1 00:00:01,060 --> 00:00:03,460 Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,420 Each week we bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,420 --> 00:00:07,520 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,260 Christian faith and powerful sermons for modern preachers 5 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:10,520 too. 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,480 This week we have Jonathan Cahn with his 7 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,840 message, The Mystery of the Bride and Bridegroom. 8 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:22,260 In the beginning, before you woke up today, 9 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:26,780 before this conference and before you were dealing 10 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:30,660 with whatever burdens you're dealing with, before you 11 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:34,880 had any worries, before you were grown up, 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,120 before you had any responsibilities, before you knew 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,740 what work was and before you knew what 14 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:45,420 it was to be wearied or broken, before 15 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,100 you took your first step as a child, 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,440 before you stood in your crib, before your 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,900 mother first held you, before there were homes, 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,180 before there were trees or heavens or skies 19 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:59,480 or clouds or anything else, the mystery of 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,019 your existence already was. 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,060 But before there was anything else, there was 22 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:06,320 Him. 23 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,720 And the mystery and the meaning of your 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,520 existence on this earth is found in His 25 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:12,940 existence. 26 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:16,960 In the beginning, there was God and God 27 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:17,500 is love. 28 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:20,520 In the beginning, before there was anything else, 29 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,720 was love and that's the mystery of life. 30 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,620 And for you, you exist because of love. 31 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,960 And therefore, you seek love your whole life, 32 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:33,060 one way or another, knowing it or not 33 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:34,160 knowing, you're seeking it. 34 00:01:34,980 --> 00:01:37,820 And even more so, your life can never 35 00:01:37,820 --> 00:01:40,680 be complete until you receive, you truly receive 36 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,600 that love and you truly give your life 37 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,760 to loving and living your life for love. 38 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,240 Therefore, no matter whatever else you do or 39 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,980 get in life, no matter what you're achievement 40 00:01:51,980 --> 00:01:55,440 is, without that love and without living for 41 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,680 love, it'll all be for nothing. 42 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,320 God is love. 43 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:04,120 And so, when He brought forth existence, He 44 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,260 wove into it the mystery of love and 45 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,160 He made life inseparable from love. 46 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,060 He created man, male, and female. 47 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:14,300 That through male and female, life would come. 48 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,380 And so, when a man and woman come 49 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:18,660 together in a covenant for the purpose of 50 00:02:18,660 --> 00:02:19,880 love, we call it marriage. 51 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,160 The man becomes the bridegroom, the woman, the 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:23,540 bride. 53 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,540 They come together in a sacred joining called 54 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:29,260 a wedding and that's why weddings are so 55 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:31,680 beautiful because they contain this mystery which is 56 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,420 eternal and divine. 57 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:39,360 But there's one particular wedding that is filled 58 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,920 with the mystery of God and that's the 59 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:41,760 ancient Hebrew wedding. 60 00:02:43,020 --> 00:02:44,660 I want to take you back, pretend you're 61 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:47,240 not in Pennsylvania anymore. 62 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:50,260 I want to take you back to Israel 63 00:02:50,260 --> 00:02:53,000 in the days of Messiah to the mystery 64 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:53,800 of the Hebrew wedding. 65 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:55,680 It went like this. 66 00:02:56,220 --> 00:02:58,060 A Hebrew girl and a Hebrew boy would 67 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:01,000 grow up separately in separate houses. 68 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:03,820 Often, they'd never know of each other until 69 00:03:03,820 --> 00:03:04,900 the time of their meeting. 70 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,500 They both know that they were going to 71 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:09,540 be married but they wouldn't know often to 72 00:03:09,540 --> 00:03:09,780 whom. 73 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:12,680 The Hebrew virgin would dream of the day, 74 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,560 long for the day of finding her beloved 75 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,980 and being joined to him. 76 00:03:18,140 --> 00:03:20,820 When the two now have come of age, 77 00:03:20,940 --> 00:03:22,760 the preparation for marriage begins. 78 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:25,280 And the marriage could only come about this 79 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:25,580 way. 80 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:28,560 The Hebrew bridegroom would, he has to leave 81 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,620 his house and journey to the house of 82 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:33,900 the bride, to her father's house. 83 00:03:34,660 --> 00:03:36,880 And there he comes and he visits her, 84 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,680 whether she lives down the street, down the 85 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,980 village, across the land. 86 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,500 He has to come to her house no 87 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,420 matter where, in a mansion or a mud 88 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:44,920 hut, he must visit the bride. 89 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,720 And the bride and her house must open 90 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,760 the door to let in the future bridegroom. 91 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,120 And there in her house, he would pledge 92 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,600 his love to her. 93 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,120 And there, he must offer up a gift 94 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,820 for her, a costly gift. 95 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,940 The gift is called the mohar in Hebrew. 96 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:05,140 It has to be costly because it's the 97 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:07,720 sign of his love for her, the bridal 98 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:08,100 price. 99 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,020 And then he asks her to be his 100 00:04:11,020 --> 00:04:11,380 wife. 101 00:04:11,860 --> 00:04:13,160 And then she has to choose. 102 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,100 Often he's a stranger. 103 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:17,440 She hardly ever saw him before or never. 104 00:04:17,820 --> 00:04:20,079 To say yes is to leave everything she's 105 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:23,420 known, to embrace something she's never seen, to 106 00:04:23,420 --> 00:04:25,680 leave her family and her friends and her 107 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,200 house, to go somewhere where she's never been. 108 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:32,620 If she says yes, the mohar is given, 109 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,520 and she's set free from the bounds of 110 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:36,020 her house. 111 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,340 The two are pledged to each other. 112 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,100 They enter into a covenant. 113 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,240 They share a cup of wine together, and 114 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,240 a blessing is said. 115 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,740 She is now the kala, the bride, and 116 00:04:48,740 --> 00:04:51,200 he is now the hatan, the bridegroom. 117 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,380 The two are deemed married, but only by 118 00:04:55,380 --> 00:04:55,960 their pledge. 119 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,060 For when the covenant is sealed, the hatan, 120 00:04:59,420 --> 00:05:02,040 the bridegroom, bids his bride farewell, and he 121 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:02,800 leaves her. 122 00:05:03,580 --> 00:05:08,420 The first visit is over, and it's called 123 00:05:08,420 --> 00:05:09,280 the kiddushim. 124 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,460 They have made a pledge to each other. 125 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,560 They've consecrated each other to each other. 126 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:17,540 The bridegroom then returns to his house, and 127 00:05:17,540 --> 00:05:20,040 thus begins the great separation. 128 00:05:21,460 --> 00:05:24,660 The two reside in separate places for about 129 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:25,060 a year. 130 00:05:25,940 --> 00:05:28,580 The groom spends the time preparing a home 131 00:05:28,580 --> 00:05:29,280 for the bride. 132 00:05:29,820 --> 00:05:32,040 There was a law in Israel that the 133 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,900 house of the bridegroom has to be at 134 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,400 least as good as the house that she 135 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:38,980 came from. 136 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,140 The bride spends the time of their separation 137 00:05:42,140 --> 00:05:44,640 preparing herself for the groom, for the marriage. 138 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,320 Everything looks the same to her. 139 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,620 She's still in her father's house. 140 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,120 She's the daughter in her father's house, but 141 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,800 she's no longer of it anymore. 142 00:05:52,340 --> 00:05:53,820 She is now the kala. 143 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:55,280 She is pledged. 144 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:56,720 Everything is changed for her. 145 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:58,760 It looks the same, but she is pledged. 146 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,380 Her room, her mat, her house looks the 147 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:04,340 same, but she's in a covenant, and she 148 00:06:04,340 --> 00:06:04,900 is his. 149 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:09,280 Now her house has become a bridal chamber 150 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,980 just to prepare her for that day. 151 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:15,970 She has to consecrate herself and keep herself 152 00:06:15,970 --> 00:06:18,330 pure, and give herself to no one else, 153 00:06:18,370 --> 00:06:20,470 even veil herself up so she keeps herself 154 00:06:20,470 --> 00:06:21,230 only to him. 155 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:25,130 And she spends the time learning how to 156 00:06:25,130 --> 00:06:28,530 say goodbye to everything she's known, letting go 157 00:06:28,530 --> 00:06:30,510 of the old house and all its luxuries, 158 00:06:30,750 --> 00:06:33,930 its burdens, its distractions, its temptations, her claims, 159 00:06:34,010 --> 00:06:34,450 everything. 160 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:36,650 And suddenly it doesn't matter what her room 161 00:06:36,650 --> 00:06:38,310 looks like anymore because she's in love. 162 00:06:38,850 --> 00:06:39,570 She's got him. 163 00:06:40,230 --> 00:06:41,910 She has one purpose, not to get wrapped 164 00:06:41,910 --> 00:06:43,770 up in the house anymore, but to prepare 165 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:47,210 to be his companion and to become beautiful. 166 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,780 She is her beloved's, but she doesn't see 167 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:54,000 him. 168 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,360 Now during the time of their betrothal, the 169 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,080 bridegroom sends a gift for his bride. 170 00:07:00,460 --> 00:07:01,500 It's called the matan. 171 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,400 It's not the price he paid. 172 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,320 It's just a gift of love to encourage 173 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,140 her in the days of their separation, to 174 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:11,320 beautify her and express his love for her 175 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,380 and reassure her. 176 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:15,980 The days of the separation preparing come to 177 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:16,560 an end. 178 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,180 The matan now has finished preparing the house 179 00:07:20,180 --> 00:07:20,820 for the bride. 180 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:24,700 He now dresses up in his royal clothes 181 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:28,000 and he dresses as a king with a 182 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,140 garland on his head with fine linen surrounded 183 00:07:31,140 --> 00:07:32,080 by his men. 184 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,680 It is the day of the hatuna, the 185 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:35,380 wedding day. 186 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,400 It's the manifestation of what they pledged in 187 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,220 secret now is coming into the open. 188 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,180 The bridegroom and his men now begin a 189 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:45,580 great journey, a procession from the house of 190 00:07:45,580 --> 00:07:47,600 the bride to the house of the bride. 191 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,060 It's his second visit, his second coming. 192 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:52,940 The first he was dressed in everyday clothes. 193 00:07:53,020 --> 00:07:54,180 Now he's come as a king. 194 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,500 The first time everything else was going on, 195 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,140 it was in secret. 196 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,060 Now everything stops. 197 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,220 The whole village turns and they behold the 198 00:08:01,220 --> 00:08:03,740 bridegroom coming with his men in the streets. 199 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,580 It's nighttime. 200 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:08,300 The groom and his men come with torches 201 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:11,720 held high, singing songs of love and praise 202 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,020 to God through the open roads and the 203 00:08:14,020 --> 00:08:14,380 villages. 204 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:18,800 The bride is meanwhile readying herself with her 205 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,220 maidens bathing in water, being anointed with olive 206 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:26,600 oil, perfumed and spiced, adorned with costly jewels 207 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,300 and royal linens, a garland put on her 208 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:29,540 head. 209 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,200 She's made ready as a queen. 210 00:08:31,940 --> 00:08:33,340 She was once just the daughter. 211 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,919 Now she is the kala, the bride. 212 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:39,179 Her maidens keep watch for the first sign 213 00:08:39,179 --> 00:08:39,760 of the chatan. 214 00:08:40,659 --> 00:08:44,800 Some are standing outside with their lamps lit, 215 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:45,820 waiting. 216 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,200 And when they see the first torchlight of 217 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,480 the bridegroom's procession, they hear it. 218 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,880 They say, Hinei he chatan! 219 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:55,740 Behold the bridegroom! 220 00:08:56,580 --> 00:08:58,640 The chatan and his men near the house 221 00:08:58,640 --> 00:08:59,200 of the bride. 222 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:02,460 The house is waiting, lit up with radiance, 223 00:09:02,860 --> 00:09:04,080 with great expectation. 224 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,480 The appearance of the bride. 225 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,780 And the kala appears through the door. 226 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,760 She's nervous, but she's excited. 227 00:09:15,580 --> 00:09:17,540 She's walked through the door a thousand times 228 00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:18,860 as a little girl, but now when she 229 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:20,720 walks through it, it's the last time she'll 230 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,380 ever walk through. 231 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:25,480 Her maidens usher her out, and they bring 232 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:26,380 her to the groom. 233 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,880 The two stand there looking at each other. 234 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,360 While everyone's watching, a king and a queen, 235 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,460 her face is veiled. 236 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,780 And then he says to her, Remove your 237 00:09:35,780 --> 00:09:36,140 veil. 238 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,740 And nervously she removes her veil. 239 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:42,680 And they stand there face to face. 240 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:46,450 And then she puts it up again. 241 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:48,850 The two of them are lifted up on 242 00:09:48,850 --> 00:09:50,870 a sedan chair by their friends. 243 00:09:51,010 --> 00:09:53,170 They're lifted up with great rejoicing, and the 244 00:09:53,170 --> 00:09:56,510 great procession begins with both bridal and groom's 245 00:09:56,510 --> 00:09:57,270 men and party. 246 00:09:57,510 --> 00:09:59,230 The procession from the house of the bride 247 00:09:59,230 --> 00:10:00,850 to the house of the groom. 248 00:10:01,110 --> 00:10:03,510 With torchlight and great company as it is 249 00:10:03,510 --> 00:10:07,330 written, Kol simcha ve kol sason, kol chatan 250 00:10:07,330 --> 00:10:08,290 ve kol kala. 251 00:10:08,710 --> 00:10:10,490 The voice of joy and the voice of 252 00:10:10,490 --> 00:10:12,350 gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the 253 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:14,070 voice of the bride are heard in the 254 00:10:14,070 --> 00:10:14,570 land. 255 00:10:14,930 --> 00:10:17,470 With music and songs of rejoicing through the 256 00:10:17,470 --> 00:10:19,070 streets of the village and the road, she 257 00:10:19,070 --> 00:10:21,690 looks back at her home, sees it fading 258 00:10:21,690 --> 00:10:25,070 away, growing smaller and smaller, knowing it'll never 259 00:10:25,070 --> 00:10:26,310 be her home again. 260 00:10:26,870 --> 00:10:30,790 And waiting for the sight of the house 261 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:33,810 she's never seen, the house she's never dwelt 262 00:10:33,810 --> 00:10:34,110 in. 263 00:10:34,790 --> 00:10:37,870 And then she sees it, lit up, new 264 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,430 and ready, adorned and waiting for her. 265 00:10:40,670 --> 00:10:43,050 And there inside the house and waiting outside 266 00:10:43,050 --> 00:10:45,910 the house are his family and friends, waiting 267 00:10:45,910 --> 00:10:50,910 to receive her, saying faruch chatan, faruch kala, 268 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:54,030 welcome bridegroom, welcome kala. 269 00:10:54,510 --> 00:10:58,050 And they are lowered down, and they walk 270 00:10:58,050 --> 00:11:01,730 to the entrance, and the bridegroom takes his 271 00:11:01,730 --> 00:11:03,290 bride through the threshold. 272 00:11:03,870 --> 00:11:06,230 And people are showering them with bruchas, with 273 00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:06,570 blessings. 274 00:11:06,670 --> 00:11:07,150 She's greeted. 275 00:11:07,950 --> 00:11:10,210 She enters the house of the groom, prepared 276 00:11:10,210 --> 00:11:10,510 for her. 277 00:11:10,510 --> 00:11:11,530 She's never seen it before. 278 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:13,030 This is what she's thought of and dreamed 279 00:11:13,030 --> 00:11:13,830 of in her room. 280 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:16,790 But now she sees it, and now it 281 00:11:16,790 --> 00:11:17,570 will be her home. 282 00:11:18,590 --> 00:11:20,670 They go inside where the celebration is, and 283 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:23,350 a great festival is waiting which lasts seven 284 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:23,870 days. 285 00:11:25,050 --> 00:11:27,250 And in the house is prepared for them 286 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:30,050 a canopy, the chuppah, a symbol of the 287 00:11:30,050 --> 00:11:33,050 joining of the chatan and the kala under 288 00:11:33,050 --> 00:11:34,250 the bridegroom's covering. 289 00:11:34,570 --> 00:11:36,630 And when she comes under it, everything that 290 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:37,990 is his becomes hers. 291 00:11:38,370 --> 00:11:40,510 And the two sit there under the chuppah 292 00:11:40,510 --> 00:11:42,430 as king and queen, just sitting in each 293 00:11:42,430 --> 00:11:44,490 other's presence while all around them is celebration. 294 00:11:45,050 --> 00:11:47,010 The two lift up a cup of wine, 295 00:11:47,630 --> 00:11:49,830 a symbol of their oneness, the first since 296 00:11:49,830 --> 00:11:52,350 the day they pledged themselves to each other 297 00:11:52,350 --> 00:11:53,110 in secret. 298 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:57,250 And during the seven days of their celebration, 299 00:11:57,390 --> 00:11:59,550 the two of them slip away into the 300 00:11:59,550 --> 00:12:00,490 bridegroom's chamber. 301 00:12:01,110 --> 00:12:03,030 And there in the chamber, the two bear 302 00:12:03,030 --> 00:12:06,450 themselves to each other, and the two become 303 00:12:06,450 --> 00:12:06,790 one. 304 00:12:07,610 --> 00:12:11,640 The two become the mystery of the bride 305 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:17,200 and the bridegroom, and now the meaning, and 306 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,460 now the meaning of life. 307 00:12:23,140 --> 00:12:26,980 Her all existence is a love story. 308 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,580 Her existence has come into being for the 309 00:12:30,580 --> 00:12:33,620 sake of a wedding, and the mystery begins 310 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:35,020 with the chatan. 311 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,260 The chatan of chatanim, the bridegroom of all 312 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,440 bridegrooms, in light of whom everything else is 313 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:44,160 just a shadow. 314 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,040 The chatan olam, the bridegroom of existence, the 315 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,320 one who is from the beginning, and for 316 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,520 whom all else is made, and as man 317 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,540 from his rib came woman, so from his 318 00:12:55,540 --> 00:12:56,860 side comes the universe. 319 00:12:58,340 --> 00:13:01,100 He is the source of all love, the 320 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:04,040 one who alone can fill life, and without 321 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,480 whom everything else is empty, and without whom 322 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,080 everything else longs for completion, and without whose 323 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,440 love all else is wanting and nothing makes 324 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:13,920 sense. 325 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:15,380 Who is the chatan? 326 00:13:15,980 --> 00:13:17,900 The chatan is the eternal. 327 00:13:18,820 --> 00:13:20,400 The chatan is God. 328 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,320 He is the Almighty. 329 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,640 He is the king of the universe, but 330 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,820 he's first the chatan, the bridegroom. 331 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,560 And the mystery of the chatan, in Hebrew 332 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,100 the word chatan comes from a word that 333 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:36,320 means one who joins himself in love. 334 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:37,940 Who is God? 335 00:13:38,540 --> 00:13:39,900 He's not cold or distant. 336 00:13:40,380 --> 00:13:42,900 He's the one who longs to join himself 337 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,220 in love to his beloved. 338 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,000 And what about the other part of the 339 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,360 mystery? 340 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,580 Who then is the kala? 341 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:51,400 Who's the bride? 342 00:13:52,420 --> 00:13:53,280 Well, she's right here. 343 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,400 You can't see the chatan, but you can 344 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,240 see the kala. 345 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,500 The voice of the bridegroom calls to the 346 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:04,540 heart of the bride right now and says, 347 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,400 you, you are the kala. 348 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,080 You are my kala, each one of you, 349 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:16,360 whether man, woman, Jew, Gentile, old, young, holy, 350 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:18,660 struggling. 351 00:14:18,660 --> 00:14:21,660 You are my kala, or you were created 352 00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:23,100 to be my kala and are waiting. 353 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,120 You came into existence for one reason only, 354 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:28,200 to be my kala. 355 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:31,340 And everything else, everything else is second to 356 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:31,620 that. 357 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,560 And everything in your being longs for that, 358 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:35,620 whether you know it or not. 359 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:37,720 And that's why you search to be married. 360 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,020 That's why you search and go after things 361 00:14:41,020 --> 00:14:44,500 you can marry your soul to, to success, 362 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,380 to security, to ministry, to a million things 363 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:50,380 because you were meant to be married, but 364 00:14:50,380 --> 00:14:51,720 to me alone. 365 00:14:52,460 --> 00:14:54,320 And that's why nothing else can fill you 366 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,720 because you are the kala, my kala. 367 00:14:57,380 --> 00:14:59,560 And so your deepest part in your life 368 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:00,940 longs to be one with me. 369 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,980 You are my kala, says your bridegroom. 370 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,140 And I've known you before you existed. 371 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:09,040 I called you into existence, says the Lord. 372 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:10,420 I know your heart. 373 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,360 I know your fears. 374 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,860 I know your, your weaknesses and your mistakes 375 00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:14,740 before you make them. 376 00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:16,420 I know your secrets and I know what 377 00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:17,200 you try to hide. 378 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:19,020 And yet I still love you. 379 00:15:19,860 --> 00:15:22,620 And for you exist to be my kala. 380 00:15:23,020 --> 00:15:25,620 For I am the bridegroom of your soul. 381 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:30,360 And so there is the bridegroom, there's the 382 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:30,720 bride. 383 00:15:32,180 --> 00:15:34,840 And the mystery begins with both each dwelling 384 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:35,840 in a separate house. 385 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:39,560 So you grow up in a separate house 386 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:40,060 from his. 387 00:15:40,780 --> 00:15:42,540 You grow up not knowing him, not seeing 388 00:15:42,540 --> 00:15:45,360 him, but longing for something more. 389 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:46,700 You know there's something more. 390 00:15:47,140 --> 00:15:50,000 There's something or someone, something empty without him 391 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,500 and that's good because it shows you're his 392 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:52,780 kala. 393 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:54,460 You're empty without him. 394 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,700 And when he's not first in your heart, 395 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:56,080 you're empty. 396 00:15:56,180 --> 00:15:56,680 That's good. 397 00:15:58,420 --> 00:15:59,100 Speak unto him. 398 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,240 It's a love story in two different houses, 399 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,060 the eternal and the temporal. 400 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,360 The bride in the temporal, the groom in 401 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:06,740 the eternal. 402 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,420 According to the mystery, there can be no 403 00:16:11,420 --> 00:16:15,440 marriage until the Chatan makes a journey. 404 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,700 Until the Chatan journeys from his house to 405 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:20,520 the house of the bride. 406 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:24,420 And therefore, according to the ancient mystery 2 407 00:16:24,420 --> 00:16:28,540 ,000 years ago, the Chatan made his journey. 408 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:31,660 Not across the village or a town, but 409 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:32,500 across eternity. 410 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:34,760 God came to earth. 411 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,640 The Chatan of existence came into our existence. 412 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,100 The bridegroom made the journey into the realm 413 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,340 of time and space. 414 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:44,480 He came to our house, a world filled 415 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,620 with imperfection and brokenness because it was your 416 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:48,020 house. 417 00:16:48,620 --> 00:16:50,700 He came as the Hebrew groom came without 418 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:51,740 great fanfare. 419 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:54,320 And while everyday life was going on, he 420 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,560 came unassumingly for he must come that way 421 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,760 first for the bride must love him, not 422 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,680 for his riches, but for him and his 423 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,320 love alone. 424 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,460 And it didn't matter what kind of house 425 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:08,020 she was in. 426 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,800 It didn't matter if it was a mud 427 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:10,720 hut or a mansion. 428 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:12,460 The Chatan would come. 429 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,180 He came to the house of Israel and 430 00:17:15,180 --> 00:17:16,119 the house of the bride. 431 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,420 And so in the same way the groom 432 00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:21,220 has made his visit to you, each of 433 00:17:21,220 --> 00:17:23,240 you, you were dwelling in your dwelling place 434 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,700 separate and then one day you heard a 435 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:25,460 knock on the door. 436 00:17:26,740 --> 00:17:29,180 It was the Chatan who came for you. 437 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,780 And even now he comes because that's his 438 00:17:31,780 --> 00:17:32,160 nature. 439 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,300 Even you who have known him, he still 440 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,220 knocks and he still stands at the house 441 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:39,780 and the voice of the bridegroom calls to 442 00:17:39,780 --> 00:17:42,700 the bride and says, now I am not 443 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:43,680 far from you. 444 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,040 I'm right here. 445 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:48,440 I'm closer to anything or anyone else. 446 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:50,220 Even the person sitting next to you, I'm 447 00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:50,540 closer. 448 00:17:51,420 --> 00:17:53,500 You could never journey to me, but I 449 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,380 have come to you. 450 00:17:54,660 --> 00:17:56,040 I've come to your house and it doesn't 451 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,260 matter how far away your house has been. 452 00:17:58,340 --> 00:18:00,640 It doesn't matter there's no distance with love. 453 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,560 It doesn't matter what your house is like, 454 00:18:02,660 --> 00:18:04,320 even even now what it's like. 455 00:18:04,580 --> 00:18:06,480 No matter how dark or poor or cold 456 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,740 or cut off from me it's been. 457 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:09,260 It doesn't matter. 458 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,480 Still I've come and still I knock. 459 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,580 And now I knock at the door of 460 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:15,300 your life and your heart and still you 461 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:18,480 have yet to truly let me in and 462 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,280 let me in. 463 00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:21,620 Open the door, my beloved, says the groom. 464 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,760 Open the door to your heart. 465 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:25,760 Open the door to your hurts and your 466 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,180 your tears and your wounds and your scars 467 00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:30,420 and your loneliness and your fears and your 468 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:33,060 guilts and your regrets and your unforgiveness. 469 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:35,480 Let me come in and let me touch 470 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:35,920 it. 471 00:18:36,260 --> 00:18:38,420 You've got to open the door and let 472 00:18:38,420 --> 00:18:41,040 me in with no reservation and that's the 473 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,920 only way you can be healed and that's 474 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,460 the only way you can be filled because 475 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:46,240 that's why you exist for me to come 476 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:46,460 in. 477 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:51,340 And so the virgin opens the door and 478 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:54,980 the Chatan comes into her house and he 479 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:56,860 doesn't judge her for her house because he 480 00:18:56,860 --> 00:18:58,460 doesn't care about that he's come for her. 481 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:01,320 And so the Chatan comes into your house 482 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,640 and he says I've come in. 483 00:19:04,140 --> 00:19:06,640 I've come into your secret places and there's 484 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,180 nothing that separates us. 485 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,340 Your burdens are my burdens. 486 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,040 Your tears are my tears. 487 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:13,380 Your weakness is my weakness. 488 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,860 Your sins are my sins and your troubles 489 00:19:15,860 --> 00:19:18,060 are my troubles now and your life is 490 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:19,640 my life and you never have to go 491 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,540 through any trial or any burden or any 492 00:19:21,540 --> 00:19:24,740 temptation, any hardship alone anymore for you will 493 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:27,400 never be alone again but you must share 494 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,540 all you carry and let me carry it. 495 00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:33,440 So the Chatan enters the house but for 496 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,800 there to be a marriage according to the 497 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,460 mystery there must be an offering made, an 498 00:19:38,460 --> 00:19:41,100 offering of the bride to the bride from 499 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:42,240 the groom of his love. 500 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:43,780 The Chatan must give a gift for his 501 00:19:43,780 --> 00:19:45,560 bride that will show his love. 502 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,960 And so the Chatan according to the mystery 503 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,820 2,000 years ago in our house, in 504 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:54,480 the bride's house, in this realm, he offers 505 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,600 the greatest of gifts, not silver or gold 506 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,040 but his own life. 507 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,120 The life of God, the giving up of 508 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,600 his life for her, for you and the 509 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,320 greatest gift she can ever receive worth more 510 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,380 than anything else. 511 00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:11,760 So the voice of the bridegroom says, I've 512 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,040 loved you with an everlasting love. 513 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:16,780 There's no end to my love for you. 514 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,960 For I've given the greatest thing I could 515 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,900 give, your Mohar I have given and there's 516 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:23,280 no greater love and so no matter what 517 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,260 your life has been like, no matter what, 518 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,760 no matter how hard it is to feel 519 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,280 my love and no matter how many times 520 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:30,820 you don't feel worthy of my love, it 521 00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:32,880 doesn't matter I've given you your Mohar. 522 00:20:33,340 --> 00:20:36,280 I've given you your gift and that changes 523 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,340 not and if you were the only one 524 00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:40,420 in the universe, I still would have given 525 00:20:40,420 --> 00:20:42,620 it and in my love you're the only 526 00:20:42,620 --> 00:20:42,960 one. 527 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:44,780 That's how loved you are. 528 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,940 By virtue of my love and that gift 529 00:20:46,940 --> 00:20:49,980 no longer shall you be called forsaken or 530 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:50,420 rejected. 531 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:53,300 No longer shall you be called sorrowful but 532 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:54,980 rejoicing and beloved. 533 00:20:55,740 --> 00:20:57,960 No longer shall you be called alone or 534 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,300 cast off but you shall be called mine. 535 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,180 So when you don't feel my love or 536 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:04,740 when you do, when you feel close or 537 00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:05,720 far, it doesn't matter. 538 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,440 I've given you your Mohar. 539 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,880 Remind yourself my beloved and that change is 540 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,360 not through the good times and the hard 541 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:14,740 times, through your dying day, that change is 542 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:15,020 not. 543 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:15,920 You are my beloved. 544 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:19,220 And so the bridegroom offers his Mohar. 545 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:21,880 It is the visit of the Kiddushin when 546 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,220 they pledge each other to each other and 547 00:21:24,220 --> 00:21:26,400 so the Chatan must ask the beloved to 548 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,820 be his bride and so he does and 549 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:30,320 she must choose but she's scared. 550 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,500 But the bridegroom asks her to leave everything 551 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,420 she's known to come with him. 552 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,620 Everything she's seen and familiar and even though 553 00:21:38,620 --> 00:21:40,840 it's been dark she's familiar with it and 554 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,240 the Chatan always asks his bride to leave 555 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,320 what she's known and she must choose. 556 00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:47,380 She's pulled by the old. 557 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,480 She's held by her fears but she's drawn 558 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:51,120 to the new. 559 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:54,560 Her fears say no but the deepest part 560 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,300 of her heart saying yes, this is it. 561 00:21:58,140 --> 00:22:00,060 And so the voice of the bridegroom calls 562 00:22:00,060 --> 00:22:01,220 to his beloved now. 563 00:22:01,340 --> 00:22:02,960 He says come with me. 564 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:04,480 Come with me. 565 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,240 Let go of the old. 566 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:07,560 Don't be held back. 567 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,920 Be not bound anymore by the past. 568 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,800 Let the darkness go behind. 569 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,280 Once that's all you had but now you 570 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:14,680 have me. 571 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,840 I've come to your house so you can 572 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:17,480 come to mine. 573 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,000 So the voice of the bridegroom says will 574 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,540 you, will you be mine? 575 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,420 Will you truly be mine? 576 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:27,300 To have and to hold from this time 577 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,760 forth in good times and bad and to 578 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,700 share all things, to be with me always, 579 00:22:31,860 --> 00:22:33,980 to lean on my shoulders, to bear my 580 00:22:33,980 --> 00:22:36,200 name, to be one life, to love and 581 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,140 to cherish all the days of your life 582 00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:40,620 and then to forever will you be mine? 583 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:43,380 And the beloved at last says yes. 584 00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:47,220 And the voice of the bridegroom says I, 585 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,920 the bridegroom, pledge you, my Kala, my love 586 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,560 and my life to have you and to 587 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,660 hold you, to bless you and to keep 588 00:22:57,660 --> 00:22:59,820 you, to protect you and to be your 589 00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:02,780 strength, to embrace you and share everything you 590 00:23:02,780 --> 00:23:06,580 have, to carry all your burdens, to lead 591 00:23:06,580 --> 00:23:08,880 and guide you, to comfort and nourish you, 592 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:10,620 to cleanse and cherish you, to love you 593 00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,760 and to never stop loving you and to 594 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,720 never leave or forsake you no matter what, 595 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:18,820 to be your companion and your best friend 596 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:20,980 and your beloved from this time forth and 597 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:22,200 to the days of eternity. 598 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:27,620 And the voice of the bride must respond 599 00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:31,820 and say I, the beloved, take you to 600 00:23:31,820 --> 00:23:34,620 be the bridegroom of my soul, to have 601 00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:36,700 and to hold you, to keep and be 602 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:37,600 kept by you. 603 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,240 I pledge to love you with all my 604 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,140 heart, mind, soul and strength, to trust you 605 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:42,800 with my life, to share all I have 606 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,140 with you, to follow you, to be comforted 607 00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:47,700 by you, to forsake all others and consecrate 608 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:50,020 my soul to you as my first love, 609 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:51,580 to love you more than life and be 610 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:54,100 faithful in good times and hard times, to 611 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,780 never leave nor forsake you, but to be 612 00:23:56,780 --> 00:23:59,880 your companion, your helper, your beloved from this 613 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:01,640 time forth and to the days of eternity. 614 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,740 And the bridegroom answers, my life is now 615 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:08,380 your life and your life is now mine 616 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,840 and you are no longer what you were, 617 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,880 you are no longer wounded, you are no 618 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,620 longer forsaken, you are no longer sinful, you 619 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:18,880 are no longer defeated, you are no longer 620 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,220 far away or wearied or broken down, you 621 00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:23,480 are no longer rejected or closed off or 622 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,220 hurt, you are now the Kala, you are 623 00:24:27,220 --> 00:24:29,680 my Kala and you're never again to live 624 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,040 as if you were not, you are not 625 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,860 what you thought you were, you are not 626 00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:35,940 what others think you are, you are my 627 00:24:35,940 --> 00:24:38,200 Kala and don't let anyone or anything or 628 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,900 any feeling make you forget that. 629 00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:43,960 And so the covenant is sealed, the bride 630 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,620 and the groom pledge and consecrate themselves, you 631 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:48,460 and he, by the drinking of a sacred 632 00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:50,720 cup of wine, their communion they've made to 633 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,720 each other and he says I will again 634 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,380 drink this with you when I take you 635 00:24:55,380 --> 00:24:55,660 home. 636 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,540 It all takes place in quiet in the 637 00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:00,340 house of the bride in secret. 638 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:04,020 The kiddushin is sealed, but then according to 639 00:25:04,020 --> 00:25:06,700 the mystery, the Chatan must leave the house 640 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:08,840 of the bride and return to the place 641 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:09,700 from which he came. 642 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:14,260 And so after he gave her mohar in 643 00:25:14,260 --> 00:25:16,480 her house, he offered his covenant, he said 644 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,560 this, let not your heart be troubled and 645 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,680 neither be afraid for in my father's house 646 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:23,680 are many mansions. 647 00:25:24,220 --> 00:25:25,680 If it were not so, I would have 648 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,840 told you, for I go to prepare a 649 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:29,920 place for you. 650 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,460 And so the bridegroom left the house of 651 00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:34,360 Israel in the house of time and space, 652 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,880 he returned to the house of the eternal. 653 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,040 The two are separate now, but in accordance 654 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,440 with the mystery in their separation, the bridegroom 655 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,260 sends his bride a gift, the matan, the 656 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:49,340 gift of love of the spirits, to beautify 657 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:52,660 her, to reassure her of his love and 658 00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:55,520 a token of his presence and encourage her 659 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:56,760 in their days of separation. 660 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,960 For now, according to the mystery, they must 661 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:00,660 dwell separately. 662 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,400 So they are separate, but everything is different. 663 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,580 She is no longer the daughter of her 664 00:26:06,580 --> 00:26:08,620 house, she is now the bride, she is 665 00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:09,500 betrothed now. 666 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,280 They must be separate, but not like before, 667 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,120 for now they are separate only for this 668 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,620 purpose, to prepare themselves for each other and 669 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:19,160 for eternity. 670 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,060 And so now is the time of your 671 00:26:22,060 --> 00:26:24,900 betrothal, if you've received him, and the voice 672 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:27,900 of your groom says to you, we must 673 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:32,200 be separate now, not because I'm distant, but 674 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,640 because this is your betrothal, and this is 675 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,260 the time you have, the only time you 676 00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:37,820 have, to prepare yourself. 677 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:40,780 For one day the day will be finished, 678 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:41,780 and that will be next. 679 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:44,540 And so do not look by your eyes, 680 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:45,900 if you look at your house, it'll look 681 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:46,340 the same. 682 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,540 Though you may dwell in the same dwellings 683 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:49,920 you are in it, but you are no 684 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:50,780 longer of it. 685 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,100 Once that's all you had, but now you 686 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:53,840 have something better. 687 00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:55,980 And when you look at your circumstance, know 688 00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:58,020 that you are not of your circumstance anymore, 689 00:26:58,220 --> 00:26:58,820 you are mine. 690 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:00,960 When you look at your past, know you 691 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,660 are no longer of your past. 692 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,160 Once you were of depression, that is not 693 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:06,880 your house anymore. 694 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:09,160 Once you were of anger and fear, you 695 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,420 are no longer of that house. 696 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:12,580 Once you were of sin and bondage, you 697 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:13,940 are no longer of that house. 698 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:16,900 For now you are the color, and nothing 699 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:18,740 of this world, of this house, can claim 700 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:19,020 you. 701 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,400 You are not owned by this house or 702 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,680 anything of it anymore. 703 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,080 You are free of all things, that is 704 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,460 our covenant, so stand in it. 705 00:27:26,660 --> 00:27:28,760 I've opened the doors of your life, keep 706 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:29,260 it open. 707 00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:31,960 This is the time of our pledge, and 708 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,680 this is the time, no matter what you 709 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,460 go through, know that I will be there. 710 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,880 Wherever you go, when you feel distant, I 711 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:39,540 will be there. 712 00:27:41,140 --> 00:27:42,980 Wherever you go, I will be there. 713 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:44,520 I will protect you. 714 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,900 And ours is a secret love, so meet 715 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:49,340 me in the days of our separation, in 716 00:27:49,340 --> 00:27:50,180 a secret place. 717 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:53,560 For this is our Kedoshim, the time of 718 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,380 our pledge, when we prove our love for 719 00:27:55,380 --> 00:27:55,800 each other. 720 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:58,960 So keep yourself pure, and keep yourself faithful, 721 00:27:59,140 --> 00:28:00,820 and keep me as your first love. 722 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,380 Don't give yourself to any other, for you 723 00:28:03,380 --> 00:28:04,680 were only made for this. 724 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,760 And now this world, this life, is your 725 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,660 house, is no longer your home, though it 726 00:28:10,660 --> 00:28:11,960 is now your bridal chamber. 727 00:28:12,380 --> 00:28:14,180 It is here, everything you go through in 728 00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:15,980 life, good and bad, is here to prepare 729 00:28:15,980 --> 00:28:17,160 you and make you more beautiful. 730 00:28:17,380 --> 00:28:18,740 I will work all things for good, so 731 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:19,640 don't waste the time. 732 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,240 This is your preparation, don't get distracted, for 733 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,480 it's only the time you have. 734 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:25,840 You aren't here to get caught up in 735 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,480 the house, or the details of the house. 736 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,580 You're here to leave the house. 737 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,060 You're here to learn how to say goodbye, 738 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,080 let go of your claims, and say goodbye 739 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,520 to the temptations and the pain. 740 00:28:37,060 --> 00:28:38,900 You are here for that, to become more 741 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:42,280 beautiful, to be my everlasting companion. 742 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,260 And while you prepare yourself, I'll be busy, 743 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,900 for I am preparing a place for you. 744 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:51,040 Where your joy waits. 745 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:53,240 A house unlike anything you've known. 746 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,020 For your first house, it was built in 747 00:28:56,020 --> 00:28:57,560 seven days, it took. 748 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,340 But your new house has been under construction 749 00:29:00,340 --> 00:29:01,380 for thousands of years. 750 00:29:02,220 --> 00:29:03,420 So trust me, it's better. 751 00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:08,120 By my hands and in love, your second 752 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,740 house is better. 753 00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:12,640 Your first house fades away, but your second 754 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,240 is forever. 755 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,340 I has not seen, nor ear heard, nor 756 00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:18,560 the heart of anyone conceived what I have 757 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:19,400 prepared for you. 758 00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:23,400 And you are of that house, so whatever 759 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,000 you are going through, know that you are 760 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:26,720 not of this. 761 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,480 Keep your eyes up, keep your heart fixed, 762 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,080 and keep your treasures up there, and no 763 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,440 one can take that away from you. 764 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,440 And the bridegroom said, I go to prepare 765 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:37,960 a place for you, and if I go 766 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,360 to prepare a place for you, I will 767 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,940 come again, and receive you to myself. 768 00:29:42,460 --> 00:29:44,600 And that where I am, you may be 769 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:45,080 also. 770 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,080 And so then, according to the mystery, the 771 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,740 days of the separation must come to an 772 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:50,120 end. 773 00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:52,820 And the Chatan, according to the mystery, must 774 00:29:52,820 --> 00:29:54,020 come a second time. 775 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,460 One more time. 776 00:29:56,020 --> 00:29:57,680 The first was to make his pledge and 777 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:58,100 his covenant. 778 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,180 The second, though, is for celebration. 779 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:02,200 The second is to take her home. 780 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:05,080 And so, as he left, he promised to 781 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,720 come again, and all who receive him, receive 782 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:07,680 him twice. 783 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,860 First in secret, and then they behold him 784 00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:10,280 faceless. 785 00:30:11,540 --> 00:30:13,840 The first time he comes in quietness, with 786 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:14,440 no fanfare. 787 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,140 The second time, there's a lot of fanfare. 788 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,480 The second time, all eyes are upon him. 789 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:21,660 And so he says, be ready, keep your 790 00:30:21,660 --> 00:30:23,920 lights burning, for you know not when your 791 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,000 bridegroom comes. 792 00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:28,300 And then you will see him whom you 793 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:30,240 have believed by faith, you will see him 794 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,360 to whom you have been pledged, who wasn't 795 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,180 secret, you will see him with your eyes. 796 00:30:34,820 --> 00:30:37,100 The Chatan of all existence will be arrayed 797 00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:37,700 as a king. 798 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,040 He'll be dressed up in his fine linens, 799 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,660 in all his glory, and he with his 800 00:30:42,660 --> 00:30:46,520 companions, the angels and the saints, journey one 801 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,200 more time to the house of the bride. 802 00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:50,800 Not across the village, but across time and 803 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,580 space, with a great procession, all eyes upon 804 00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:55,220 him, to the house of his bride. 805 00:30:55,860 --> 00:30:57,920 And she, the Kala, you are to be 806 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,960 cleansed and spotless and beautiful, and ready to 807 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:01,560 go home. 808 00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:04,280 For then it'll be revealed who you are, 809 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:04,800 the Kala. 810 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:08,740 And then her maidens, seeing the torches and 811 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:11,420 the signs of his coming, will cry out, 812 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:15,700 Behold, the bridegroom comes. 813 00:31:17,020 --> 00:31:18,640 Blessed is he who comes. 814 00:31:19,340 --> 00:31:20,960 And then he will come to meet you 815 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,620 this time, this time in glory, and you'll 816 00:31:24,620 --> 00:31:25,040 be ready. 817 00:31:25,580 --> 00:31:28,220 And then he'll stand outside your house, outside, 818 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,780 on you in the entrance, you in the 819 00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:32,680 doorway, on the verge of leaving your house. 820 00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:34,860 And so the voice of the bridegroom calls 821 00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:38,160 to the bride, even now, and says, Come 822 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,260 away, my beloved. 823 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,080 Come away with me, it is now time. 824 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,840 Forget the old, leave the old behind, step 825 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,180 out of your father's house, step out in 826 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:49,500 faith and journey with me. 827 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,040 Come away, my beloved. 828 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,500 There is nothing to fear. 829 00:31:54,060 --> 00:31:56,320 There is nothing but joy awaiting you when 830 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,060 you come with me. 831 00:31:57,740 --> 00:32:00,000 Leave the old and enter the new, for 832 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,180 the winter is over. 833 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,480 It is time for joy. 834 00:32:04,260 --> 00:32:06,820 I've come this time to take you home. 835 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:11,000 And then the two will stand there. 836 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:13,900 You'll be ushered to your groom. 837 00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:15,520 You'll be standing there. 838 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:19,160 He, your Chatan, you his Kala, the one 839 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,900 who through all your days you prayed for, 840 00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:22,920 who answered your prayers, who took you out 841 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,640 of the pit, who kept you and you 842 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,000 loved him, though you didn't see him. 843 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,800 Now you'll see him, your secret friend. 844 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,820 And the bridegroom says to the bride, Remove 845 00:32:31,820 --> 00:32:32,400 your veil. 846 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,160 It is time to see each other face 847 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:36,720 to face. 848 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,040 And the Kala will hesitate, for you know 849 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,340 all too well your blemishes and your scars 850 00:32:43,340 --> 00:32:44,720 and your imperfections. 851 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,780 But you'll remove your veil and you'll stand 852 00:32:48,780 --> 00:32:49,720 face to face. 853 00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:52,880 And then he will wipe all the tears 854 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,060 away from your eyes. 855 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,780 And when you remove your veil, he'll say, 856 00:32:57,660 --> 00:32:58,560 I see no blemishes. 857 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,900 I see no blemishes at all. 858 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,020 You see the mystery of the Kala. 859 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:06,900 Kala means the bride, but it also means 860 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:09,000 in Hebrew, the perfect one. 861 00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:12,000 For what bride is not the perfect one 862 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,100 in the eyes of the groom? 863 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,660 And so even now the bride must learn 864 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,700 to see herself through the eyes of grace 865 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:19,800 in the eyes of her bridegroom and become 866 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,200 as he sees you in his grace, his 867 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,840 perfect one, my perfect one. 868 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,820 For now we see through a glass darkly, 869 00:33:25,860 --> 00:33:27,520 but then we shall see face to face. 870 00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:30,240 And then he'll say something like this. 871 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,080 It's been a long time. 872 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:34,420 It's time to go home. 873 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:37,180 And you'll be listed up together with him 874 00:33:37,180 --> 00:33:39,740 on the wedding chair by his companion, the 875 00:33:39,740 --> 00:33:40,320 angels. 876 00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:43,060 The procession will begin and you'll be carried 877 00:33:43,060 --> 00:33:43,660 away with him. 878 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,080 And you'll look back and you'll see the 879 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,900 old house, the old life fading and fading 880 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,860 and fading, the earthly dwelling receding, the old 881 00:33:50,860 --> 00:33:52,780 life fading away and all its burdens. 882 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:54,500 And the bridegroom will say to the bride, 883 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:55,300 don't look back. 884 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,060 It's not your home anymore. 885 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:58,280 It was never your home. 886 00:33:58,380 --> 00:33:59,800 It was only the place of your childhood 887 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:00,660 and your preparation. 888 00:34:01,140 --> 00:34:02,960 For now you will no longer dwell in 889 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,220 a house that passes away. 890 00:34:04,860 --> 00:34:07,060 I am bringing you to an everlasting dwelling 891 00:34:07,060 --> 00:34:09,900 place, from the earthly to the heavenly, the 892 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:11,080 house prepared for you. 893 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:12,520 And he'll say, look. 894 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,719 And then you'll see it, the place the 895 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,600 bridegroom prepared for you, the place you set 896 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:20,340 your heart on. 897 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:22,780 It'll be beyond anything you imagined. 898 00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:24,719 And the procession will bring you there. 899 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:27,760 You and the bridegroom will stand and he'll 900 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,639 say, now behold. 901 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,800 Here there are no more thieves to break 902 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:33,060 in. 903 00:34:33,659 --> 00:34:36,040 Here there are no more moth or rust 904 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,320 to devour, nor time to ravage or make 905 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,300 old or weaken or make fade away. 906 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,199 A house where you can never be heard 907 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,420 again or disappointed or be without or lacking 908 00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:47,080 in peace. 909 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:49,100 A house that can never be taken away 910 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:50,580 in a land of no more sorrow. 911 00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:54,560 For here there is no night or darkness 912 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,640 or sorrow or pain or rejection or wounds. 913 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,100 And here all the sorrows of the first 914 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:01,940 house are redeemed and all you did for 915 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:04,600 me, my beloved, is now your treasure forever. 916 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,440 And now will your joy be unspeakable. 917 00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:11,420 Enter, my beloved, and he'll bring you across 918 00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:11,980 the threshold. 919 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,520 And then you'll be showered by the blessings 920 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,200 of his companions, the angels, who will say, 921 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:24,060 Baruch atah hechatan, Baruch at chakala. 922 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:28,760 Blessed are you, welcome bridegroom and welcome bride. 923 00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:32,660 And you'll know then, for the first time 924 00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:34,780 in your life, that you are home. 925 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:40,590 And he'll take you under the chuppah, the 926 00:35:40,590 --> 00:35:41,590 symbol of his covenant. 927 00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:45,050 As it is said in that day, he 928 00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:47,270 will spread his chuppah over his people. 929 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:50,730 And all that was his is yours. 930 00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:52,790 And you'll just be there, you and him. 931 00:35:52,890 --> 00:35:53,870 It'll be just like that. 932 00:35:54,370 --> 00:35:55,250 In his presence. 933 00:35:55,970 --> 00:35:57,630 And there he will lift up a cup. 934 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:01,150 And he will say, in our betrothal was 935 00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:03,270 the cup of our covenant. 936 00:36:03,470 --> 00:36:05,070 We pledged our lives to each other back 937 00:36:05,070 --> 00:36:05,350 then. 938 00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:07,990 And now it's the cup of our joy. 939 00:36:08,410 --> 00:36:10,410 In all your wanderings was I not with 940 00:36:10,410 --> 00:36:10,630 you? 941 00:36:11,530 --> 00:36:12,770 Was I not with you? 942 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:13,890 Did I ever leave you? 943 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:16,170 For my love is as strong as death. 944 00:36:16,270 --> 00:36:18,570 Many waters cannot quench it, nor rivers overflow 945 00:36:18,570 --> 00:36:18,810 it. 946 00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:20,990 By this cup we shared in faith once. 947 00:36:21,050 --> 00:36:22,810 Now let us share it in joy. 948 00:36:23,650 --> 00:36:24,350 And we'll share. 949 00:36:25,450 --> 00:36:27,310 And then comes the time of the consummation. 950 00:36:27,650 --> 00:36:30,370 When the two slip away into the bridegroom's 951 00:36:30,370 --> 00:36:33,510 chamber, which speaks of a mystery we cannot 952 00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:34,050 fathom. 953 00:36:34,250 --> 00:36:35,730 The two shall become one. 954 00:36:36,490 --> 00:36:38,870 The two shall be joined in spirit. 955 00:36:39,670 --> 00:36:41,630 The two shall become one. 956 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:44,170 And all you ever longed for, or were 957 00:36:44,170 --> 00:36:46,810 made to know, will be done. 958 00:36:47,590 --> 00:36:49,950 And then the seven days of celebration speaks 959 00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:53,950 of completion and perfection and forever. 960 00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:56,830 And then shall be perfect love and perfect 961 00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:58,090 peace and perfect joy. 962 00:36:58,510 --> 00:37:01,690 And you will be called married. 963 00:37:02,770 --> 00:37:05,930 And the mystery will then be fulfilled. 964 00:37:06,870 --> 00:37:10,150 And the voice of the bridegroom calls now 965 00:37:10,150 --> 00:37:14,490 one last time to you, his beloved, and 966 00:37:14,490 --> 00:37:21,650 says, you, you were brought into existence because 967 00:37:21,650 --> 00:37:22,510 of my love. 968 00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:26,430 And for one purpose you exist, for my 969 00:37:26,430 --> 00:37:26,750 love. 970 00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:30,370 Your heart was formed to know my love. 971 00:37:30,690 --> 00:37:33,310 Your soul was formed to know my presence. 972 00:37:34,270 --> 00:37:37,410 And everything else doesn't matter, for you were 973 00:37:37,410 --> 00:37:38,790 made to be my Kalam. 974 00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:42,750 And so on that day, the mystery of 975 00:37:42,750 --> 00:37:45,310 your existence, Kalam, and the mystery of my 976 00:37:45,310 --> 00:37:46,950 existence will be fulfilled. 977 00:37:47,990 --> 00:37:49,790 For I am love. 978 00:37:50,690 --> 00:37:55,150 And I have called you Zodhi, my beloved. 979 00:37:55,870 --> 00:37:59,790 And I call you now, forget not who 980 00:37:59,790 --> 00:38:02,270 you are and why you are. 981 00:38:02,910 --> 00:38:07,190 Remember you are betrothed and bound for blessing. 982 00:38:07,710 --> 00:38:09,450 Stay close to my side. 983 00:38:10,030 --> 00:38:11,770 Keep your heart close to mine. 984 00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:14,270 And keep your hope on your wedding day. 985 00:38:14,830 --> 00:38:16,770 And forget not the time you have and 986 00:38:16,770 --> 00:38:18,370 the reason for it, for the time will 987 00:38:18,370 --> 00:38:19,070 quickly go. 988 00:38:19,650 --> 00:38:22,290 And then we will stand face to face, 989 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:23,630 me and you. 990 00:38:24,210 --> 00:38:26,770 Be strong in hope and love until comes 991 00:38:26,770 --> 00:38:28,110 the day of our wedding. 992 00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:32,390 So my beloved, my beautiful one, leave the 993 00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:34,230 old behind once and for all. 994 00:38:34,290 --> 00:38:36,170 Let the door close, leave it, and let 995 00:38:36,170 --> 00:38:36,630 it go. 996 00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:39,750 And step out and take my hand. 997 00:38:41,770 --> 00:38:43,530 You've been listening to the From the Pulpit 998 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:44,690 in Classic Sermon series. 999 00:38:45,130 --> 00:38:47,210 This week you heard Jonathan Cahn with his 1000 00:38:47,210 --> 00:38:49,530 message, The Mystery of the Bride and Bridegroom. 1001 00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:51,790 Tune in next week to hear Oral Roberts 1002 00:38:51,790 --> 00:38:53,890 talk about how to use the faith you 1003 00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:56,650 already have on From the Pulpit in Classic 1004 00:38:56,650 --> 00:38:57,130 Sermons.