at the end of the one-year eyrusin. Everything is made ready and the bride anxiously awaits his arrival. The groom could only come for his bride after the father had given the command. With the groom leading a procession through the streets of the village, the shofar would be sounded to the shouts of “the bridegroom comes!” The nissuin tradition must have been on the mind of Saul as he wrote to those with questions about Yeshua’s return: For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing
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