The Bridegroom Has the Bride

John the baptist’s disciples were asking him about Christ and he made the most peculiar statement.

Jn2.29 He who has  the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

John was describing to his disciples God’s purpose and mission for him in this life. Which was to baptize Christ, the Son of God. As our Heavenly Father told John “upon whom you see the Spirit descending on and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit”. So “the friend rejoices because he hears the Bridegrooms voice”. John’s purpose was accomplished. This is why John said “They must increase but I must decrease” showing us that John was the last of the prophets of that Jerusalem. John would be beheaded, and that Jerusalem would be plundered “till not one stone shall be left upon another”.

John calls Christ the Bridegroom , and the Holy spirit the bride saying “He who has the Bride is the Brides Groom”. John witnessed the union as he baptized Christ and said “therefor this joy of mine is fulfilled”. Mission accomplished.

Bridegroom is a word for a newly married man, or he would be called a fianc钝. Hence He has the Bride. (past tense) The union is actuated.

The mystery of this baptism/union is this, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth by His word. God spoke and the word came out of His mouth. The spirit also came out and “brooded over the face of the waters.. As with us when we speak, it is our word pushed by our breath by which we speak. At that point the breath and word are inseparable, then the vibration (word) excels and the breath follows. Hence “Tye Spirit brooded (a thing a mother hen does) over the face of the waters.

So in the beginning the word and breath of God originated from the mind of God being ingenuity, design and a fore knowledge where they all, coequally existed in the place before time we call Eternity, being The very Image of the living God, being split into three parts in this way, making clear to us the original components of the Godhead body. Meaning all that is invisible and eternal exited cohesively together as one. GOD IS ECHAD.

 And He chose to give us an understanding of this split in two parts, male and female by creating Am and Eve. Genesis 1.27. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Christ is the male image, the Holy Spirit is the female. It is the union of male and female that is called a Marriage. These all came from the Engineer, ingenuity, and designer called the Father who calls us to Himself as we unite with the Word if Hod with the Spirit of God we are the Children of God and one with them.

So in the beginning of creation the Adam/atom was split, and. As for the new creation being the union of Christ and the Spirit. And with us when this union of the word and spirit takes place in us we too are of this union, being a new creation, defined as being “born from above”, taking on the attributes of our parents which are the very Word and Spirit of God. We become Christ like and we become empowered by the Bride, the Holy One, The Holy Spirit and the Unction of God from the Father. Yes She now broods over us like a Mother Hen over Her chicks like She did with Jerusalem of old. We are that Jerusalem’s replacement called “the body of Christ “.

I John says

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life”. 2 the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us” 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is (emphatically) with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things we write to you that your[a] joy (in the Holy Spirit) may be full.