The Bride's Veil

This is the chapter that we have earnestly been awaiting, as there are so many things that we will be addressing. We’re going to refer back to our theme in the beginning of the book of being “the Bride of Christ” and Him being our “Husband.” We wanted to entitle this chapter, “The Deceived Bride,” just as Eve was deceived, because there are so many things that befall the Bride of Christ, keeping her from ever reaching her full potential in the Lord. We decided to go with the current title, realizing that the element behind the Bride being deceived, is that the Bride doesn’t know what she needs to know.

What Jesus has done for us at Calvary is more than just going to hang on a piece of wood, that we might have salvation. That is a great benefit of the Cross, but it definitely is not everything that He died to give us. When we identified ourselves with Christ and died, we became dead to everything that formerly kept us pained and bound when we were unbelievers. However, much of Christ’s Bride is not fully aware of what has really taken place on Her behalf. When we married Christ, He took away the “Veil” and kissed His Bride by giving her the Truth and Grace that would set her free and enable her to be the Chaste Virgin that He sees Her as being.

When we received Christ into our hearts, He became our Husband, we are now one with Him. Everything that Christ has, we have. He has become not only our Sole Provider, but also our Soul Provider.

Many Christians get saved, and think that the Cross of Christ was only meant to get them saved, and they believe that after their salvation experience, it is up to them to keep themselves clean, pure, and holy before God. This is not what Christ desires from His Bride. Christ’s desire is that His Bride come into the knowledge of what He has given Her, and that She will willingly receive His Gifts, using them along this journey.

In the Old Testament, the veil was seen as a separating wall between God and man. But in Hebrews, the Bible states that the veil was rent, giving us access to God and His Spirit through the broken flesh of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This is good news for the Church!

If we could imagine the Bride of Christ standing adorned in the wedding ceremony, we might see something very odd looking at today’s Church.

There is a point in many wedding ceremonies where the bride is passed from the father to the new husband, and the father takes the veil from in front of her face and places it behind her as he lovingly kisses her cheek. At this point the groom is able to look romantically into his bride’s eyes while he exchanges his wedding vows with her.

Instead of removing the veil from her face, the Bride of Christ holds the veil fimly in front of her face, not allowing it to be removed. Wouldn’t this be awkward for everyone involved? Why would the she do such a thing? Perhaps she is embarrassed. Perhaps She thinks that He will not love her if He looks at Her and sees Her Imperfections. Perhaps she is unaware of His True Love for her.

Although this scenario may seem a bit silly, the truth is that this is how much of the Church treats Christ, her new Husband. We’re first going to describe the “Veils” that the Bride of Christ often uses to hide herself from her new Husband, keeping herself from ever really exposing her true self to the Lord.