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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, April twelve,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's Word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson

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study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption

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for today is Images from Marriage Images from Marriage. Before

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we get into that, I'd like to first say thank

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you and welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining

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us for the very first time. I know there are

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a number of things you could be doing this early

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on a Sabbath morning, but you are together with me

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and all the thousands and thousands of people who are watching, listening,

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and then of course those who will catch it on

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the replay. So thank you for that. And yeah, I

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want to give a great big shout out to my wife,

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simone of almost twenty four years considering this subject, and

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also to my brother and friend and of course my

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sister and friend Faith so Quest and Faith Green of

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the Greenhouse where they love, love, lifestyle and legacy. That's

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core value for them. And of course that is in

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the context of marriage. Okay, So thank God that he

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has given us a way to connect with him in

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relationship through the symbol of marriage, and of course we

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get to experience the blessing of marriage with real life humans.

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And I am just overwhelmed with thanksgiving in that regard.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,

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we thank you for this Sabbath day. Please give us

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your vision for marriage. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen

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and a man again. And so we begin in the

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Bible Book of Revelation. Of course we're looking at symbols

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of things that have to do with prophecy and our

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actual lives, etc. And so we begin in Revelation chapter

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nineteen and verse nine. The Bible reads, Then he said

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to me, right, blessed are those who are called to

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the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said, these

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are the true sayings of God. Before I get into

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a lot of details, I'd like to read from the

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book Christ's object Lessons, page three hundred and seven, and

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it reads, it reads, the marriage represents in this particular context.

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And I need you to be clear. I struggled over

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this thing for two years back in the day. The

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marriage represents the reception of Christ of his kingdom, reception

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by Christ of his kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem,

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which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is

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called the bride the Lamb's wife, said the Angel to John,

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come hither, I will show thee the bride the Lamb's wife.

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And he carried me away in the spirit, says the prophet,

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and showed me that great holy city, Holy Jerusalem, descending

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out of God from heaven. Sorry, my device is trying

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to wake up here out of Heaven from God Revelation

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twenty one, Versus nine and ten. Clearly, then the bride

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represents the Holy City and the virgins that go out

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to meet. The bridegroom are a symbol of God's church.

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In Revelation, the people of God are said to be guests.

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We're talking about Revelation nineteen guests at the marriage supper.

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If guests, they cannot be represented also as the bride

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and that. And let me just say there, because I

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know somebody's going to read that and get confused, like

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I was way back in the day. But that is

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in the context of Revelation chapter nineteen, in that scene.

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And so God's people are prepared through right relationship with him.

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God's people are prepared through the judgment. Yes, God's people,

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I said, the judgment. But remember there is no fear

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in love because love casts out fear, for fear has

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part of me torment. Those who are perfected in love

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come to God boldly in the day of judgment. So

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we're talking about the judgment seen in a good way,

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in a way that does not condemn God's people who

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are yielding to him. And so once God's people are

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fully prepared, once God's people are transformed, God's people are

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seen covered in Christ's righteousness, then one day, one day,

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God's people will be adjoined with his kingdom and together

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we will see a full image, a comprehensive image of

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the bride. So of course God's people are as bride,

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of course, but in this context we're seeing, we're seeing

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the city, the Holy Jerusalem, ready to receive finally one

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day the people of God, and they together in that

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grand scene, become the image of the bride. I wish

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I had the time, but that is not where we

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are completely today, okay, And so I'm thankful. I'm thankful

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that God gives us ways to apply these truths in

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every key area of our lives. Hopefully you have our

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companion guide to look at some of the ways that

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we will. And so let me now just hurry up

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and jump in to the Bible Book of Ephesians. Some

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of you were expecting this. Ephesians, Chapter five and verse

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twenty five. The Bible reads, husbands, love your wives, even

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as Christ also loved the church. Yes, and of course

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the Bible says that he gave himself. Christ gave himself

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for her. And so we see marriage as a prophetic

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symbol of divine love. I hope you're taking notes. Divine love.

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It shows sacrificial love, it shows faithful commitment, it shows

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intimate relationship and of course eternal covenant. Can I just

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be candid with you, I just like you. I came

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up in a situation growing up where the marriage was

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not a great symbol in my household. It just really wasn't.

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I'm not going to go drag up old terrible experiences,

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but it wasn't a good symbol in my household. And

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so I could be tempted to make up a new

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model because it was a terrible symbol in my household.

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And many of you you have tried. You have tried

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to be married in the way that God says, and

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then you decided you're going to do it some other way.

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You stepped out on your spouse, or you created some

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other new model of marriage because the way that God said,

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at least in your mind, didn't work. But God is

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saying no, no, no, no, no. You don't have to

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make up a new model. You don't have to step

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out on your spouse because it doesn't seem to work

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in your household. No, you come to me, you and

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your spouse. You both come to me and receive the

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guidance and receive the fullness of My spirit. And I

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will show you through divine love how Christ loved the

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church and gave himself, and how the Church can be

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faithful also to Christ. And that is the model for

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your marriage. I wish I had the time. Number two

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Then comes covenant relationship. In Hosea chapter two, in verse ninenineteen,

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it says, I will betroth thee unto me forever. So

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this is a covenant relationship. This is an enduring relationship.

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It does not pause or stop for better or for worse,

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in sickness and in health until death do us part.

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That's what this represents. Covenantal relationship. It demonstrates God's faithfulness,

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the permanent bond, the sacred commitment, and divine promise. Let's

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keep going. Number three, as we come to a swift close.

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In Isaiah chapter sixty two and verse five, the Bible reads,

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for as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall

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thy God rejoice over thee. Here is some prophetic imagery

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of God's joy. God is rejoicing over you because He

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loves you. Yes, the perfect union, complete restoration. Because let

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me just say, quite frankly, most of us made extreme,

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terrible mistakes with how we treated our body and mistreated

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our sexual reality, our intimate spaces before we got married.

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But we also have been restored by God. Aren't you

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glad that God has restored you completely? And then comes

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ultimate celebration And so here are a couple of key lessons.

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Key lessons marriage teaches us about God's character, about his

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divine love, about the redemption plan that he has to

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make us holy, and then final restoration. I'm so glad

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that He has given us, in his word, even in prophecy,

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his image for marriage. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,