Eternal Rejoicing for the Righteous
Excerpt from Sukkot the feast of Tabernacles
“The righteous remnant have faithfully obeyed their Savior, “sharing in His sufferings” so that they would “know Him in His resurrection power”. They will eternally rejoice with Him in the kingdom of heaven””
On the Almighty’s biblical calendar, the last great day [the eighth day] of the Feast of Tabernacles symbolically points to the new beginning in the eternal kingdom where the glorious harvest of the holy redeemed has been gathered into the great assembly of the righteous. This is the faithful obedient remnant who have “overcome victoriously through the blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony, and did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death” (Revelation 12:11). They are the ones, of whom our Savior said, “he/she who endures [through courageous faith and self denial] to the end, will be saved” (Matthew 24:13). The harvest of the righteous remnant have faithfully obeyed their Savior, “sharing in His sufferings” so that they would “know Him in His resurrection power” and share eternal rejoicing with their beloved Messiah in the kingdom of heaven (see Philippians 3:10).
These are the wise watchful virgins, filled with His Spirit, prepared and waiting for the Bridegroom. Yahshua (Jesus) spoke about the bride and the bridegroom in a well-known parable. There were ten virgins and all of them professed to know and love the bridegroom. The Messiah made an eternally vital distinction between “the wise and the foolish” ones. “The foolish virgins” were not prepared; they were too preoccupied with this passing world and its deceptive pleasures, rather than being focused on eternal joy with their Bridegroom. Consequently, we read, the door to heaven was closed and our Savior said to the unprepared virgins, 'Truly … I do not know you' (see Matthew 25:1-12). They were not wise, they were disqualified and for them it will be eternal sorrow instead of eternal rejoicing. Those who have their focus on the eternal joys in the heavenly kingdom with their Beloved, are the righteous harvest who qualifies as the bride of Messiah that enters the Messianic Kingdom of eternal rejoicing with her Bridegroom, united forever.
“I betrothed you to one husband [Yahshua (Jesus)], so that to Messiah I might present you as a pure virgin [undefiled by sin and the flesh’s desires for the world]” prepared for Him as a righteous bride””
When one, by faith, believes in Yahshua (Jesus), they are “born again” as “new spiritual creations”, this is the beginning of a marriage covenant (John 3:3, 2 Corinthians 5:17). It is verified and clarified in the Scripture that as a new “born again” “spiritual creation”, “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, … male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yahshua (Jesus)” (Galatians 3:28). Our Bridegroom is Spirit and we are redeemed out of the flesh and the world to grow up as a mature spiritual bride who is holy, blameless, and pleasing in her Bridegroom Redeemer’s sight. Apostle Paul in his ministry to the Gentiles was explaining to them the marriage covenant between Messiah and His redeemed. He said, “I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband [Yahshua (Jesus)], so that to Messiah I might present you as a pure virgin [undefiled by sin and the flesh’s desires for the world]” prepared for Him as a righteous bride (2 Corinthians 11:2). The Holy Spirit is the “Helper”, dwelling within each of the redeemed, preparing us as a bride for her holy Bridegroom (see John 14:26, Revelation 19:7).
The infinite love of Yahshua (Jesus) for His bride began before the foundation of the earth. As it is written, “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him” (Ephesians 1:4). Messiah’s passion compelled Him to come to earth in the flesh, to die and purchase His bride to spend eternity with Him in His Father’s glorious kingdom. He was born the “Son of God”, the “Son of David”, the “Son of Man” (1 John 5:20, Luke 18:38, 9:58). He “dwelt [tabernacled] among us, and we saw His glory, … as the only begotten from the Father” (John 1:14). “Immanuel - God with us”, was born to die in order to purchase a righteous remnant of Jewish and Gentile people, who through faith in His sacrificial atoning blood, and obedience to His commandments and Word, would become purified and sanctified to be His eternal holy bride (Matthew 1:23).
“This is the greatest love story that ever was and will ever be, filling all of heaven and the entire universe with eternal shouts of halleluYAH!””
This is the greatest love story that ever was and will ever be, filling all of heaven and the entire universe with eternal shouts of halleluYAH! The Almighty Creator, the Holy One of Israel’s Son Yahshua the Messiah, has what He longed and died for. He loved so passionately that He sacrificed His own blood to purchase His holy bride. May we, the redeemed, continually look upward and forward to the fulfillment of the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. This is the manifestation of the new beginning in the kingdom, the utmost eternal rejoicing, the wedding supper of the Lamb! (Revelation 19:7-9)
The righteous remnant redeemed from “every tribe” of Israel, and “every nation”, male and female, who wholeheartedly love and long for Him, are consumed with preparing as a holy bride for eternity with the beloved Bridegroom (Revelation 7:9). This ever growing love compels them to leave everyone and everything as secondary for their first love, in order to prepare, for that eighth day of “unimaginable greatest rejoicing”, the new beginning in eternity, dwelling with Yahshua (Jesus) in His Father’s kingdom. It is written, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (Matthew 19:29, 1 Corinthians 2:29).
“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””
Apostle John was given the revelation of the fullness of all the feasts [biblical holy days of Leviticus 23], depicting our salvation through Yahshua (Jesus), and its culmination with the greatest joy that ever was, and yet, will always be for the bride and the Bridegroom. John said, “Then I heard [in heaven] something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Halleluyah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. 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. It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then 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 God” (Revelation 19:6-9).
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, … And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them” (Revelation 21:1-3).
