The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb: Difference between revisions
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Just as the word ''lamb'' has some different meanings, the wife (bride) of the Lamb can have more than one meaning. | Just as the word ''lamb'' has some different meanings, the wife (bride) of the Lamb can have more than one meaning. | ||
Firstly, it means the church (saints). Apostle Paul likened the relationship between Christ and the church to the relationship of husband and wife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Ephesians+5%3A22-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Ephesians 5:22–23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=2+Corinthians+11%3A2+&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=2 Corinthians 11:2 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God made Eve from the ribs of Adam and made them one body. God’s will is to show love between Christ and the saints.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Corinthians+6%3A16-17&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Corinthians 6:16–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><br>However, the bride who appears in the heavenly wedding banquet in Revelation 19 cannot be the church or saints. The bride invites guests, and the guests receive invitation. The bride and the guests must be different. It is clear that the guests who are invited to the heavenly wedding banquet are the saints. In the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus described the saints as guests, not as the bride.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+22%3A1-14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 22:1–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Also, He called His disciples the guests of the bridegroom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+2%3A19-20&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 2:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> If the bride refers to the saints, there is no way to explain who the guests, those who are invited, refer to. Therefore, the guests are the saints who will be blessed by participating in the heavenly wedding banquet; and the wife (bride) of the Lamb is the Savior who invites the saints to give them blessings. When John saw the Lamb’s wife, he wrote: | Firstly, it means the church (saints). Apostle Paul likened the relationship between [[Christ]] and the [[church]] to the relationship of husband and wife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Ephesians+5%3A22-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Ephesians 5:22–23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=2+Corinthians+11%3A2+&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=2 Corinthians 11:2 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God made Eve from the ribs of Adam and made them one body. God’s will is to show love between Christ and the saints.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Corinthians+6%3A16-17&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Corinthians 6:16–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><br>However, the bride who appears in the heavenly wedding banquet in Revelation 19 cannot be the church or saints. The bride invites guests, and the guests receive invitation. The bride and the guests must be different. It is clear that the guests who are invited to the heavenly wedding banquet are the saints. In the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus described the saints as guests, not as the bride.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+22%3A1-14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 22:1–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Also, He called His disciples the guests of the bridegroom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+2%3A19-20&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 2:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> If the bride refers to the saints, there is no way to explain who the guests, those who are invited, refer to. Therefore, the guests are the saints who will be blessed by participating in the heavenly wedding banquet; and the wife (bride) of the Lamb is the Savior who invites the saints to give them blessings. When John saw the Lamb’s wife, he wrote: | ||
{{quote5 |내용=One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+21%3A9-10&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 21:9–10]}} | {{quote5 |내용=One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+21%3A9-10&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 21:9–10]}} | ||