'The issue around sonship and the Bride is a matter of maturity. Martha was a son, but Mary modelled the Bride. I have been drawing the Bride to a secret place where I can instil within her heart an intimacy for Jesus. I use the imagery of marriage as it is the most intimate relationship between a man and a woman. The Bride is first and foremost in love with the Bridegroom. Agape develops between her and Jesus so that Jesus really becomes the object of her love and desire to the point where she is lost in Him, nothing matters to the Bride but Jesus. The Bride has a level of humility not seen in the church before. Intimacy and humility are the hallmarks of the Bride, but do not mistake meekness for weakness. Humility allows Jesus the pre eminence and 'self' to be swallowed up in Him. Neither is there any fear of man in the Bride, she lives for the Glory and honour of Jesus. The Bride is, she doesn't do. The Father's works are administered by the Bride to the glory of Jesus. The Bride has higher delegated authority than a son. Look at it in the natural. The queen is the king's wife. While the king has overall and final authority the queen commands more authority than the son who is the 'king' in waiting. Where the son can go and implement the king's rule and reign, the queen can share in and influence the whole kingly strategy. It's another degree of authority for the Bride in the same way she enjoys a greater degree of intimacy than the son. It's the same but more, if you can grasp the meaning.'
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