The Royal Wedding
Posted by Brian | | Posted On Friday, April 29, 2011 at 1:54 PM
Why are we so enamored with a royal wedding?
I woke this morning to an AP Breaking news, Prince William and Princess Kate exchanged vows and are declared man and wife. The next message I got was about the exchanging of a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham palace. Why do we think that's breaking news or even note worthy? I also heard that 2 billion people (that’s a third of the world!) watched the wedding. And we’ve heard the news of how exclusive the guest list was, the who’s who invited to this royal wedding. What incredible hype. What makes us so intrigued with royal wedding?
Maybe because at the first royal wedding God was the father of the bride and the best man. He was there to give Eve to Adam. He gave us the institution of marriage, the wonderful institution that tells His love story. Maybe we are intrigued with royal wedding because Christ calls us His bride and He is the bridegroom. That's how Paul describes us, that we are robed in his righteousness, beautiful and radiant like a breath-taking wedding dress.
Maybe because at the end of the Bible, at the end of this age, there will be a royal wedding feast celebrating our relationship with Christ. It won’t be the who’s who the world will put together. It will be for all those who by God’s grace, acknowledge Jesus as their King, those He has espoused to be His bride. That's the ultimate royal wedding we should long for!
So maybe the reason we are intrigued by a royal wedding is that we have royalty in us because we are made in His image. He gave us the first royal wedding and He promises to give us the most awesome royal wedding feast. Will you be there?
I woke this morning to an AP Breaking news, Prince William and Princess Kate exchanged vows and are declared man and wife. The next message I got was about the exchanging of a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham palace. Why do we think that's breaking news or even note worthy? I also heard that 2 billion people (that’s a third of the world!) watched the wedding. And we’ve heard the news of how exclusive the guest list was, the who’s who invited to this royal wedding. What incredible hype. What makes us so intrigued with royal wedding?
Maybe because at the first royal wedding God was the father of the bride and the best man. He was there to give Eve to Adam. He gave us the institution of marriage, the wonderful institution that tells His love story. Maybe we are intrigued with royal wedding because Christ calls us His bride and He is the bridegroom. That's how Paul describes us, that we are robed in his righteousness, beautiful and radiant like a breath-taking wedding dress.
Maybe because at the end of the Bible, at the end of this age, there will be a royal wedding feast celebrating our relationship with Christ. It won’t be the who’s who the world will put together. It will be for all those who by God’s grace, acknowledge Jesus as their King, those He has espoused to be His bride. That's the ultimate royal wedding we should long for!
So maybe the reason we are intrigued by a royal wedding is that we have royalty in us because we are made in His image. He gave us the first royal wedding and He promises to give us the most awesome royal wedding feast. Will you be there?
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