The Bride in the Millennium, the Wife in Eternity
“Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready….Blessed are they who are called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb” (Rev. 19:7, 9).
The millennium will be the wedding day in which the overcoming saints will participate (Rev. 19:7-9). To the Lord a thousand years
are like one day (2 Pet. 3:8), so the millennium will be the wedding day of the Lamb with the church as His bride….The millennium of one thousand years will be one day for the Lamb to marry His bride. In the new heaven and new earth, all the saints of both the Old Testament and the New Testament will be the New Jerusalem, enjoying the divine married life with the Triune God for eternity.*
Matthew 25:1-13 is a parable about this wedding feast. The feast begins when the Bridegroom comes, which is when the Lord Jesus returns visibly to earth. “The bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast” (v. 10). Ten Virgins Went Forth speaks about having a good supply of oil for our lamps to be “those who were ready.”
Our desire is the be ready for the wedding feast is accomplished by loving Him now and by opening our heart for Him to make His home in us (Eph. 3:16-18). Then we are rooted and grounded in Him and strengthened to apprehend with His Body all His riches. The consummation is glory to God now in the church and forever in New Jerusalem (3:21).
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* From chapter 28, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
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Posted by Don on December 14, 2022
