Evening: Psalm 80; Malachi 4:1-6; Matthew 11:2-19
In a lovely wedding yesterday, I witnessed Martin and Lesley pledge their hearts to each another. How justly pleased the groomsmen were for Martin. The Hebrew Bible tells that one day the Messiah will make Israel his ‘bride’ … this marriage metaphor shows God’s deep love for humanity, represented by one nation. For Christians, Jesus is this Messiah. When Jesus the ‘bridegroom’ comes to his ‘bride’, Israel, his friend John the Baptist is anything but the jealous groomsman; John beams with joy as his friend comes to serve the people of Israel and finally to make all peoples his ‘bride’.
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