Revelation 19:1 ¶ And after
these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia;
Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for
he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her
fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke
rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the
four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that
sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
This passage hardly needs any
explanation.
Revelation 19:5 ¶
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his
servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 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 reigneth. 7 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. 8 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. 9 And he saith
unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of
the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he
said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren
that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy.
We now know that waters, in a
specific context, can stand for the mass of people.
Revelation 17:15 And he saith
unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples,
and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
In verse 6, in context with great multitude it is the voices of many
people.
The marriage of the Lamb has come.
For this marriage to occur the bride must be in heaven.
The Song of Solomon is a classic
metaphor of the relationship between Christ and the church, using Solomon and
his bride. If you think that book is merely a love poem between a husband and a
wife notice these two verses.
Song of Solomon 6:4 Thou art
beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with
banners….10 Who is she that looketh
forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an
army with banners?
Notice how Jesus spoke of Himself.
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said unto
them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is
with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from
them, and then shall they fast.
Notice how Paul talks about the
church.
2Corinthians 11:2 For I am
jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
With the heavenly city, the New
Jerusalem, likened to a bride using the simile with as it would be easy to think that it is where Christians will live.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
…the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy links back to the
first two verses of chapter one.
Revelation 1:1 ¶ The Revelation
of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto
his servant John: 2 Who bare record of
the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that
he saw.
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