THE WALK APPLIED:
The Bride of Christ: Why?
Jesus desires His bride (His church) to share an eternal and intimate relationship with Him (Isa 62:5, Rev 19:7-9, Rev 21:2). Scripture doesn’t tell us why or how the notion of the bride came about, but it does tell us that Jesus will indeed rejoice over His church (those who are saved constitute His church) as His bride. Scripture reveals that there are two fundamental conditions that the bride must meet: The bride must be declared perfectly righteous, and the bride must be