An all-out attempt is underway, a campaign with one goal: to change the name of the church, the Bride of Christ, into a figure of man’s imagination—into the image of his likeness.

A snare has been laid in the path of the Bride of Christ. The world cannot separate the bridegroom, Jesus Christ, from his church.

Jesus is about to be honored at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, and his wife has made herself ready. He knows exactly what he is looking for. Many are called, but few are chosen. The Lord’s standard has never changed.

Ever since he was kicked out of heaven, Satan has been pulling rabbits out of the hat. We must be aware of his rabbit-in-the-hat tricks. He is using illusion and delusion simultaneously.

The world is not as naive as some may think: it knows the difference between a bag lady and the Bride of Christ. We are not fooling anybody.

The Lord not only looks, but he also watches. The Bible tells us that “the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him” (2 Chronicles 16:9). When you look, you simply direct your eyes toward an object. To watch means to focus one’s attention, to keep under careful observation, to stand or guard over.

We are all living stories, individual and different. There are basically two types of stories: fiction and nonfiction. The devil has been trying to make the story of the Bride of Christ a fantasy ever since he landed in the Garden of Eden. It all started right there. There is no make-believe in the story of the Bride of Christ, the church, the saints of the Most High. It is as real as it gets.

Payday is coming afterwhile. Scripture tells us that, contrary to popular belief, Jesus will do the paying. The scribes and the Pharisees wanted to be in charge of payroll, but Jesus called them hypocrites. What shall we render unto God?