New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage of Jesus Christ, the Lamb, and His People
The presentation of New Jerusalem as the bride, the wife of the Lamb Jesus Christ, is the high point at the end of the Bible. This eternal marriage is in Revelation 19:7-9 and 21:2, 9-11, followed by a description of New Jerusalem in 21:12-23 and a view of life in this city in 22:1-5. Here is the title of each post in this series with a link to the post plus the key point in that post.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage: the picture of Adam and Eve in Genesis 2:18-24 portrays the Lamb, Jesus Christ and His wife New Jerusalem.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (2): multiple verses show that the covenant enacted by God through the giving of the law was an engagement covenant from God to the children of Israel.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (3): Isaac, the son of Abraham, and his wife Rebekah are also a picture of the Lamb and His wife.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (4): In the book of Ruth, Boaz and Ruth are another picture of the eternal marriage.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (5): Details of Ruth coming to Boaz and his care for her portray more about Christ and the church.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (6): Isaiah 54:5 is a clear declaration—“For your Maker is your Husband; Jehovah of hosts is His name.”
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (7): Jeremiah speaks of God’s eternal love and of the Lord being the Husband of His people.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (8): Hosea, while condemning Israel’s departure from God also has encouraging words about the marriage engagement of God and His people.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (9): the gospels have multiple verses about the Lord as the Bridegroom, His people as the bride, and the wedding feast.
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (10): 2 Corinthians 11:2-3, “For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.”
New Jerusalem, the Eternal Marriage (11): Ephesians 5:22-33 is about husband and wife as a picture of Christ and His actions to prepare the church as His bride.
The Marriage of the Lamb has Come: in Revelation 19:7 is rejoicing “for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” Today we experience the Lord in many ways to prepare us for that day.
The Marriage of the Lamb has Come (2): in Revelation 19:8 the wife is “clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.” Her clothing corresponds with characteristics of New Jerusalem.
New Jerusalem, the Wife of the Lamb: the characteristics of New Jerusalem should be our experience today. The Lamb is our Redeemer for our forgiveness; He is also the Bridegroom for our love.
The Spirit and the Bride Say Come: the believers together compose the bride; they were regenerated by the Spirit and now they have grown to live and speak in oneness with the Spirit.
The Love Story of the Bible: because the Bible concludes with a marriage, it is a love story; this is not our natural love but the love of God given to us which becomes our love to Him.
The Bible is a Romance: this series matches a song,
__“The Bible is a romance in the most holy sense:
_++_God and His chosen people in love it so presents.
__This Universal Couple throughout it is displayed;
____God in Christ is the Bridegroom, His saints, the Bride, portrayed.”
The Bible—a Romance of a Universal Couple: A booklet by Witness Lee, The Bible—a Romance of a Universal Couple, published by Living Stream Ministry adds to the foregoing series and is also the source of the song.
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