In John 6:48-51 it reads in The Passion , "I AM the true Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert and died. But standing here before you is the true Bread that comes out of heaven, and when you eat this Bread you will never die. I alone am this living Bread that has come to you from heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever. The living Bread I give is my body, which I will offer as a sacrifice so that all may live." There is a difference between eternal life and living forever. The only reason I would die is if there is a record of sin in my DNA. I do not need to die, none of us do. But we need to undergo transformation by applying the body and blood of Jesus. The body and blood of Jesus carry the record of the DNA of God. We can age and die, or we can take the body and blood of Jesus within ourselves, and live forever!. Jesus says in John 6:58, "I am not like the bread your ancestors ate and later died. I am the living Bread that comes from heaven.
Proverbs 31:18 , reads in The Passion Translation, "She (the Bride) tastes and experiences a better SUBSTANCE, and her shining light will not be extinguished, no matter how dark the night." Two thousand plus years ago, Mary was encountered by the angel Gabriel, and commissioned to give birth to the Light of the World and she accepted. Nine months later, in Bethlehem, by giving birth to Yeshua, Mary lit a candle that has never gone out.... no matter how dark the night has been! It still shines all over the world as brightly as it did so long ago. We, as the Bride of Christ, are called to be light-bearers to a world even darker with sin than when He was born. When the world has become so dark with sin, and the Church is sleeping in indifference, it is time for the Bride to, "Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and YAHWEH'S glory now streams from you!" Isaiah 60:1 Behold a New Day and a New Wedding! Merry Christma