(John 3:29).
‹‹ Day 2 ›› II. Revelation 19:7-9 unveils Christ as the Bridegroom:
A. The marriage of the Lamb is the issue of the completion of God's New
Testament economy, which is to obtain for Christ a bride, the church, through His judicial redemption and by the organic salvation in His divine life—Gen. 2:22; Rom. 5:10; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9-11. B. The bride of Christ in Revelation 19 is composed of all the overcomers—vv.
7-9; cf. Gen. 2:22; Matt. 16:18. C. All the overcomers will be the New Jerusalem as the bride of Christ for one
thousand years in its initial and fresh stage—Rev. 19:7. D. Eventually, all the believers will join the overcomers to consummate and
complete the New Jerusalem in full as the wife of Christ in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—21:2, 9-11.
‹‹ Day 3 & Day 4 ›› III. The bride is the goal of the Lord's recovery—19:7-9:
A. "The marriage of the Lamb has come"—v. 7b:
1. In the beginning of his Gospel, John speaks of the Lamb and the Bridegroom, and in Revelation he says that the marriage of the Lamb has come—John 1:29; 3:29. 2. After the rapture of the majority of the saints (Rev. 14:16; 1 Thes. 4:1516) and the judgment at the judgment seat of Christ for the giving of the reward (Rev. 11:18; 2 Cor. 5:10), the events that immediately follow should include the marriage of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7b):
a. If we are rewarded at the judgment seat of Christ, we will
participate in the wedding feast. b. If we are not rewarded but are disapproved of by the Lord, we will
not perish but will suffer a loss like that described in 1 Corinthians 3:15. B. "His wife has made herself ready"—Rev. 19:7c:
1. His wife refers to the church (Eph. 5:24-25, 31-32), the bride of Christ (John 3:29). 2. According to Revelation 19:8-9, the wife, the bride of Christ, consists only of the overcoming believers during the millennium, whereas the bride, the wife, in 21:2 is composed of all the saved saints after the millennium for eternity.