Search for the Bride by Arlen L Chitwood and published by Classics.
The Holy Spirit is presently in the world performing a special and particular work, peculiarly related to the dispensation in which we live. And this work, according to Scripture, has to do with one purpose alone. It has to do with a search for and a procurement of a bride for God’s Son. When Christ came two millenniums ago, God was about to complete His dealings with Israel during Man’s Day, preceding the Lord’s Day. But God interrupted His dealings with Israel seven years short of completion, set Israel aside, ushered in a new dispensation, and brought an entirely new entity within mankind into existence.
This new entity was separate and distinct from both Israel and the Gentile nations, forming a new nation, one new man "in Christ" (Ephesians 2:12-15; 1 Peter 2:9, 10). Those comprising this new man would be taken from both Israel and the Gentile nations, becoming new creations “in Christ.” And together, as one new man, they would form a third creation - "the church of God" (1 Corinthians 10:32; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This new man, in turn, would be comprised of a people among whom the search for the bride could be conducted. And God has set aside an entire dispensation (which will last for 2,000 years), during which the Spirit will conduct this search and procure the bride.
These are not necessarily the things taught throughout most of Christendom today about the reason for the present dispensation and the work of the Spirit during the dispensation. Such, however, is of no moment. These are the things which Scripture teaches about the matter. And that which Scripture teaches is what must be followed.
