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<p>&quot;Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. He did <br />
  this to present her to Himself as a <strong>glorious </strong>church <strong>without <br />
    a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish!</strong> Instead, she will <br />
  be holy and without fault.&quot; Ephesians 5:25, 27<br />
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  <strong>What are we ourselves as viewed by our own eyes?</strong><br />
  <strong>Full of spots, wrinkles, and blemishes!</strong> And  What do we <br />
  see in ourselves every day, but <strong>sin and filth and folly? </strong><br />
  What evil is there in the world that is not in us, and in <br />
  our hearts? It is true others cannot read our hearts. But <br />
  we read them; yes, are every day, and sometimes all the <br />
  day reading them. And what do we read there? Like <br />
  Ezekiel's scroll, it is &quot;written within and without;&quot; and <br />
  we may well add, if we rightly read what is there written, <br />
  we have every reason to say it is &quot;full of lamentations, <br />
  and mourning, and woe.&quot; Ezekiel 2:10<br />
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  For I am sure that there is nothing that we see there <br />
  every day and every hour, but would cover us with <br />
  shame and confusion of face, and make us blush to <br />
  lift up our eyes before God, or almost to appear in <br />
  the presence of our fellow man! <br />
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  But neither others, nor we ourselves, now see what <br />
  the church one day will be, and what she ever was in <br />
  the eyes of Jesus! He could look through all the sins <br />
  and sorrows of this intermediate period, and fix His <br />
  eye upon the bridal day—the day when before <br />
  assembled angels, in the courts of heaven, in the <br />
  realms of eternal bliss, He would present her to <br />
  Himself a glorious church, <strong>without  a spot or wrinkle <br />
    or any other blemish</strong>, but holy, and without fault.<br />
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  <strong>O what a day will that be</strong>, when the Son of God <br />
  shall openly wed His espoused bride; when there <br />
  shall be heard in heaven, &quot;what sounded like a <br />
  great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and <br />
  like loud peals of thunder, shouting—Hallelujah! <br />
  For our Lord God Almighty reigns! Let us rejoice and <br />
  be glad and give Him glory! For <strong>the wedding of the <br />
    Lamb has come</strong>, and His bride has made herself ready.&quot; <br />
  Revelation 19:6-7
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