Theology Question !!! What is the connection between Ancient Jewish engagement/wedding and the rapture ?

Answer 1

The Jewish groom would go away and prepare a place for his bride. She would be preparing as well but would not know when the groom would come for her. When he had prepared and his father checked things out and said yes its all set then he would head out to go get her. His friends would go ahead of him proclaiming that he was on his way. The bride would keep a lamp burning in the window to let him know that she was being faithful to him and waiting for his arrival.
The Rapture is Jesus coming to get his bride the church. He will have a trumpet proclaiming he is on his way. He has prepared a place for his bride and his father has said it is time.

Answer 2

Hmmmm...Okay Jesus is the groom. He is coming for his bride, aka the saved of humanity. He will join with us and be our head, the same as when the groom becomes the head of a family. The rapture (or better called the first resurrection) is this moment when Christ will join with the saved of humanity.

Answer 3

There are lots of connections. The book of Revelation calls us to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb, and says, "The bride hath made herself ready!" The book of Revelation describes the bride of Christ and how she is adorned.
If you look into the Old Testament Holy Days and to the Feast of Tabernacles (also called Booths or Ingatherings) you will find that this is a fall feast. It's significant of the Last Great Harvest at the End of the Age (which is now upon us and soon to be fulfilled!). The Feast of Tabernacles is one of three times each year that the male heads of household had to journey to Jerusalem (symbolic of heaven) to present themselves there. It was a feast where the family took their vacation, and travelled together, and spent their year's wages on good things to eat to celebrate before their God. It was and is still today also the time when most weddings occur! Because the whole family is together! Things are done on earth as it is in heaven. I can't encourage you strongly enough to find a teaching out there on the symbolisms in a Jewish wedding. They perfectly mirror God's heart, and God's promises to us. In a Jewish wedding for example, the BETROTHAL actually has more legal weight than the marriage. Meaning, from the day the man betrothes a woman to himself for marriage later, it's hands off - she is his from that moment on, even though the ceremony happens later. God says, "I will BETROTH myself to you in righteousness FOREVER!" He's making a marriage kippah with us right then and there. Do you know when that happens? At our salvation! In the book of revelation, it describes the bride adorned in robes of spotless white (she has put on heavenly spiritual clothing - the truths of God in RIGHTEOUSNESS) and has made herself ready. She has her doctrine right and her heart right and she is ready to be with her husband. There are so many places in the bible where you can look for more information on the marriage. And please look online for great Jewish resources. A favorite of mine is Firstfruits of Zion (ffoz.org). They are awesome! I'll list some bible passages below.
God bless you for asking this question! God will fulfill His holy word RIGHT at the hour of His promising during His feast days. It says that the Lord will descend with a shout with the sound of the trumpet (There's an Old Testament Feast called the Feast of Trumpets!) and the dead in Christ will rise first!"