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Princes and principalities, customs and countries, circumcised and uncircumcised... these, and many others, are all things we have used to separate ourselves from one another, and to secure God and Jesus Christ for ourselves alone, but that is not God’s will, nor what Jesus meant to happen; it was meant for the Holy Spirit to bring us together at the Cross as one Church.
Jesus wants more than a casual relationship with us, and in this desire of His, He is exhibiting the will of the Father. They don't want to just know us and have us know them, they desire for us to become one with them. To join in a relationship that is far beyond a spiritual acknowledgement...
Have we received our invitation to the wedding supper of Jesus Christ to His bride? Each day we are given an opportunity to know the bride and groom better so that we will be invited, but have we taken full advantage of our time, and come to know them intimately? Or, are we simply hoping to be guests at the wedding? I pray that we have given our hearts to Jesus and been adopted into the family of God… thus being seated with the family.