THE NISSUIN-- MARRIAGE ITSELF
MATTHEW 25:6"And at midnight a cry was heard: `Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
MARK 2:18 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
ROMANS 7:1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another----to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
· THE NISSUIN
1. The Final Step In The Wedding Process Is Called - Nissuin
2. Comes From The Hebrew Verb - HSN ( Nasa) - Which Means , "To Carry."
3. The Bride Would Be Waiting For Her Groom To Come - To Carry Her Off To Her New Home.
4. The Father Of The Groom Would Give The Final Approval For The Marriage To Begin.
· COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM
1. The Bride And Her Bridal Party Were Always To Be Ready
2. "The Bridegroom Is Coming"
3. This Would Be Followed By The Blowing Of The Shofar
4. 1 Thessalonians 4: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
· THE WEDDING
1. The Groomsmen Would Again Set Up The Huppah
2. The Couple Would Say A Blessing Over The Cup Of Wine
3. The Ceremony Finalized The Promises And Vows
· THE MARRIAGE SUPPER
1. It Was Much More Than Just A Sit- Down Dinner
2. Seven Full Days Of Food, Music, Dance And Celebration
3. After The Festivities The Husband Was Free To Bring His Bride To Their New Home
4. Revelation 19:11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
5. Revelation 19: And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
