Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

This ancient procedure parallels the new covenant a believer enters when receiving Christ. First we are invited to receive Him. We seal our agreement through the cup of Communion (the Lord’s Supper). Christ has gone to prepare a place for us at His Father’s house (John 14:1–2). While He is away, we are to keep our lamp trimmed and burning (Matt. 25:7) and keep our garments white (Rev. 16:15). The heavenly Father will determine when the heavenly wedding chamber is completed for the bride’s arrival. Christ will secretly and unexpectedly return with a “shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God” (1 Thess. 4:16–18). When we arrive in heaven, we will be treated to a marriage supper (Rev. 19:7–9). The marriage covenant—the sign As stated, the word covenant is the word b’rit , which means, “to cut.” The early biblical covenants were sealed with sacrificial offerings. God gave every woman a physical sign of her marriage covenant. When a bride who is a virgin consummates her marriage, she sheds a portion of blood. In the Torah, this blood was considered a token (sign) of her entering into the marriage covenant with one man. The law required proof of her virginity; therefore, the following morning the sheets from the bed were presented to the city elders, who looked for blood on the sheets as proof of the woman’s virginity. If she had lied, and the blood evidence was absent from the sheets, she could be executed (Deut. 22:15–20). Sadly, in Western culture, youth often pride themselves on losing their virginity. Marriage is viewed as obsolete, replaced by living together and new sexual freedom. We should begin teaching young, unmarried women that marriage is a covenant.