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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." |
Bible Question:
Scripture ... Revelation 21:9-10 ............... "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." And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and SHOWED me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God" ... emphasis mine ... show - showed. Does this passage say Jerusalem is the "bride, the wife of the Lamb" ? |
Bible Answer: Steve :: This may mean that the city is the residence of the bride, the church. These verses, Rev. 21:9-21 describe the beauty and glory of the holy Jerusalem. It is called Christ's bride (cf. v.2), a reference perhaps to the church as the city's principal inhabitant. ..... The imagery of the bride is used widely in the Bible as a description of the people of God. In the Old Testament the prophets presented Israel as a bride who had committed repeated adulteries (Jer. 3; Ezek. 16; Hos. 3). In the New Testament the bride imagery is used often of the church and her relationship to Christ. The bride belongs to Christ, who is the Bridegroom (John 3:29). In Revelation the church, as the bride of the Lamb, has prepared herself for marriage by performing righteous deeds (19:7-8). In Revelation 21, the great wedding is portrayed with the church prepared for her bridegroom (21:2,9). Finally, the bride and the Spirit issue an invitation "to come" (22:17). Paul used the methaphor of the bride to indicate his feelings toward the churches he had founded. In 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul wrote that he had bethrothed the Corinthian church to Christ. He wanted to present the church as a pure bride to Christ. The imagery of the bride is used by various biblical writers, but they appear to have a single purpose, which is to indicate the great love which God has for His people. And what other image could express so vividly and so sweetly this love than the ideal love between a bridegroom and his bride? --Hank |
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