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For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife . . . This is a great mystery; but I am speaking in respect to Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:23 - 24, 31 - 32). Bride and Ten Virgins. What is the relationship of the bride of Christ with the parable of the ten virgins given in Matthew 25?
This unique event symbolizes the spiritual union between the bride (the spiritual church of God) and Jesus Christ. Good versus Evil After Jesus gathers his spiritual army, composed of saints (Revelation 17:14), he begins his glorious return to the earth (Revelation 19:11 - 16).
During his third missionary journey, which he began in 53 A.D., the Apostle Paul was able to visit the church in Corinth and the surrounding area a second time. After visiting for a period of three months (Acts 20:2 - 3), he desired to leave the area and sail to Syria in order to reach Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost (Acts 20:16).
The church, meaning the members of Christ's body wherever they live and meet, are indeed holy (Colossians 3:12, etc.). A building or plot of land used by them, of itself, is not. This means such an activity like fundraising, on church property, does not somehow "defile" holy ground.
So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father. And he says in another place (Psalm 110:4), "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek" (Hebrews 5:5 - 6, NIV).
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A notable example of setting dates for events like the rapture occurred with William Miller, a preacher in the Baptist church, who predicted Jesus would come back to earth sometime within a year of March 21, 1843. When March 21, 1844 arrived Miller adopted the new date of April 18 of the same year for Christ's return.
Paul the apostle likely began the Christian church in the city. One of apostle John's students, Polycarp (who lived from 69 to 155 A.D.), is thought to have played a major role in leading the church in Ephesus during the second century. Tradition states that he was killed as a martyr in Smyrna.
There can be no doubt that James was a leader in the early New Testament church (Acts 12:11 - 17). He was the acknowledged head of the Jerusalem Conference which met to determine if circumcision should be required of Gentile converts (Acts 15). The book of James, written by him, is the second earliest writing included in the New Testament.
Betrothal is something like the modern practice of couples being "engaged" where they promise to marry each other. Instead of a partial payment of the bride price, the man usually buys the woman he has proposed to an engagement ring. There are, of course, major differences between being engaged in today's world versus being betrothed in Bible ...