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At the Marriage Supper, December 18
Heavens Is a Real and Wonderful Place
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the
Lamb.
Revelation 19:9
In both the Old and New Testament the marriage relation is employed
to represent the tender and sacred union that exists between Christ and
His people. To the mind of Jesus the gladness of the wedding festivities
pointed forward to the rejoicing of that day when He shall bring home
His bride to the Father’s house, and the redeemed with the Redeemer
shall sit down to the marriage supper of the Lamb. He says, “As the
bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.”
“Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; ...but thou shalt be called My
Delight [margin]; ... for the Lord delighteth in thee.” “He will rejoice
over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with
singing.” When the vision of heavenly things was granted to John the
apostle, he wrote: “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 reigneth. Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is
come, and His wife hath made herself ready.” “Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
Jesus saw in every soul one to whom must be given the call to His
kingdom.
Having received the kingdom, He will come in His glory, as King
of kings and Lord of lords, for the redemption of His people, who are
to “sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob” at His table in His
kingdom, to partake of the marriage supper of the Lamb.
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