Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

what her real Lover has given and gone through to
win her hand. He saw sin with all its deception.
He went to battle with the mystery of iniquity
so that the mystery of godliness might be verified.
He submitted to the struggle with self to prove that
Lucifer need not have been overcome as he was
when he surrendered to his ego, and became the
slave of his own will. Jesus came not to do His
own will, but the will of His Father that sent Him
(John 6:38). He is waiting for His Bride to grow up
and cease her playful infatuation with the human
honor that comes one of another, but which
destroys faith (John 5:44).
His Bride is to be the woman that is "fair as the
moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with
banners" (Song of Solomon 6:10). Her
consummate beauty is not just because she has put
off her whoredoms and ceased from sin, but
because she knows and appreciates the struggle her
Lover has endured to obtain victory and she as an
army in battle has gone through the same struggle.
She has gone to the cross with Him. She has grown
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