The Lord has a will purpose and plan for mankind.
His will and purpose is to bless each person as fully as God Himself is.
The plan is seen in calling his children "virgin daughter."
His purpose and plan are not just for a special race, nation, or tribe, but all peoples on earth. This is seen in the way He calls the Jews and the Gentiles. In the Scriptures the title 'virgin daughter' is repeated ten times. And the Lord calls the Jews and Gentiles as such. He calls Zion "virgin daughter', Sidon "virgin daughter', Egypt "virgin daughter', and even Babylon 'virgin daughter'.
A virgin has a dream for future, the dream to fall in love with the prince charming, build a family, and much more.
In order to make the dream come true, the Lord God sent His one and only Son Jesus, that through the union with Him, each of his children would be fully blessed, bearing fruit that lasts forever, as is said in 2Co 2:11, "I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as pure virgin to him."
[Promised: "espoused" in KJV, meaning, "to join, to fit together, like carpenter's fastening together beams and planks to build houses, to betroth a daughter to any one, to join to one's self, to give one in marriage to any one.]
Who you marry makes difference.
The dream for a virgin to marry the prince charming can be shattered, causing wounds and scars. It did happen in the history of the Israel, as is said, "Your wounds are as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?" (Lam 2:13) The Lord asks and answers, "I am the Lord who heals you." Exodus 15:26 "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him; by his wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 Peter says more directly, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." 1Pe 2:24
And He is the one who can let the shadow of the sun on doorsteps go not just 10 steps forward but also backward.
If anyone can find it difficult to understand the will of the Father, try to get into the heart of a good father who has a virgin daughter. And He has not just one or two virgin daughters to marry but tons of them.
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