Dear sister,
Again, marvelous...and all over the place. This took me to so many different places of studies, I quickly got lost in my own private rabbit hole....wheres that outline you mentioned you might try.
This was definitely a confirming exhortation that was perfectly timed for me.
I have been undergoing an attack on my FAITH in the pre-wrath "catching away", and, as much as the Lord has given me light and windows of view...His very personal"isle-of-view" to me directly, I have been feeling and seeing much dispersion cast upon the very plain teachings of Paul concerning this much maligned doctrine....so much so, that I had prayed only just this morning that I would be given either a clear teaching or a sign(something I never ask for out of FAITH and Trust) showing the veracity of my already existing belief. I believe this was it and I already feel much more hopeful and determined to place my absolute FAITH in the soon gathering together of His Bride...I wish I could give others numbers or scriptural references to prove what the Spirit has so often shown me, but, this is just not the nature of my place in the Body of Christ
However, I was given this small snippet of grace within the 45th Psalm recently(I know others have too). Also, your reference to Proverbs 25:7 took me by surprise when after 18 years and dozens of readings of Proverbs, that verse so stands out as a true Rapture/Sudden Destruction verse allusion as to completely affirm the "nature" of our removal from this fallen world...and that being: "Its better that I say to you "come up hither", than it is to expose you to the crushing oppression of the tyrant whom you saw in advance" (my personal paraphrase). Thats proof enough for me, sister!
now for Psalm 45(with my commentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpEL4Mon4QM&feature=plcp
Psalm 45 - the ROYAL Psalm of the Bride of Christ
1 My heart brings forth a goodly thing;
my words that I indite
Concern the King: my tongue's a pen
one that's ready to write.
(my heart is full and my mouth ready to speak in the Spirit about the goodness of God's grace)
2 Thou fairer are than sons of men:
into thy lips is store
Of grace infus'd; God therefore thee
has blessed for evermore.
(linked to Hebrews 1:3 being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence)
3 O thou that art the mighty One,
thy sword gird on thy thigh;(the WORD made flesh)
and with thy glory excellent,
and with thy majesty.
4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness,
in state ride prosperously;
And thy right hand shall thee instruct
in things that dreadful be.
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5 Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart
of the king's enemies;
And under thy subjection do
the people fall by thee.
6 For ever and for ever is,
Yeshuah's throne of might;
The scepter of thy kingdom is
a scepter that is right.
(linked to: Heb 1:8 But to the Son He says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.)
7 You love the truth and hateth lies;
for God, thy God, most high,
Above thy fellows has with oil
of joy anointed thee.
(linked to:Heb 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.")
8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia,
a smell thy garments had,
Out of the ivory palaces,
whereby they made thee glad.
(linked to:Exodus 30:30-37 where the "ANOINTING" oil of the right to WORSHIP is given for the sons of Aaron, these are the ingredients, Aloe is for healing the heart"sacrifice", Myrrh is for burial of the dead"in Christ" and Cassia is for Worship in humility and affliction"broken and contrite")
9 Among thy women honorable
kings' daughters were at hand:
Upon thy right hand did the queen
in gold of Ophir stand.
(the Queen[or Bride] stands out from the other virgins because her garments are of GOLD"refined in fire-trials-tribulations", Ophir: means the dust of ashes, as in something that has been burned up and refined by fire...she[the Bride] is the "one" who has already gone through tribulations)
10 O daughter, hearken and regard,
and do thine ear incline;
Likewise forget thy father's house,
and people that are thine.
(Virgin daughters of God [Ekklesia- Churches], forget the people you came from and the teachings of men"the congregations of men"...listen to the Living WORD of God, Christ Jesus)
11 Then of the King desired shall be
thy beauty vehemently:
Because he is thy Lord, do thou
him worship reverently.
(He will love your beauty for listening only to Him and doing as He does- suffering affliction and trials by FAITH and WORSHIP Him only)
12 The daughter of Tyre shall come
with gifts and off 'rings great:
Those of the people that are rich
thy favor shall entreat.
(all the riches of the world are at our disposal and blessings abound from withing the Church of Christ Jesus and through His Holy Spirit are all the riches of the world spread)
13 Behold, the daughter of the King
all glorious within;
And with embroideries of gold
her garments sewn have been.
(the Bride is beautiful "within", in her SPIRIT and HEART and GRACE, but she is "clothed" with the "sufferings of Christ"...beautiful to GOD, but abhorrent to the world)
14 She shall be brought unto the King
in robes with needle wrought;
Her fellow-virgins following
shall unto thee be brought.
(SHE will be "taken" to the King in a great and ROYAL procession. This WORD for "gladness" also means the changing of an age or an "appointed moment transformation, in TIME"...then "later or afterwards" the other virgins will go behind her. This is the RAPTURE of the Bride and then the subsequent gathering together of the remaining Saints, by martyrdom or at the end of the tribulation.)
15 They shall be brought with gladness great,
and joy on every side,
Into the palace of the King,
and there they shall abide.
(there shall be GREAT rejoicing when the final redemption occurs)
16 Instead of those thy fathers dear,
thy children thou may'st take,
And in all places of the earth
them noble princes make.
(we will not think of the former teachings of our fathers, but, will bring forth knowledge "to our children" of God from within our hearts where He has written it there)
17 Thy name remembered I will make
through ages all to be:
The people therefore evermore
shall praises give to thee.
(WORSHIP in Spirit and in Truth forevermore)
Thy name, Yeshuah, I will make
record forevermore
The generations all to come
Give praise unto the Lord
Thanks again for your continued obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit of truth and keep up the good work.
your brother, Chris K