah 45:11-13. Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel . . . "I made the earth and created man on it . . .(and) he shall build my city, and set my exiles free, not for price of reward," says YHWH Tseba'm (LORD of Hosts, i.e. all people). Note that "he (man) shall build YHWH's city. The conclusion to this question "Who?" is found in the statement, "Except the LORD (YHWH of everyone -- Our Father in Heaven --) build the house, they labour in vain that build it:" (Psalm 127:1a)
This thought brings us to another question:
     Does Our Father in Heaven want us, his children, to build something for Him? This question has been addressed in these blogs titled "The Place for My Feet," and "A PRESENT -- AKD -- A Kingdom District."
  
     Fact 1: We -- that is YHWH's Children -- could not now build the space city seen in John's vision. We are thinking and planning for building in space, but we are nowhere near able to build what John describes. Therefore we think God must build this city without our help.
     Fact 2: We could build the city and mountain described in Ezekiel's vision. That is, we are just approaching the ability and capability required to build such a facility. Therefore, we should build this, and in the future we will have matured sufficiently to work on the city John described.
     Fact 3: It makes sense to build the facility Ezekiel describes because it is what YHWH wants, and it has never been built. Therefore, lets build this and receive the benefits promised which are put the military complex and its costs behind us, and to use the equipment developed for war for peaceful means.
     Fact 4: The Bride adorned herself with the new city coming down out of heaven. In the meantime we need to get our act together here on Earth. Therefore, let us attempt to build Ezekiel's vision as required by Ezekiel 43 and Isaiah 2:1-5 and elsewhere, so we can spend the next 1,000 years in peace.
     Fact 4: If we live 1,000 peacefully caring for this planet, and not killing our children, then it seems reasonable to expect that we will have covered the seas with cities so that there "will be no more sea" in the "new earth", and "the heaven" (atmosphere) will be "new" (that is different) as well because of our intensive activity. But as Rev. 21:1+ tells us...this is not a bad thing:

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
(Revelation 21:3-5 KJV)