It's Personal
We are called to marriage. Did you know that? The marriage of The Lamb to The Bride (Revelation 19:9). Jesus speaks of the marriage supper (e.g.: Matthew 22) ... and John the Baptist spoke of how he was Jesus' best man (John 3:29). We have a picture of marriage in Genesis, but we are called to the marriage that Jesus speaks of in John 17, that He and We (the corporate we) may be ONE. Jesus said He and the Father are One. And Jesus prayed that we may all be One with Himself and with His and our Father. To be clear, I am using the capital letter "O" just to signify importance. But it is easy to see that this can seem like other teachings that are out, in the world, those other words attempting to make all religions one. Jesus did not pray for the entire world to be One with Him and the Father. But He prayed for those that the Father would give Him, and for those He already had as His. And so we see that He prayed for Us. You and me. This is personal fo