The Gift Of The Bride

Thursday, August 5, 2021

In the Hebrew betrothal, the bride received a special gift, sent by the bridegroom, called the mattan. Mattan means the gift. The mattan was to prepare, bless, and beautify her for the time of her marriage. Messiah is the bridegroom, and we're the bride. Messiah sent us the Holy Spirit as the Mattan. The Hebrew word for bride is calah, which literally means the perfect one. The bride is the one who must be perfect, but she only becomes the perfect one as she receives the gift. So how do you become perfect? Not by trying to be perfect in your own strength, but by receiving what God has and living by the gift of the Spirit. The gift of the Spirit is that which perfects you. For God's Spirit knows, guides, convicts, leads, and transforms you. He'll make you beautiful and complete - the bride, the perfect one. The Spirit is going to fill the imperfections in your life, making it one of grace and God's perfection. So how does the bride become the calah? By the Mattan; by living in the gift and the Spirit of the Bridegroom.

From Message #1110 - The Gift of the Calah