“(12) And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. (13) Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. (14) For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.” – Hebrews 13:12-14
Beloved, a different gospel has arisen—one that tempts the Bride to ascend the gates of an earthly city, rather than follow Christ through the gate that leads outside the camp.
But the Bride must follow where her Bridegroom has gone—outside the camp, away from the alure of the city and the affirmation of man. This is the path to the mountain of myrrh, where the fragrance of romance is released, and to the hill of frankincense, where the fires of intercession and worship are kindled. It is here, in the wilderness beyond the gates, that the Bride is made holy—not by proximity to religious systems or mountains of society, but by union with the One who bled and died for her redemption. This is not the place of public triumph but of private consecration, where every adornment is removed except one: the fragrance of reciprocated love proven in trial.
And though the world may not see her glory, Heaven bears witness, for she walks the path of her Beloved—set apart, purified, and made ready for the city that is to come.
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Hebrews 13:12-14, Song of Songs 4:6-8
