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The Wedding Is Ready | Invite the Bride of Christ! (Sept 1) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said,
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the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage
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for his son and sent out his servants to call those who were invited
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to the wedding, and they were not willing to come.
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Again he sent out other servants saying, tell those who are invited,
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see, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fatted
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cattle are killed, and all things are ready.
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Come come to the wedding. But they made light of
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it and went their ways, one to his own farm,
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another to his business. And the rest seized his
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servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
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But when the king heard about it, he was furious, and he
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sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their
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city. Then he said to his servants, the wedding is ready,
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but those who were invited were not worthy.
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Therefore, go into the highways, and as many
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as you find, invite them to the wedding.
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Beloved, it is time to invite people to
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the wedding supper of the Lamb.
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Jesus is returning, and I believe he's returning
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soon in our lifetime.
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Invite people to the wedding. Join us
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as we do a deep dive on Psalm 45,
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the Wedding Psalm. Welcome to the Daily Audio
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Torah. Today is September 1st. Now let's continue our
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journey reading through the entire Bible in one year.
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This week we are reading from the New Living Translation for the Old Testament and
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for the New Testament.
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Deuteronomy 18:9-19:8.
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When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, be very careful
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not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations
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living there. For example, never sacrifice
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your son or daughter as a burnt offering, and do not let
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your people practice fortune-telling or use sorcery. Or interpret omens,
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or engage in witchcraft, or cast spells, or function
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as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits
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of the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable
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to the Lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable
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things that the Lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.
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But you must be blameless before the Lord your God.
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The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and
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fortune-tellers. But the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.
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Moses continued, the Lord your God will raise up
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for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites.
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You must listen to him.
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For this is what you yourselves requested of the Lord your God
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when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said, don't let us
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hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, or see this blazing fire,
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for we will die. Then the Lord said to me,
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what they have said is right. I will raise up a
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prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will
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put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command
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him. I will personally deal with anyone
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who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims.
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On my behalf.
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But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name,
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or who speaks in the name of another god, must die.
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But you may wonder, how will we know whether or not a prophecy is
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from the Lord? If the prophet speaks in the Lord's
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name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that
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the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and
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need not not be feared.
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When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he is giving you,
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you will take over their land and settle in their towns and their homes.
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Then you must set apart 3 cities of refuge in the land the
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Lord your God is giving you. Survey the territory
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and divide the land the Lord your God is giving you into 3 districts:
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with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone
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who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.
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If someone kills another person unintentionally,
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without previous hostility, the slayer may flee
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to any of these cities to live in safety.
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For example, suppose someone goes into the forest
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with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings
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an axe to chop down a tree, and the axe head flies
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off the handle, killing the other person. In such
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cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to
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live in safety. If the distance to the
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nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might
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be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death.
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Then the slayer would die unfairly since he had never shown hostility
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toward the person who died. That is why I
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am commanding you to set aside 3 cities of refuge.
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And if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he swore
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to your ancestors and gives you all the land he promised them,
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you must designate 3 additional cities of refuge.
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Job 41-42:17.
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Then the Lord said to Job, do you
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still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic,
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but do you have the answers? Then Job replied to the Lord,
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I am nothing. How could I ever find the answers?
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I will put my hand over my mouth in silence. I have said
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too much already. I have nothing more to say.
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Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind, Brace yourself,
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because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. Are you
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going to discredit My justice and condemn Me so you can
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say you are right? Are you as strong as God, and can you thunder
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with a voice like his? All right then, put on your robes
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of state, your majesty and splendor. Give vent to
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your anger, let it overflow against the proud.
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Humiliate the proud with a glance,
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walk on the wicked where they stand, bury them in the
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dust, imprison them in the world of the dead.
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Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.
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Take a look at the mighty hippopotamus. I made it,
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just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.
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See its powerful loins and the muscles of its belly.
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Its tail is as straight as a cedar. The sinews
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of its thighs are tightly knit together. Its bones
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are tubes of bronze. Its limbs are bars of iron.
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It is a prime example of God's amazing handiwork.
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Only its Creator can threaten it. The mountains offer
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it their best food. Where all the wild
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animals play, it lies down under the lotus
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plants, hidden by the reeds. The lotus plants give it
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shade among the willows beside the stream. It is not disturbed
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by raging rivers, not even where the swelling Jordan rushes
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down upon it. No one can catch it off guard or put a ring
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on its nose and lead it away. Can you catch a
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crocodile with a hook or put a noose around its jaw? Can you
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tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike?
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Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?
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Will it agree to work for you? Can you make it be your slave
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for life? Can you make it
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a pet like a bird or give it to your little girls to play with?
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Will merchants try to buy it? Will they sell it in their shops?
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Will its hide be hurt by darts or its head by a harpoon?
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If you lay a hand on it, you will never forget the battle that follows,
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and you will never try it again. No, it is
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useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts
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it will be thrown down. And since no one dares to
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disturb the crocodile, who would dare to stand up to me?
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Who will confront me and remain safe?
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Everything under heaven is mine. I want
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to emphasize the tremendous strength in the crocodile's limbs and throughout its enormous
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frame. Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate
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its double layer of armor? Who could pry open its jaws,
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for its teeth are terrible? The overlapping scales on its back
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make a shield. They are close together so no air
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can get between them. They lock together
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so nothing can penetrate them. When it sneezes,
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it flashes light. Its eyes are
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like the red of dawn. Fire and sparks leap from its mouth.
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Smoke streams from its nostrils like steam from a boiling
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pot on a fire of dry rushes. Yes,
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its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its
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mouth. The tremendous strength in its neck strikes
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terror wherever it goes. Its flesh is hard and firm,
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not soft and fat. Its heart is as
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hard as a rock, as hard as a millstone.
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When it rises, the mighty are afraid, gripped by terror.
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No sword can stop it, nor spear, nor dart,
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nor pointed shaft. To the crocodile,
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iron is nothing but straw. And bronze is
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rotten wood. Arrows cannot make it flee; stones
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shot from a sling are as ineffective as straw.
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Clubs do no good, and it laughs at the swish of the javelins.
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Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass;
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they tear up the ground as it drags through the mud.
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The crocodile makes the water boil with its commotion; It churns
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the depths. The water glistens in its wake.
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One would think the sea had turned white. There is nothing
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else so fearless anywhere on earth. Of all the
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creatures, it is the proudest. It is the
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king of beasts.
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Then Job replied to the Lord, I know that You can do anything
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and no one can stop You. You ask, who is this that questions My
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wisdom with such ignorance? It is I, and I
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was talking about things I did not understand,
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things far too wonderful for me. You said, listen and I
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will speak. I have some questions for you
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and you must answer them. I had heard about you before, but now
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I have seen you with my own eyes.
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I take back everything I said, and I sit
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in dust and ashes to show My repentance.
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After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite,
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I am angry with you and with your 2 friends, for you have not been
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right in what you said about Me, as My servant Job
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was. Now take 7 young bulls and 7 rams
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and go to My servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves.
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My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your
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behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve.
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For you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant
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Job was. So Eliphaz
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the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar
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the Naamanite did as the Lord commanded them.
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And the Lord accepted Job's prayer. When Job
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prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact,
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the Lord gave him twice as much as before.
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Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends
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came and feasted with him in his home,
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and they consoled him and comforted him because of all the
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trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a
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gift of money and a gold ring. So the Lord
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blessed Job in the second half of his life even more
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than in the beginning, for now he had 14,000 sheep,
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6,000 camels, 1,000 teams
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of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He also
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gave Job 7 more sons and 3 more daughters. He named his first
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daughter Jemima, the second Keziah,
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and the third Karen-happuch.
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In all the land there were no other women as lovely
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as the daughters of Job.
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And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.
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Job lived 140 years after that,
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living to see 4 generations of his children and grandchildren.
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Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, good life.
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2 Corinthians 5:11-21.
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It is because we— Paul and his co-workers— know
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this solemn fear of the Lord that we work so hard
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to persuade others. God knows we are sincere,
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and I hope you Corinthians know this too. Are we
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trying to pat ourselves on the back again? No, we are
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giving you a reason to be proud of us so you can answer those
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who brag about having a spectacular ministry
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rather than having a sincere heart before God.
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It seems that we are crazy. It is to bring glory to
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God, and if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
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Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls
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us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone,
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we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to
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live. He died for everyone so that those who
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receive this new life will no longer live to please themselves.
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Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was
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raised for them. So, we have stopped evaluating others
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by what the world thinks about them.
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Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though He
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were merely a human being. How differently I think about Him
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now! What this means is that those who become Christians become
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new persons. They are not the same anymore,
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for the old life is gone. A new life has
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begun. All this newness of life is from God,
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who brought us back to himself through what Christ did.
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And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.
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For God was in Christ reconciling the world to
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himself, no longer counting people's sins against them.
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This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.
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We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak
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to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with
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you, be reconciled to God. For God made
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Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for
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our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
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Psalm 45:1-17.
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My heart overflows with a beautiful thought.
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I will recite a lovely poem to the King, for my tongue
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is like the pen of a skillful poet. You are the most
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handsome of all. Gracious words stream from your lips. God Himself
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has blessed you forever. Put on your sword, O mighty warrior.
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You are so glorious, so majestic. In your majesty,
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ride out to victory, defending truth, humility, and justice.
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Go forth to perform awe-inspiring deeds.
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Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies' hearts.
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The nations fall before you, lying down beneath your feet.
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Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.
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Your royal power is expressed in justice.
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You love what is right and hate what is wrong.
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Therefore God, your God, has anointed you,
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pouring out the oil of joy on you more than anyone else.
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Your robes are perfumed with myrrh,
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aloes, and cassia. In palaces decorated with ivory,
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you are entertained by the music of harps. Kings' daughters
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are among your concubines. At your right side stands
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the queen, wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir.
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Listen to me, O royal daughter, take to heart what
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I say. Forget your people and your homeland far
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away. Where your royal husband delights in your
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beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
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The princes of Tyre will shower you with gifts.
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People of great wealth will entreat your favor.
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The bride, a princess, waits within her chamber,
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dressed in a gown woven with gold. In her beautiful
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robes, she is led to the king accompanied by her
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bridesmaids. What a joyful, enthusiastic procession
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as they enter the king's palace.
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Your sons will become kings like their father.
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They will make them rulers over many lands. I will bring
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honor to your name in every generation.
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Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.
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Proverbs 22:14.
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The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit.
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Those living under the Lord's displeasure will fall into it.
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I want to speak to you today from our reading from Deuteronomy chapter 18,
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and then we're going to jump into Psalm 45.
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And in Deuteronomy 18, we have what I call a
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Jesus sighting. He's there
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in our reading today. In Deuteronomy chapter
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18, verse 15, it is written, Moses continued,
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the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like
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me from among your fellow Israelites. You must
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listen to him. This is a direct
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reference to Jesus, to Yeshua.
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It goes on to say in verse 18, I will raise
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up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites.
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I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell the people
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everything I command him.
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How do we know that this is in fact pointing us to Jesus?
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In Revelation chapter 19, verse 10,
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it is written, and I fell at His feet to worship Him.
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That is Jesus. And he said to me, see that
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you do not do it.
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In Revelation 19:10, it is written, and I fell
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at his feet to worship him. Who was that person? That was
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an angel. John fell at the feet of an angel,
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and he, the angel, said to me, see that
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you do not do it. I am your fellow servant,
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and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus.
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Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus
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is the spirit of prophecy.
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So that's basically giving us a definition. The testimony
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of Jesus is the spirit of
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prophecy. And so that verse back in Deuteronomy
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chapter 18, verse 15 is a
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direct signpost pointing us to Jesus,
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to Yeshua. Basically, He's promising,
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the Lord is saying, I'm going to raise up a prophet like you, Moses,
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from among your fellow Israelites, and you must
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listen to Him. And Jesus is of the
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tribe of Judah. He is Jewish.
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Okay, now I want to go into Psalm 45.
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Psalm 45 is a bridal wedding
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kind of a song. It is all about this beautiful
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picture of a bride who is betrothed to
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her bridegroom. And in fact, it is the Bride of Christ that
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is being spoken of here.
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And basically it is saying, listen to me, O royal
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daughter, in verse 10, take to heart what I say. This is speaking
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to us, to each and every one of us, for we are the
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Bride of Christ, and there is a wedding day coming,
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coming soon. Forget your people and
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your family far away, for your royal husband delights
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in your beauty. Honor him,
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for he is your Lord.
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The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg for
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your favor. The bride, a princess,
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looks glorious in her golden gown. In her
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beautiful robes. She is led to the King accompanied
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by her bridesmaids. What a joyful and enthusiastic
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procession as they enter the King's palace!
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Beloved, there is a wedding coming! Now we see
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through a glass darkly. We get little glimpses
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and shadows of Jesus.
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But there's a day coming when we will behold Him
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face to face, when the veil,
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the bridal veil, will be lifted and we will behold
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Him face to face. The wedding is coming and
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it is soon, and beloved, it's time to invite
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people to the wedding. Remember the parable
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of the wedding. In Matthew 22,
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the parable of the wedding. As it is written,
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the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged
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a marriage for his son and sent out his servants to call
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those who were invited to the wedding, and they were not willing
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to come. Again he sent out other servants, saying,
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tell those who are invited, see, I have prepared my
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dinner, my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things
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are ready. Come to the wedding. But they made light of it
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and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his
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business. And the rest seized his servants,
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treated them spitefully, and killed them.
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But when the king heard about it, he was furious, and he sent out
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his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.
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Then he said to his servants, the wedding is ready,
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But those who were invited were not worthy.
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Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you
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find, invite them to the wedding.
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So the servants went out into the highways and gathered together
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all whom they found, both bad and good, and the wedding
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hall was filled with guests.
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Beloved, It is time to invite people to the
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wedding. Jesus is returning and He's
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returning soon. I believe He will be returning in our
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lifetime, in this generation. Be about
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the Father's business and invite people to the wedding.
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And be encouraged, there is a day coming
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when we will behold Him face to face.
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The veil will be lifted and we will see
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him face to face. The wedding is coming. Have a blessed
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day and we'll see you tomorrow. Shalom.
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Yeah, yeah,
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yeah.
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The Aaronic Blessing from Numbers chapter 6,
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24 to 26.
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Adonai bless you and keep you. Adonai make
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his face to shine upon you and be gracious to
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you. Adonai lift up his countenance upon you
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and give you peace.