TSK · Hosea 2:19

Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.

I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the LORD.

You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal turban in the hand of your God.

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying,‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.”

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next.

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace

Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

The New Jerusalem Descends Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying,“Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”