The Marriage

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“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready” (Rev. 19:77Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. (Revelation 19:7)).
Getting ready was finished at the judgment seat of Christ. She is “clothed in fine linen, bright and pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints” (Rev. 19:88And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:8) JND). The bride could not be arrayed in such a fashion if the memory of evil deeds had not been removed at the judgment seat. “Bright and pure” supposes that evil will be remembered no more.
The marriage of the Lamb takes place after the false bride, the apostate church on earth, is destroyed. “Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Old Testament saints as friends of the Bridegroom will be guests at the marriage (John 3:2929He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. (John 3:29)).
Blessed will be the day when the marriage of the Lamb takes place. This will be the highest joy ever known in heaven — first for Christ and His Father, then for the bride, His eternal companion. Heaven will never have a fuller joy. It brings us to the mountain peak of our blessings.
“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken” (Deut. 24:55When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. (Deuteronomy 24:5)). This suggests a period of heavenly joy and rest after the marriage and before the Lamb and his armies descend in righteous judgment on the earth.