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excerpt's, by Joe McKnight

( Esther 5:1 and on -- Esther bravely by faith approaches King Ahasuerus - in accepting her, the king extends his scepter to her.... )

   ' Many factors entered into the acceptance of Queen Esther. First and upper most it was the method used of the Lord to accomplish His will. Esther and many others had been in fasting and prayer for three days and nights. Certainly not to be excluded, her royal robes, no doubt in the colors of the kingdom. Est. 5:1

   The Bride of Christ is to be clothed in a most majestic manner. She will have "put on Christ." Gal. 3:27 The all important covering applied when she is baptized in His name and receives it as a token of her devotion and dedication to Christ. The Bride is to be the total expression and example of what a new person is in the Lord Jesus. She is the epitome of righteousness and true holiness......

..... The Bride of Christ will appear before her King as a conqueror, having overcome the world, the flesh and the devil. She is the victorious, triumphant body of Christ. Rev. 3:5 She is spiritually wise and alert. She is filled with the wisdom of the Spirit. Therefore she has purchased (without money, without price) items of extreme value from the storehouse of the Lord. Her value is placed on things above, the heavenly, the eternal, and not on the things of this earth. Rev. 3:18 Her clothing is the finest of the fine, the righteousness of the saints bestowed upon them by the Lord. Rev. 19:9 Picture if you will, the ultimate of clothing and the appearance of the Bride as seen in Rev. 12:1. Never, ever, in time or eternity has there ever been nor will there ever be a Bride clothed in such a manner. The beauty of the Lord is upon her in its fullness.'

- Joe McKnight, from the Esther teaching, day #53

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