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NASB | Revelation 21:9 ¶ Then 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." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 21:9 ¶ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven final plagues came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." |
Subject: The Bride of Christ |
Bible Note: The Bride of Christ The church is called the bride of Christ (Eph. 5:22-23). Ephes. 5:22-23 (ESV) Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. [23] 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. Ephes. 5:27 (ESV) so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Bride of Christ. 'A symbolic term used to designate the Christian church in its relation to Christ as one who is a pure virgin (2 Cor. 11:2), loved by Christ (Eph. 5:22-33), who will be in the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7)' (www.carm.org). NASB Revelation 21:9 Then 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." '"Come here, I shall show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb" is clearly metaphorical language. That said, I am not sure of the literal referent intended here. In Revelation 19, the wife of the Lamb consists of believers. In Revelation 21, the wife of the Lamb is the New Jerusalem' (http://www.revelationcommentary.org/21_chapter.html). 'Revelation 19:7 '(1) Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, (2) for the marriage of the Lamb has come and (3) His bride has made herself ready." '1. "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him" begins the second reason for exaltation. These three actions are warranted in light of God the Father’s next agenda item. '2. "For the marriage of the Lamb has come" is the reason for the call to rejoice, be glad and the giving of glory. The wedding of the Lamb is announced. This, of course, is metaphorical. There will be no literal wedding. '3. "His bride (wife) has made herself ready" completes the metaphor of a wedding. One would expect the text to refer to a bride (numpha) at this point, but the Greek uses the term guna (wife). "Wife" suggests the wedding is completed. However, in Jewish marriage customs, the betrothed virgin was bound to her husband. The marriage ceremony was a consummation of the legal process begun months and sometime years before. 'The apostle Paul on two separate occasions spoke of a church relationship to Christ in terms of the bridegroom/bride metaphor. 2 Corinthians 11:2 and Ephesians 5:25-32 both develop different aspects of this concept' (http://www.revelationcommentary.org/19_chapter.html). |
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