What do the rings on this picture mean? Why were these rings given? They were given at a wedding. On their wedding day, the woman is called a bride and the man is called the bridegroom.
Jesus was never married, but he called himself “the bridegroom.” Why did he do this? One time the people who hated Jesus asked why His disciples did not fast. Fasting means that a person stops eating for a period of time to show how much God means to him or her. Jesus said that people do not fast when they are with the bridegroom (Matthew 9:15 ). Weddings are times of joy and celebration, and Jesus' followers realized that having Jesus with them was supposed to be a happy time.
In Jesus' time, the bridegroom had to pay a special price to the woman's family in order for her to become his wife. In a way, the people who love God are the bride and Jesus is the bridegroom who comes to live with them. To show how much Jesus loved this “bride”, He gave up His life for them/us. When Jesus comes back to earth again some day, Revelation 19 speaks of it being like a wedding. After that we will always be with Jesus, our bridegroom.
Prayer:
Thank you, Jesus for all your love towards us. Thank you for giving your life for us. We look forward to the wedding feast when You return to bring us to Yourself.
Amen
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