Revelation 19:6-10

Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

The Gospel According to Marriage Tells Us

1. Marriage is really about Christ and the Church, Christ and us
2. Our marriage to Christ has unrivaled joy
3. Our marriage to Christ has unparalleled love
4. Our marriage to Christ has unending faith

The gospel according to marriage tells us: marriage is really about Christ and the Church, Christ and us.

Revelation 19:7

… the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready.

Ephesians 5:23-24

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

We have a deeper marriage coming.

The gospel according to marriage tells us: our marriage to Christ has unrivaled joy.

Revelation 19:6-7

Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come.

Psalm 16:11

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

The gospel according to marriage tells us: our marriage to Christ has unparalleled love.

Revelation 19:7-8

… the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.

“Each saint must have righteousness; not merely be justified, as if it belonged to the Church in the aggregate. The saints together have righteousness: Christ is accounted “the Lord our righteousness” to each on believing, the robe being made white in the blood of the Lamb. The righteousness of the saint is not inherent, but imputed. If it were otherwise, Christ would be merely enabling the sinner to justify himself.”

(David Brown, A. R. Fausset, and Robert Jamieson, “A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Acts–Revelation,” vol. VI , 718.)

Romans 8:38-39

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The gospel according to marriage tells us: our marriage to Christ has unending faith.

Revelation 19:9

And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

“There is a supper of Gospel blessings of which we may now partake. But as the actual marriage occurs in heaven subsequent to the resurrection, so also the fulness of the Gospel supper is deferred till then. Isaiah (25:6–9) sung of a feast of fat things, of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined, which the Lord of Hosts is to make. The feast of Gospel blessings is doubtless included; but it is a feast whose glorious fulness is beyond the grave.”

(J. A. Seiss, “A Series of Special Lectures on the Revelation of Jesus Christ with Revised Text,” sixth edition., vol. III, 230–231.)

Art Azurdia defines biblical faith as “Faith is the confident assurance in events not yet seen. Faith is not a call to believe in things when common sense tells you not to; it is not a mindless stab in the dark; it is not a crossing of the fingers and hoping for the best; it is not a leap into apparent nothingness; it’s a word that speaks of reasoned, careful, deliberate, intentional thought in God and all His promises.”

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”