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    Here Comes the Groom: Will You Be Ready for Christ's Return?
    Here Comes the Groom: Will You Be Ready for Christ's Return?
    Here Comes the Groom: Will You Be Ready for Christ's Return?
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    Here Comes the Groom: Will You Be Ready for Christ's Return?

    By Angela Higgs

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    Discover your very own journey to the wedding banquet. Learn how the Ancient Israeli wedding customs foreshadow the return of Christ to His Bride, The Church. Find out what preparations you can be making in order to be a part of this exciting event
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJul 29, 2022
    ISBN9781664273269
    Here Comes the Groom: Will You Be Ready for Christ's Return?
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    Angela Higgs

    Angela Higgs and her husband, Will, live in Oklahoma. She is a proud mother of three sons.

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      Here Comes the Groom - Angela Higgs

      Copyright © 2022 Angela Higgs.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-6642-7325-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-6642-7326-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2022913431

      WestBow Press rev. date: 07/26/2022

      Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973 1978 1984 2011 by Biblica, Inc. TM. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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      Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 The Guest List

      Chapter 2 The First Couple

      Chapter 3 Sacrifice and the Savior

      Chapter 4 The Weddings of Ancient Israel

      Chapter 5 The Wedding Planner

      Chapter 6 The Wedding Banquet

      Chapter 7 The Bridegroom Comes

      INTRODUCTION

      Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. Then the angel said to me, Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb! And then he added, These are the true words of God. (Revelation 19:7, 8 NIV; fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people)

      How does a bride make herself ready? How does she prepare herself for the wedding? How does it all come together? We all know how this typically works. Even in our modern day, some things really do remain traditional in this sense. The dating relationship is where it all begins. Dating relationships are a two-way pursuit. We have all seen enough movies, TV shows, social media

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