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
wrote,
“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.”,
and in chapter nineteen and verse seven John hears the great
multitude shout, “let
us be glad and rejoice”
where
we read:
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.
The
verse reads, “
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him:”
John began with the words, “let
us be glad”
or “allow and permit every person be well, thrive and rejoice
exceedingly” “and
rejoice”
which means “exult, be exceeding glad and jump for joy”, “and
give honor”
or “and grant, bestow, furnish and supply splendor, brightness,
magnificence, excellence and preeminence” “to
him”
which means “to God”. John heard the “large multitude” exhort
everyone to
“rejoice”
and “bestow excellence” toward God.
The
verse goes on to say, “for
the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself
ready.”
John continued with the words, “for
the marriage”
which means “because, since and on account of the marriage
festival, banquet and feast” “of
the Lamb” or
“pertaining to the little lamb which represents Jesus” “is
come”
which means “has arrived and appeared”, “and
his wife”
or “the Lamb's betrothed woman which represents the church” “has
made herself ready”
which means “has made preparations and provision for self” . The
reason people were to “be
glad and rejoice”
was because the “bridegroom” or the “Lamb and Jesus” has
arrived and the “bride or the church” has prepared for His
arrival.
When
we meditate upon John's words in this verse, we see how this is the
celebration of the “marriage” of “the Lamb of God”
and His “bride”, the church. The “church” has been
prepared at this point, and the “Bridegroom Jesus” has come unto
her. This is the beginning of what is known as “the marriage
supper of the Lamb”, and those who have a relationship with God
through His Son Jesus will be a part of this massive celebration and
feast. The “Bridegroom” Jesus will come for His “bride”, the
church”, and there shall be a “banquet, festival and feast”
like no one has ever known before. May everyone reading these words
receive Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord” and become a
part of the “bride” of Christ at the “marriage supper of the
Lamb”.
Next
time
John saw how the Lamb's wife, “was
granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen“,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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