Answers

Psalm 118:5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

Psalm 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Isaiah 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Colossians 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Mathew 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Ephesians 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Ephesians 3:3-4 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

John 14:26, 15:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The Bride

Revelation 21:1-2 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

No promise is more precious than the promise of making His bride and Himself One in matrimony. And what does that entail? What does it mean to be the bride?

Revelaion 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

V11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

V24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it(the bride): and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it(the bride).

V27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

While Revelation 21 and 22 contain many descriptions I referenced only those portions which implicate us in active participation. What all that entails is still a mystery but there is something to be done for it is noted in 22:1 a bride prepared, meaning ready to be all that is required, lacking nothing. I also find it heartwarming to see the Spirit and the bride united in effort; V22:17.

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