The Unique Eternal Marriage
John tells us, “I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared 
as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Rev. 21:2)
John also records, “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, Come here; I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in spirit onto a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” (Rev. 21:9-10)
The bride, the wife of the Lamb, is the holy city, New Jerusalem. This is the unique eternal marriage. New Jerusalem is the holy city and it is a city in resurrection. All God’s children have grown to maturity in His resurrection life and are part of this city.
In Matthew 22 the Lord Jesus answered the Sadducees’ question about marriages in resurrection. He said, “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven” (22:30, also Mark 12:25, Luke 20:36). Since there are no human marriages in resurrection, the Lamb and New Jerusalem are the unique, eternal marriage.
Furthermore, since New Jerusalem is the wife of the Lamb, it is clear that New Jerusalem is a living city in resurrection; it is not a physical city!
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