As we know Yeshua went to be with His Father as the disciples looked on and were told He would return in the same manner that they saw Him leave.  And yes, we also know that Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us.  As Hebrews 7:25 puts it, “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.”(NIV)

Jesus paid the price in full, the full bridal price with His death on the cross.  But did you know He lives for you.  He lives for you.  Think about that.  Do you live for Him?  I hope so.  I try to.  He lives for us and He is constantly thinking about us.  He is thinking about us so much that He can’t stop talking to His Father about us.  That’s what He’s doing.  He’s talking to His Daddy about you and me.

But what exactly are they talking about?  John 17 tells us what they talked about while He was here with us, it says in verse 24, “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.”(NIV)  I want them to be with me.

In other words, “When can I go get them?  Is it done yet?  Am I done yet?  When can I go get them?  I want them to be with me.”  He’s talking!  He and His Daddy are talking, and apparently Daddy’s still saying, “Not yet, Son, not yet.”

Oh, what a day that will be.  The great passion of Jesus is to have His bride, His wife, with Him where He is, in the place He prepared for Her, in His Father’s house.

Not just any house, His Father’s house.  It was the responsibility of a Jewish Bridegroom to leave His beloved Bride after the Kiddushin to literally go and prepare a place for her in His Father’s house.  We see this again with Isaac and Rebekah.  Isaac brings Rebekah into his mother’s tent, a part of His father’s estate. That was their home together.

Yes, while Yeshua and His Father are talking, He’s working.  Yes, He’s gone to prepare a place for you and me.  I can not end this section any other way than with John 14:1-3 “”Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.  In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”(NIV)

I am going to come back and we are going to have a wedding.  We’re going to have a wedding.  And as the precious Ketubah ends, “The Spirit and the Bride say, Come.”

Awaiting our Bridegroom,

Vicky

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