The Early Church had the tears of Calvary. As they cried the tears of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost, mighty results were theirs. Divine tears of Calvary are not like human tears, not liquid flowing from the eyes. Divinity cries without watery tears. It’s wonderful to have the Holy Spirit within us so we, like the Early Church, can cry the divine tears of Calvary.

The message of the tears of Calvary will live in the hearts of each member of the Glorious Church until Jesus comes. The Glorious Church is the Bride of Christ; and she, at last, is ready to do anything and everything the Lord wants. She is ready to serve Him night and day, ready with the tears of Calvary. She has become like Him: she thinks like Him, believes like Him, loves like Him and yearns to bring in the harvest the way He yearns. The Bride of Christ has the same vision He has; her heart beats with His. You cannot separate His heartbeat from hers; they beat together in harmony, in one accord. She has His divine nature, His righteousness and holiness.

In pure sacrifice, the Bride of Christ has gone all the way into perfection, perfection in sacrificing for Him. It matters not the cost; she has the tears of Calvary, crying with the same compassion of Jesus, the same compassion for the lost and unhealed.

The Early Church cried with the compassion of Jesus, and they saw the same results. Now we, too, are seeing Jesus-results as we cry with the compassion, with the love, hope, greatness of Him. As our voices cry out to God, they’re the same as the voice of Jesus. Everything in the voice of the Bride of Christ was in His voice when He was here on Earth. The victorious hour has come, and it’s marvelous.

The Old Testament is filled with types and shadows of the Bride and her Groom Jesus. Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee (Song of Solomon 4:7). In the Song of Solomon the Groom looks at the Bride and finds no spot in her. We see many types and shadows of the Bride throughout the Old Testament. Then we see the Bride emerge in the life, love and faith of Christ in all the living reality of the New Testament: a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27).

Each member of the bridal company should stand tall; and as she hears the Lord say, My Bride is without spot or blemish, her heart rejoices. My Beloved, every part of thee is beautiful, the Groom tells her. Thou hast not a single defect. Any type of sin, anything unrighteous the Lord never calls beautiful. The Bride lives free from all sin just like Jesus did when He walked the earth without spot or blemish.

As I thought of the Glorious Church without one defect, my heart leaped within me. To know that we live in such an incredible hour is indeed a wonder! Many, many have come on into the Glorious Church, into the greatness of God just like they did in the Early Church.

Redeemed through the Atoning Blood

The Bride of Christ, a virgin in heart who knows not the old man of sin and worldliness, is not a part of the world. The old fallen nature is gone. The Bride of Christ has taken on divinity, the living Christ. Not of the world, the Bride of Christ has been changed by the glorious atonement of Jesus. She understands the atonement, the power, the deliverance of the atonement, the results of it. The Bride of Christ knows she has been redeemed through the atoning blood of Jesus, that she is free from all sin to never return to it; she has power and dominion over sin just like Jesus had. He gave her that power, that victory. Never will people have victory in the Lord until they have victory over all sin. Sin is defeat, whether just a little sin or much.

Some say they can’t help but be contaminated, can’t help but sin, that no one can live holy. How blind they are! When the blind lead the blind, they all fall into the ditch. That’s the reason so many in the Christian world today spiritually are “in the ditch”: they’ve followed the leading of the blind, not walking the highway of holiness. Those who cry they cannot live free from sin might as well forget about being taken in the Rapture; for all having sin in their lives will be spewed into the Tribulation Period.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins (Hebrews 10:26). If you sin willfully, the Lord is no longer your High Priest; you have forfeited that right.

New Creatures

But the Bride has come into the living reality of the mind of Jesus. The mind of Christ says he that committeth sin is of the devil (I John 3:8). If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (II Corinthians 5:17). The members of the bridal company have been made new creatures. Would God make a new creature and allow any sin to be in that one? Of course not. God made the first Adam to be without sin. Until the fall, Adam was the pride and joy of Jehovah God. God was so delighted with Adam that He came down in the cool of the day to walk and talk with him. He meant it when He told Adam and Eve if they ate the forbidden fruit they would die. They ate, and they died spiritually. No longer were they in close fellowship with God: sin separated them. Spiritually dead, they both were thrown out of the Garden.

Just as the devil told Adam and Eve they wouldn’t die if they disobeyed God, people today are teaching that sinners can enter Heaven. The lie still lives. When sin entered the heart of Adam, he lost everything the Lord gave man in Eden. The second Adam, Jesus, came and gained it all back.

Just as the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon the first Adam so He could take part of him to make a woman, the second Adam, in a deep sleep on Calvary’s tree, let His side be opened up and a rib-company born called the Bride of Christ, the Glorious Church. Jesus purchased the Church with His own blood.

The Bible opens with the first Adam in the Garden of Eden. It closes with the second Adam, Jesus, and His Bride in the beautiful, heavenly garden where no sin exists, no sorrow, heartache or tears. A mighty price has been paid for the way back into Eden, but thank God, Jesus paid it. If the Lord didn’t make it possible for us to live free from sin like the first Adam, Jesus would have been a failure here on Earth; but we know He did not fail in any way.

Today the Lord is walking and talking with the Bride because she is free from sin. Were she not free from sin, the Lord would not be walking and talking with her; for the Lord cannot embrace sin in any fashion.

The devil has deceived many into thinking they cannot be free from sin. You will never be a member of the bridal company unless you are free from sin. The Holy Spirit will not live with sin; but He has come to live and dwell in the hearts of each member of the bridal company, saith the Lord. The Holy Spirit will not dwell in a life if there is one sin in that life.

In order for the Holy Spirit to baptize you in His Spirit, you must be sanctified, made holy through the blood of Jesus—a new creature. Salvation is the only requirement for the Holy Spirit baptism. What is the Holy Spirit baptism? The same experience those in the Upper Room received on the Day of Pentecost: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4).

In the holiness of God is no contamination. Sin contaminates—one speck of it. God cannot stand sin, and He cast it out of the Garden of Eden. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17). You don’t sin unless you forget God. As long as you remember God the Bible way, you’re not going to sin. You remember Him—His love, power, keeping grace, strength that made you a new creature—and you do not sin.

The Bride Has Ravished His Heart

All the endtime prophecies are being fulfilled for the Bride in her final hour; and she is robed in His righteousness, grace and strength. Oh Bride of Christ, you are shining forth, a light in a dark, dark world! You have found a refuge, a shelter under the wings of the Almighty. All Heaven is yours, all the power of Heaven.

For the Lord Himself to say, Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee (Song of Solomon 4:7), is wonderful. In verse 9 the Groom Jesus declares, Thou hast ravished my heart. Ravished, He says; you have ravished my heart. Do you think if the Bride had any sin in her she could affect the heart of Jesus like that? No. She has completely overwhelmed Him; He is taken over by her love. Sin could never take God over.

The Groom calls the Bride His dove, His undefiled. My dove, my undefiled is but one (Song of Solomon 6:9). Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners (verse 10)? She’s the Bride of Christ.

A Garden Enclosed

The Bride has prepared a garden for her Groom, and He has furnished fountains of water, living water, for that garden. A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed (Song of Solomon 4:12). The garden that the Bride has made for Him is shut against sin. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon (verse 15). The Bride drinks from the well of living waters, the well of His salvation. What strength, what victory is hers!

She treasures the tears of Calvary more than silver and gold, more than all the priceless gems found on Earth. The rejoicing Bride has accepted all of Him. Her tears are filled with His love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, meekness, faith and self-control. All the fruits of the Spirit are hers in that garden she has prepared for Him. She has made an Eden for Him in her heart, and He is furnishing the fruit and water of life. She cries the tears of Calvary; and great, wonderful things take place.

Notice again, this garden is enclosed, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. The Bride of Christ has closed the door of her garden. No demons, no devils, no sin, no disobedience can enter. Not only is the door closed and locked, it is sealed by the Holy Spirit. She is sealed in because she desires to be preserved, protected in His love and grace. The Bride of Christ is a pure virgin.

This enclosed garden is one expression of many in the Song of Solomon illustrating the fidelity of the Bride. The Song of Solomon is a marvelous study of the Bride of Christ and her Groom Jesus. The seal of the fountain of living waters has never been broken; the Bride is all His. The blood of Calvary washed her clean from all her sins, made her pure and holy. The Bride of Christ has preserved the seal of her virginity untouched. The world cannot touch her; she’s pure, holy, separated from all others.

A Pavement of Promises

The Bride of Christ lives under not just one rainbow of promise as Noah did; she has been provided a rainbow of many, many promises. She depends on those promises as she would depend on the pavement under her feet. Every step she takes alights on a promise of God. The Bride believes all God’s promises; she doubts none. Her trust, hope, faith, love are put into all the promises of His.

The Bible promises came from the breath of God; the Bride of Christ is drawing in that breath through Jesus Christ. It’s her life: living in His promises. The Holy Spirit dwells on the inside of her, teaching each member of the bridal company how to please the Lord. With His promises, the Bride of Christ knows she is a winner, victorious.

In times of trouble, the Bride is not grumbling and complaining; for she has the same victory, the same Jesus, the same Holy Ghost baptism the Early Church had. She’s almost reached the midnight hour, and the Bride of Christ is singing as victoriously as Paul and Silas sang in jail. With all her heart, with the love of Jesus she is singing. The Holy Ghost is bringing earthquakes of power through such victorious praise.

Rockets of Miracle Power

Noah won his family, but the Bride in her final hour is winning multitudes. The earthquakes of power will become so great they will be like mighty rockets circling the globe. The power of God will fall, and the Bride will doubt nothing that God is doing. With great expectation she will go forth with armfuls on purpose to serve. She has His Gospel—the Gospel of Jesus—His baptism, His joy, His smile, His touch. The Bride of Christ has the compassion of Jesus to bring the lost into the arms of Heaven. She lives and serves in the valley of sacrifice, the valley of human needs. Not resting from the toil of her labors, she knows darkness is creeping over the face of the earth, that soon the sun will be gone and the harvest wasted if she doesn’t hurry. No sacrifice to bring in the lost is too great in her eyes.

The Bride of Christ is on frontline duty, wearing the whole armor of God. Unafraid, the Bride has dedicated Her life to Him completely, and He has given His life to her more abundantly.

We are a part of this last call of the Holy Spirit before the Rapture takes place, the last great call going throughout the whole earth. We are crying aloud for all the world to hear, sounding the depths of His love as we sing about the power in the blood of Jesus. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus! His great love is going forth in a mighty way in this our final hour.

With joy and gladness, with the rainbow of promises all hers, the Bride of Christ is unafraid, untroubled. She knows her Lord will come. It’s victory all the way. The Bride of Christ gives commands to the devil just like Jesus did when He was here, and the devil must obey. She commands the demons to go, and they have to flee. She commands the devils of alcohol to come out of hopeless, helpless victims; and the alcoholics are set free, made new creations in Christ Jesus. Drug addicts who have ruined their lives, almost destroying the whole mind and body, hear words spoken by the Bride of Christ that have the same effect as words spoken by the voice of Jesus. The drug addicts are set free, delivered by the power of God. His power shoots forth, the greatest power Heaven affords, power so strong that devils become helpless to stay in the soul of the person they are possessing.

Obedience Makes the Bride Strong

The Bride of Christ with vision of her Lord will see the works of the devil, recognize them; and she will see and recognize the works of the Holy Spirit. She will be able to separate her own spirit from the spirit of the devil and Spirit of God so she can know what manner of person she is. Holy in all her conversation, the Bride would never have a spirit of indifference.

In the first chapter of the Song of Solomon we hear the Bride crying: Draw me, we will run after thee (Song of Solomon 1:4). Not after the world is the Bride running but after her Groom, after Jesus. She has no disobedience; it’s been all laid aside. Total obedience is the reason the Bride is strong. Disobedience, even a little bit, weakens, robs people of much of Heaven’s blessings. The Bride stands strong because she is totally obedient to Him.

In Old Testament types and shadows, the Bride appears in the fiery furnace. Heat the furnace hotter than ever before; do what you want, but I will not bow. No compromise. Because of it, the Fourth Man, Jesus, is in the furnace with her, assisting, guiding, strengthening, encouraging. The powerful greatness of the Bride comes because of the Groom. She is like Him: she acts like Him, wears His shoes, lives in His righteousness and holiness. The Bride of Christ is bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Praise be the name of the Lord! At last the Bride is ready.

Paul Was Ready to Be Offered

One great example of a man being made a new creature in Christ Jesus—a man who talked, lived, thought, walked like Him—is Paul. In the faith, Paul died to the world like Jesus. I am crucified with Christ, he said (Galatians 2:20). Paul was ready to be offered. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness (II Timothy 4:6-8). Surely one of the Bride’s most dear phrases will be, I am ready! Paul was ready to spend and be spent: I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, he said (II Corinthians 12:15). He told believers at Caesarea: I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord (Acts 21:13). The mind of the Bride is ready to live, ready to die to do the will of God. It matters not, whatever is God’s will the Bride wants to do. Soon her shout of victory will rock the whole globe: I am now ready! Even so, come quickly, come quickly, Lord Jesus!

The Body, a Temple of the Holy Ghost

In I Corinthians 6:13 we read, Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. The Bride’s body belongs to the Lord, the eyes, the ears, the mouth, the speech, the whole body. The body is for the Lord and the Lord for the body. The Lord honors the body so much that He cleanses it, making it pure, a temple of the Holy Ghost. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (verses 19,20). The Bride knows her body belongs to Him. It’s holy. Having nothing to do with the seventeen works of the flesh listed in Galatians 5, she does not indulge in any sin; there is no contamination.

Impossibilities Become Possible

Pure and clean, the Bride of Christ cries with the tears of Calvary, and impossibilities become possible. She cries with the tears of Calvary, looking on that hopeless, helpless one for whom no one ever before had faith, and suddenly that one is made whole. She looks with the tears of Calvary, with Calvary’s love, yearning, longing. That’s the reason there will be so many fantastic things done in this final hour, saith the Lord. Glory be to God! God will do the impossibilities again and again because the Bride carries the tears of Calvary. Through the tears of Calvary God can do anything for mankind.

We will see the hopeless and helpless restored to health in the name of Jesus. Limbs that were withered will come to life by the mighty power of God. The Bride looks and says, That one can be delivered! Medical science holds no hope; friends and loved ones give up; but the Bride proclaims: The Lord will perform a wonderful work. The Lord Himself will do it! The miracle will be done in the name of Jesus. There’s life in the name of Jesus, healing power. In the name of Jesus, wilt thou be made whole? Wilt thou be made whole? Rise up and walk, oh hopeless, helpless one! They will rise and walk as the healed did in the Early Church, going forth leaping and praising God. Think about it: one moment they have never walked, and in the next they are not only walking, they are leaping and praising God! The Bride is going throughout the whole world crying, The God of miracles lives! The God of miracles lives!

Miracles in Nigeria

The Bride of Christ does not worry that she is few in number. She does not worry about how many are in the armies of the devil; she knows her Lord has all power. He speaks, and what He says comes to pass because He is Lord God Almighty. Beautiful indeed is the Bride as she cries in this final hour of the rain of Pentecost.

We cried with the tears of Calvary in Lagos, Nigeria, and 29,477 were baptized in the Holy Spirit in one night, filled, thrilled and bubbling over with Him. With the tears of Calvary the arm of the Master went into operation, sweeping across the multitude of people. Blinded eyes were opened, deaf ears unstopped, crippled made to walk. All manner of sicknesses and diseases were healed. For all time and eternity we will hear about the results of that revival from people who were saved in it, healed, delivered, baptized in the Holy Ghost.

Think of the witnesses from that crusade now telling others that the power of God is real, that it delivered them. Why? Because a small group of people went there with the tears of Calvary. We went in fastings, prayers and dedication, while back home an army of believers backed us up with the tears of Calvary, praying down the power of God. Demons had to run for cover.

The Bible speaks of the tabernacle of God, and that certainly must have been what I saw coming down from Heaven in a vision during that crusade. The Psalmist writes, LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart (Psalm 15:1,2). The tabernacle seemed to be made with some glorified fabric. I thought part of Heaven had come floating down. Never before had I witnessed anything like it. The experience was wondrous, but think how much more wondrous the experience when Jesus appears to take the Bride home! I was so excited over the vision that I just looked and looked; my eyes couldn’t take in enough. I gazed way up into the dome of it; I examined its borders. This tabernacle sheltered the multitude of people in that service as signs, wonders, miracles and healings took place. People who never before had been touched by God were touched, breathed upon. The Lord covered people with His power and the devils had to flee. Devils instantly went out of those who once had worshiped them. One moment the devil had the soul; the next, that person was totally taken over by the Holy Spirit Himself. The Lord had moved in, cleansed the souls; and we had something to shout about, to rejoice over.

Tears of Gladness as the Harvest Comes In

The Bride of Christ is now ready to take the Gospel to the whole world. She has enough love, faith, hope and tears of Calvary for a whole lost and dying world. Therefore she is ready, pure, clean and holy. She goes forth in the power of Him, not seeking her own way but to please Him. She goes forth knowing that when she cries the tears of Calvary, she is doing His perfect work, His perfect will. She cries not only the tears of sorrow but the tears of great joy and gladness as she sees the harvest coming in. This is the hand of the Lord, she declares, the hand of the Rose of Sharon, of the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star. This is His work, His power, His greatness. She cries Glory, glory! with joy unspeakable and full of glory. She cries with shouts of victory as mountains are moved out of the way for more and more multitudes of people beyond to hear the Gospel. As they receive the Gospel, they are changed—many in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. The Gospel shoots into them and they become new creatures. The Lord can change the Bride of Christ in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, taking her from the earth; and with the tears of Calvary He can change any sinner who wants to be changed, making that one brand new.

When I went to the altar in my teens, I found myself changed from a sinner into a child of God. One moment I was loaded down with sin, the next all my sins were gone. I never found them again—never looked for them. The Lord had cast them into the sea of forgetfulness, and that was good enough for me. Thank God for the Old Rugged Cross, for the message we have, for the Gospel that makes people glorious in the eyes of the Lord in this final hour! Blessed be the name of the Lord!

The Bride goes into the prison houses of sin and brings out the captives. People will be saved in this final hour who just a few years ago would have had no hope of salvation. The power of God, the greatness of God has become so strong and mighty now it’s whosoever-will let him come. We’re going in and bringing them out, and we will bring out more and more, plucking them like brands from the fire.

No More Defeat

Don’t give up. Decide no matter how stubborn, how degraded in sin, how devil-possessed, that lost soul can be saved. The devil wants us to give up on loved ones, but don’t do it. In the name of Jesus decide you will not give up, that you are going to win. There is plenty of delivering power to bring the victory.

The vision of this Bride is clear. The devil cannot cloud it. She will not listen to him. Like the man of Galilee, she cries when the devil comes to deceive, It is written! It is written! It is written! The Bride of Christ has the Word of the Lord in her spirit, in her heart, in her soul, in her body.

She gives the Word of God as she faces the devil head-on. The Bride isn’t running away from the devil but toward him like little David of old faced Goliath. I come in the name of the Lord! The Lord will deliver you into my hands! You are a defeated foe, a defeated devil! she cries.

In times past before she became strong, before she became just like Jesus, many who were to make up the bridal company were defeated again and again. But no more. The tears of Calvary have given her Heaven’s sight and Heaven’s victories.

It’s marvelous to look beyond all the mountains, all the valleys of tears knowing that just over the ridge we will climb that last mountain and be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. No more going down into another valley. Oh, praise be the name of the Lord! We’re lifted up into His arms of love. He will be waiting for us in the air. The Bride on planet Earth…Heaven is rejoicing!

Follow the Lamb to the Marriage Supper

What a lamb Jesus was, spotless and without blemish! And to think that He has made the Bride just like Him is a wonder, indeed! Follow Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with this wonderful Bride. The Holy Spirit is saying to you who are unsaved, you who are backslidden: Won’t you come with me? He is pleading with you, trying to draw you to Him. Won’t you follow Him? Come, come lukewarm Christian. Won’t you give up all the world for me? Sinner, won’t you give up all your sin?

The Holy Spirit is warning that it’s almost midnight. The lukewarm will be spewed out into the awful Tribulation Period. So then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth the Lord tells us in Revelation 3:16. Won’t you come to me now? He is calling. Won’t you come now?

There is no conscription in this bridal procession, only free-will enlistment. The Lord has invited you to go with Him in the Rapture; He has invited you to a great supper. The Bride has died so completely to self, to the world, that through the tears of Calvary she cries the words of Paul: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).

Translated by Faith

As the Resurrection power that brought Jesus out of the grave preceded His translation into Heaven, so is the Bride of Christ going forth now in the power of His Resurrection just before she will be translated, taken up into Heaven like Jesus was. While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight (Acts 1:9). How will it be for us? For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (I Thessalonians 4:16,17).

Enoch was translated. How did He qualify? The message was left for us: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5). Enoch pleased God; he didn’t please himself or his family and friends. He pleased God. You will have to lose sight, oh Child of God, of family, friends and everyone else who comes between you and your Lord. The hour is too late now. You can’t let anyone hinder you no matter who they are.

The Bride is rejoicing evermore, just like we read in I Thessalonians: Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (I Thessalonians 5:16-23). The Bride is doing all of those things, holding fast and not letting go. Her hour of victory has come when she will rise to meet Him in the air. She is not going down, she is going up; for she has already gone down to the wells of salvation and come up with a full vessel of living water. She will live for all time and eternity with the Lord.

The Holy Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh

In this final hour, the tears of Calvary are bringing in the harvest. Joel’s prophecy from God echoes and re-echoes in the Bride’s ears today: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh…And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy (Acts 2:17,18). They shall prophesy—they shall preach, preach, preach. God will pour out His Spirit on His servants, boys, girls, men and women alike. The Holy Ghost is speaking, teaching, preaching through His Bride. She has the look of Jesus. Let the devil heat the furnace; let the devil get the lions ready: the Bride is so much like Jesus that she can’t be defeated, can’t be turned aside.

It’s total victory now. All the bride can do is go forward; she will never go back. When the Lord warned, Remember Lot’s wife (Luke 17:32), the Bride took heed. The Bride has found shelter in His love.

Refuge under the Wings of the Almighty

A full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust (Ruth 2:12). The Bride, the Gentile Bride has come to trust in the Lord. Ruth was a Gentile bride who had left all behind, all idol gods, all her people; and she found refuge under the wings of the Almighty. She learned to trust Him. And she lay at his feet until the morning (Ruth 3:14). As Ruth lay at the feet of her redeemer kinsman, the Bride of Christ is at the feet of her Redeemer Kinsman Jesus. She is there in all humility, in all love. She does not think herself to be greater than He is; no, she is at His feet to do His whole will.

Handfuls of Purpose

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her (Ruth 2:16). Handfuls of purpose are falling for the Bride. The Lord is blessing and will bless, saith the Lord, like He’s never blessed before. He will pour out more of Himself than ever. He will pour out all the greatness of Heaven. In this final hour, we will behold as Jesus did when He was here on Earth. No more a part of the world than Jesus was, we will walk and talk just like Him. Our conversation will be like His, and therefore He can join us anytime. God the Father can come down and walk with us. Jesus His Son walks day and night with the Bride, and the Holy Ghost lives and dwells within her.

The purity and holiness of God are part of the Bride. She is clothed in it, adorned in it. Therefore she is not careless but strong in Him. She hangs onto every word, treasuring each one, thriving on it.

The Bride Has Made Herself Ready

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God (Revelation 19:7-9). The Bride has made herself ready; she is now ready. The blood that stained the Old Rugged Cross—given for her—spurred her on her journey to Heaven. The Holy Ghost moved in to preach the Gospel through her to the whole world. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come (Matthew 24:14).

Won’t it be fantastic: the wedding march leading to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! When the wedding march is heard, people will forget everything but looking for the Bride, the fair one. The Holy Spirit will usher her through the gates of pearl, down the avenue of Glory. Because her life is spotless, holy, she can walk on those golden streets, hand in hand with Jesus. There is no separation between them as they move on down the avenue of Glory. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and others will be looking on, beholding the most beautiful, glorious scene Heaven has ever seen. The Brightest Jewel of Heaven came to make Earth’s most priceless jewel ever: the Bride of Christ. Holy is the name of the Lord!

Hovering Angels

There she is, holy, clear-eyed like Jesus, standing before God the Father—what a magnificent sight! Angels hover everywhere. As the Bride looks, she wonders if the angels are standing on platforms, if there is anything under their feet. She’s not quite able to tell because she doesn’t spend too much time looking at them when Jesus is holding her hand. Millions and millions of angels are round about. They have fought the great fight. Night and day they stood over the Bride to help her bring in the harvest. What a glorious sight—but the most glorious sight is the Bride. Every angel is looking upon the Bride in a state of great wonder and awe: the redeemed Bride, the victorious, serving Bride.

She served the Lord faithfully in all righteousness and holiness. Now she will be by His side as the endless ages roll, ruling and reigning with Him for all eternity. She will never, never be separated from Him again. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Strengthen us by the might of your greatness; and help us, Lord, to work in the heat of the day. Let nothing stop us, no matter the persecutions. When one warrior falls, help us to stand taller than ever, taking on more of your strength, more of your determination to do more work to make up for that one who fell in battle. We will not fail thee, oh Lord. We will have your light by night as the Israelites had in the wilderness. We will have the cloud of your presence to shield us from the heat of the persecutions. We will have all of your protection. Under your wings we have come to trust, all because you came, Jesus, with healing in your wings. You cured us of all sin. The remedy for all sin, all sicknesses is our perfect Redeemer. You redeemed our souls, and now our bodies have been redeemed, and we’re in Heaven! Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!

God Will Wipe Away All Tears

The Holy Spirit is working, saying to the sinner, Don’t you want to come? Oh, don’t turn away; don’t hesitate! You can come; it’s whosoever-will, come. The saints of God with the tears of Calvary on that great day will see the mighty hand of God come sweeping down, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away (Revelation 21:4). All human tears will be wiped away, all divine tears, too. They will all go, erased by God’s pure love. To the Bride, the Lord will say, You’ll never cry again. The tears will be wiped away from the heart of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and last of all from God Himself. The Holy Spirit is calling to you now, Come home! Oh, come home! Come to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb!

The Sinners’ Prayer

If you do not know the Lord, pray the sinners’ prayer with me now: Oh God, I am lost. I don’t want to go to hell. I know the coming of the Lord is nigh. I know the prophecies of God are being fulfilled, and I know I must get ready if I intend to make the Rapture. I confess all of my sins. I confess there is power in the blood of Jesus to wash away every sin. Come on in, Jesus! Come on in! If you meant that prayer you can now say, Hallelujah, He has come!

Tears of Calvary for the Unhealed

In the tears of Calvary is help for the unhealed; we cry the tears of Calvary for all the unhealed, knowing that the Lord is the healer. Lord, I come to you for that sick one, that cancer patient, that heart patient, that paralyzed one, that disabled one. I come for the diabetic. I come for all the sick and afflicted no matter what the disease or affliction. Lord, there is nothing you cannot heal. I come with the tears of Calvary, with your love and your compassion, dear Master. In the name of Jesus, in the holy name of Jesus, Heal! Heal! And with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).

Watch every improvement daily, and get well. Don’t ever forget the power in the tears of Calvary, the divine tears. He is the Lord God who healeth all thy diseases (Psalm 103:3). Trust Him with all your heart, and you, too, can be made whole, for healing is promised to the believer. Treasure His power that will get you well in faith believing; treasure the tears of Calvary.

Tears! Tears! The tears of Calvary for the unsaved and the unhealed will be the priceless gift of the Bride in this her final hour, and she now has those tears.