Behold the Bride – The Return of Christ and What It Means to Be the Bride of Christ

In this episode of Created in the Image of God on Radio Cape Pulpit, host Sylvia Colville continues the "Behold the Bride" series with Episode 2, titled "To Know and Be Known." She shifts the focus to the return of Jesus Christ and the importance of being ready for His coming. Drawing from John 14:1–4, Acts 1:9–11, and 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18, she explains that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us and will return to fetch His bride. Colville then unpacks the parable of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1–13) and the wedding feast (Matthew 22) to show that not everyone who calls themselves a believer will be part of the bride—only those who are known by Him and who cultivate intimacy with Christ, symbolized by the oil of the Holy Spirit. She emphasizes that becoming the bride is a matter of choice and surrender, and that transformation happens as we yield to the Holy Spirit, allowing Christ to be formed in us—Christ in us, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). The episode closes with a call to have a broken and surrendered heart, like soft clay in the Potter's hands, so that God can mold us into His image.