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The Great Preparation
IT WAS EARLY evening. We were gazing down at the tent camp in which we
had first seen the bride. We didn’t see her that night, nor did we expect to.
“I wonder what she’s thinking,” I said. “And what she’s doing.”
“The bride?” asked the teacher.
“Yes.”
“She’s preparing for the day of her wedding.”
“How exactly is she preparing?”
“She no longer focuses on her home as she once did … not on how
comfortable it is or how uncomfortable.”
“Because she’s leaving it.”
“Exactly. And the more she focuses on her present circumstances, on what
she’ll be leaving, the less she’ll be able to focus on where she’s going. She
knows that her time in her present home is now temporary and limited. It’s
not for her to grow more attached to it, but less attached. It’s for her to tread
lightly. It’s her time to let go, to begin to say good-bye. Everything she once
knew as her home is no longer so. It’s now her bridal chamber. She must now
use everything she has to prepare herself for the wedding and the life that lies
ahead of her.”
“So she prepares herself by letting go,” I said, “by saying good-bye?”
“Yes, and by whatever she can do to ready herself for her future life … not
by beautifying her tent, but by beautifying herself. She prepares herself.”
“But there’s a spiritual realm to all this … yes?”
“Yes. If you belong to God, you’re His bride. And the world is your tent,
your present home. And as the bride, your focus can no longer be on this, nor
on your circumstances, nor on how comfortable or uncomfortable you are in
this world. This is the place you’re leaving. And the more you focus on what
you’re leaving, the less you’ll be able to focus on where you’re going. Your
days in the world are temporary. You’re not in the world to grow more
attached to it, but less attached. It’s your time for letting go, of treading
lightly, of saying good-bye. So use every part of this life to prepare yourself
for the life yet to come. Use the time you have in this world to prepare
yourself for the days of eternity. You’re here to become beautiful. And fromnow on when you look at this world, no longer see it as your home, but see it
for what it has now become … your bridal chamber.
The Mission: Live today as one preparing for the wedding. Use every moment
as a chance to become more beautiful and heavenly.
Isaiah 52:1–2; Ephesians 5:26–27; Revelation 21:2
An excerpt from The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn
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