THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 39
The Wedding Supper of the Lamb
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Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him Glory!
For the Wedding of the Lamb has come,
and His Bride has made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear."
(Fine linen stands for
the righteous acts of the saints.)
Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who
are invited to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb!'" And he added, "These
are the true Words of God."
At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me,
"Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who
hold to the Testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the Testimony of Jesus is the
Spirit of Prophecy."
Rev 19:7-10 NIV
Just before the Lord will lift up a banner against
Babylon the Great, and carry out His final Purpose and Decree against her in
the Second Coming of Christ—the Wedding Supper of the Lamb takes place first.
In the fulfillment of this passage, Jesus Christ
will wed His triumphant Bride.
Regarding the time of its fulfillment, Psalm 118:24
says, "This
is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it"
(KJV).
This responds to verse 7 which declares:
“Let us rejoice and be glad
and give Him Glory!
For the Wedding of the Lamb has come,
and His Bride has made herself ready.”
On that Day, Christ will exceedingly rejoice as a
Bridegroom over His Royal Bride.
He will take His Bride to the royal Heavenly
banquet; His banner over His Bride is Love (see SOS.2:4). His redeemed Church
is the Bride of His choice whom He gave His life for (read Eph.5:25).
When John the Baptist bore his last testimony of
Christ, before he was killed, he made a remarkable statement in which he
referred to Him as "the Bridegroom":
The Bride belongs to the Bridegroom. The friend who attends the
Bridegroom waits and listens for Him, and is full of joy when he hears the
Bridegroom's Voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
John 3:29 NIV
John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin, who was sent as
His forerunner, yet he referred to Him as "the Bridegroom."
In Revelation chapter 21, an angel showed to John
the Beloved, "the wife of the Lamb"—the New Jerusalem—the Holy City prepared
for those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life—who hold to the
Testimony of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is the One Who prepares the Bride for
that great Day, this is why Revelation 22:17 says:
"And the
Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!"
“Blessed are they which are called unto the Marriage Supper of the
Lamb…” (19:9 KJV)
Apostle John
received "The Revelation of Jesus Christ," "the Word of
God," "the Testimony of Jesus Christ," and "the Words of
Prophecy."
The Book of
Revelation is prophetic.
Revelation 1:3
says:
Blessed is the one who reads the Words of
this Prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is
written in it, because the time is near (NIV).
Chapter 22, verse 7
declares:
"Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he
who keeps the Words of the Prophecy in this Book" (NIV).
"Worship God! For the Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of
Prophecy" (19:10 NIV).
The very substance
(essence) of the Truth revealed in Christ Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy—Who
is ‘the vital breath,’ ‘the divine inspiration’ of the preaching of the Gospel
of the Kingdom, the teaching of the Word, and the interpretation of the divine
Will and Purpose of God Almighty.