I am not a fan of futurism. All the things that are easily dispelled if a person simply reads the word of God with fresh eyes.
I will offer a list another time.
What prompts this is a Pastor I care about was preaching a powerful sermon on Esther. I won't make the whole of the points. It was good.
However as he closed he made this statement. Just as the King wanted to show off his Queen to others, So Jesus wants to show off His Bride, and someday he will do just that. He will return and the world will see how glorious His Bride is.
I agree with the concept, but it was so much weaker talking in terms of some potential future event.. which is in doubt in my theology.
How much more powerful would that closing have been if Pastor had used present truth:
Jesus is proud of His Bride and loves to show her to the fallen world. He uses people who are seen as unusual by the world and the ungodly but they can't deny her beauty. Look at people who end up in the public eye and although hated, the world must know they are something unusual, something peculiar, Holy, Special. Recently Amy Coney Barret was scrutinized, criticized but she was a great example as the bride. Nick Foles, Quarterback and Carson Wentz and Russel Wilson all of whom live exemplary lives Beautiful bride-like. Look at men like Mike Pentz. Even Kanye West. None of these are professional preachers, they are simply people who have put on the robe of righteousness and are paraded in front of a fallen world as examples of the Bride of Christ. The fallen world hates them, but there is admiration as well.
How much more does Jesus want to use us as a bride. Put you before men. Let the world see what beauty he imparts to you. We can all recognize and strive to be worthy to be put on public display and in God's eyes without spot or wrinkle. The world might look for a spot and it won't be hard to find sometimes, but the reality is.. we are the bride of Christ and WE are on display.
Let's do well.
