the Lamb, will also be the bride of the Lamb—Rev. 19:7.
the believers for them to be justified by God subjectively—Rom. 4:25; 1 Pet. 2:24a; James 2:24; Matt. 5:20; Rev. 19:8. 3. As our objective righteousness, Christ is the One in whom we are justified by God—Rom. 3:24, 28; 4:25; 5:1, 9, 16, 18. 4. As our subjective righteousness, Christ is the One dwelling in us to live for us a life that can be justified by God and that is always acceptable to God—Matt. 5:6, 20. B. Christ lived out of the saints as their subjective righteousness becomes their
wedding garment—Rev. 19:8:
1. The righteousness we received for our salvation is objective and enables us to meet the requirement of the righteous God, whereas the righteousnesses of the overcoming saints are subjective and enable them to meet the requirement of the overcoming Christ—1 Cor. 1:30; Phil. 3:9. 2. The wedding garment in Matthew 22:11-12 signifies the Christ whom we live out and who is expressed through us in our daily living as our surpassing righteousness—5:20; Rev. 3:4-5, 18. C. The Lord's bride, His wife, "has made herself ready. And it was given to her
that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints"—19:7b-8:
1. Revelation 19:8 clearly associates clothing with righteousness. 2. The word righteousnesses in verse 8 is plural and can be translated as "righteous acts." 3. The righteousnesses do not refer to Christ as our righteousness, whom we received for our salvation—1 Cor. 1:30. 4. The fine linen indicates our overcoming life, our overcoming living. 5. The fine linen is the Christ whom we live out of our being. D. "Blessed are they [the overcoming saints] who are called to the marriage
dinner of the Lamb"—Rev. 19:9:
1. The marriage dinner of the Lamb here is the wedding feast in Matthew 22:2. 2. To be called to the marriage dinner of Christ is to be blessed. 3. The overcoming believers, who will be called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb, will also be the bride of the Lamb—Rev. 19:7.
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