Hello Doves,
I just got back from a long vacation and was trying to catch up on the latest. First of all, I have read most of "Be The Bride", it is an excellent book I highly recommend.. I just wanted to add my 2 cents worth about the debate, about whether the Bride comes out of the body. It is very late so I will not expound too deeply, but the things I feel like the LORD has showed me after much prayer is this; Just as a rib was taken from Adam, to make his Bride, so shall it be with the LORD'S bride. If you read Eph 5:27, it reads; He will present to himself a glorious church, not having spot or blemish, or any such thing. Many people misquote this and say, He is coming back for........., but that is not what the scripture says.
Now to understand what the spots and blemishes are, you need to read Jude, all 25 verses, that correspond with 2 Peter 2, (your second witness) and you will see that these spots and blemishes are PEOPLE!!!! See 2 Peter 2:13, it confirms this. It is talking about the communion when it says when they feast with you in your love feasts, with eyes full of adultery, etc. Another witness is in Matthew 13 when it talks about the separation of the wheat and the tares. Jesus explained the parable to the disciples, because they didn't understand, that the wheat (sheep) and the tares,weeds, (goats) were to grow together, so as not to disturb the wheat, while it was growing. Another words, a whole lot of people we go to church with are not living a holy life. By that I mean, they are into WILLFUL SIN!!! I'm not talking about the kind of sin we try our best not to get into,(but sometimes do), and then we claim 1 John 1;9, and confess our sin and receive forgiveness. Let's face it, none of us are perfect by our own merits, all our righteousness are like filthy rags, but when seen through the blood, we are pure and holy unto him. I'm not talking about works, Eph 2 : 8&9) clears that up........but the other side of that coin is James 2 when we read faith WITHOUT works is dead. So we need to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, and to be sure to make our election sure, as the word tells us to do. Remember,1 Peter  4:17,For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. ( BTW, I saw that on a huge billboard today). So we must remember Lot's wife and not look back at this present world. The scriptures are sooo full of verses that remind us to be holy and stay holy. And now after all of this, we ALL (me first) need to check ourselves to see if we still be in the faith. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.( 1 John 3:3)
So we can all say with Titus;,
 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ!!!  AMEN!!!