25:6, ” and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come go ye forth to meet him.” (YLT)
#Like a thief in the night dance series
25:13 – no man knows the day or the hour that was discussed in Part II of this series – which referred to Yom Teruah, the Day of Trumpets on the first of Tishrei.Īnd, in Matt. Yeshua (Jesus) associated the same Hebraic idiom in Matt. The point is that the time of His coming was also indicated.Ĭhrist told them to watch, and gave them the warning to be watchful, as the five virgins who bought the oil for their lamps ahead of the time of the wedding ceremony (Matt. This process is also broken down even further into about twelve steps: (Note 1)Ĥ) the written contract / ketubah, or covenant,ĥ) consent of the bride, drinking of the wine cup of the covenantħ) after which the groom departed to his father’s house to prepare a room for his bride,Ĩ) the bride made preparation, and was consecrated for her groom,ĩ) the mikvah, or purification washing of the brideġ0) when the father deemed all was ready for the bride, the groom would return for his bride with a shout, and a blowing of the shofar, or trumpetġ1) the bridegroom would “abduct” his bride, usually around midnight and take her to his father’s house for the consummation, andġ2) the marriage supper would be held with the invited guests.Īll of the above steps are associated with the marriage of the Lamb, and can be matched to the scriptures for Christ’s coming in the first century AD for his bride.
“Jewish marriage included a number of steps: first, betrothal (which involved the prospective groom’s traveling from his father’s house to the home of the prospective bride, paying the purchase price, and thus establishing the marriage covenant) second, the groom’s returning to his father’s house (which meant remaining separate from his bride for 12 months, during which time he prepared the living accommodations for his wife in his father’s house) third, the groom’s coming for his bride at a time not known exactly to her fourth, his return with her to the groom’s father’s house to consummate the marriage and to celebrate the wedding feast for the next seven days (during which the bride remained closeted in her bridal chamber).
The ancient Hebrew customs of betrothal and marriage were based upon the patterns presented in the scriptures, and is correlated to the marriage of the Lamb. John the baptizer (immerser) was the friend of the bridegroom (John 3:29). Luke 12:36, “ and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.” (YLT) 11:2, “… for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,” (YLT) 22:2, “`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,” (YLT)Ģ Cor. The NT is filled with the analogy of the wedding of Christ to His bride, the “ecclesia”, or those called-out to which we usually refer today as His assembly / church. This post will explore the meaning behind the use of the phrase “the thief in the night,” as it was also associated with a certain feast day, and as such it became a time marker. By using those phrases, Christ had pointed to those specific holy days as the time of His return in that generation of the first century A.D. Those phrases were associated in the Hebrew traditions with certain days. Part II of this series discussed the meaning of the Hebrew idiom “no man knows the hour” and found that it was associated with the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Teruah and that by using that phrase Christ had told His disciples when the temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed. Part I of this series on the Signs of the Feasts discussed the meaning of the Hebrew idiom / phrase “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord” and found that this was associated with the three pilgrimage feasts for Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles and that by using that phrase Christ had told the Pharisees the time of their judgment.
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