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SESSION 14 : Song of Songs Chapter 6:1-7 (TPT)

In Revelation 21:2, it describes the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, as

coming down out of heaven, prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed
for her Husband. Verses 9 and 10 (NIV) says:

“…Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
“And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high

and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven

from God.”

The Shulamite is becoming increasingly mature. She is now more

secure than ever before in the identity of who she really is—seated in
the heavenly realms with her Beloved Bridegroom, ruling and reigning

at His side, and exhibiting the character and traits of the true Bride of

Christ.

Also, notice how in Revelation 21:2 the city comes down. This

illustrates how our Christ-likeness and oneness in Him are attained as
we focus on things above—to take our heavenly position in the Spirit,

in Christ. The work is His to accomplish, and it then comes down as a

display of His glory and majesty to earth. We do not need to wait until
we have died and gone to heaven to see God’s Kingdom manifested

through us. He so desires that we start this life now.

However, this privilege is reserved for those who are seeking and

loving Him for who He is—and not for what He can do for them. Only
the pure and surrendered in heart will gain the ever-increasing

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