Blessed are the Called to the Marriage Supper Revelation 19:9

An “angel” from heaven showed John the apostle many things which will occur in the tribulation time on the earth, and John wrote about commercial Babylon's destruction and the people who were affected by it. John continued to write, “And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever .And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints”, and in Revelation chapter nineteen and verse nine John is told to “write, blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb” where we read:

And he says unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

The verse reads, “And he says unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” John began with the words, “and he says” which means “the voice from heaven uttered, declared and proclaimed” “unto me” or “to John”, “write” which means “delineate or form letters on a tablet, parchment, paper or other material”, “blessed” or “oh how happy, supremely blessed, fortunate and well off” “are they which are called” which means “are the people who saluted and bid forth” “unto the marriage supper” which refers to “to the wedding or marriage festival and banquet meal and feast” “of the Lamb” or “belonging to the little lamb which is Jesus Christ”. John was instructed to share how “fortunate and supremely blessed” are the people who are “bid” to “Jesus' wedding feast”.

The verse continues, “And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.” John added the words, “and he said” which means “and the voice in heaven uttered, declared and proclaimed” “unto me” or “to John”, “these” which means “that which John has seen and heard” “are the true sayings” or “the real, genuine and opposite to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated or pretended uttering, declarations and proclamations” “of God” which means “pertaining to the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”. The voice from heaven “verified” and “validated” what John heard were God's “genuine and real” declarations.

When we consider John's words in this verse, we see how there is great benefit and blessing when a person is invited to be a part of the “marriage supper of the Lamb”. People who have received Jesus Christ as their personal “Savior and Lord” have an open invitation as “the bride of Christ” to come to the “wedding” and share among the “festival and feast” which shall be there. As though these things sound too good to be true, the voice from heaven “validated” God's words. Everyone is invited to God's wedding celebration, but only those who receive His Son Jesus will have RSVP'd and said “yes”, I''ll come.

Next time John, “fell at his feet to worship” the angel, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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