Revelation 19:6

4 And ^athe twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, ^b“Amen! Alleluia!”

5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, ^a“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, ^bboth small and great!”

6 ^aAnd I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For ^bthe Lord God Omnipotent reigns!

7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for ^athe marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”

8 And ^ato her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, ^bfor the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

9 Then he said to me, “Write: ^a‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, ^b“These are the true sayings of God.”

10 And ^aI fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ^b“See that you do not do that! I am your ^cfellow servant, and of your brethren ^dwho have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the ^etestimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Christ on a White Horse

11 ^aNow I saw heaven opened, and behold, ^ba white horse. And He who sat on him was called ^cFaithful and True, and ^din righteousness He judges and makes war.

12 ^aHis eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. ^bHe had a name written that no one knew except Himself.

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What Does Revelation 19:6 Mean?

With the harlot Babylon, the zeitgeist of Satan and this world driven by enmity against God, now destroyed, Revelation 19 turns to "the impending joy of all for a job well done." Within that chaos, God has been working everything toward the end He determined before the foundations of the earth, creating His perfect Family. There, the wife of Christ makes herself ready, living under the sovereign direction of God's Word. Like a bride, she is eager yet assiduous, careful and enduring. Christ supplies the fine garments of righteousness, and through humble cooperation with Him, her preparation is accomplished. This ultimate marriage gives human marriage its true context, for physical marriage teaches how to be spiritually one with God.

Revelation 19:6-9

God blesses marriage in the first chapter of Genesis, and it is interesting that as the Book nears its end, in Revelation 19, marriage and His blessing on it once again take center stage. Clearly, the institution of marriage has a far higher purpose than just the physical union of a man and a woman.

Here we have a prophetic portrayal of the ultimate marriage, and God's blessing goes out to those who comprise the wife—the bride—of Jesus Christ. This blessing in Revelation 19:9 gives the blessing in Genesis 1:28 its true context. Our human marriages are types of this greater spiritual marriage. The experiences that we go through during a blessed physical marriage are designed by God to prepare us for our part in the ultimate intimate relationship with our Savior.

Marriage is a representation on the human plane of union between God and man. A similar intimacy exists in both relationships. Just as the sexual bond between a man and woman makes them "one flesh" (Genesis 2:24; see I Corinthians 6:16), a close, spiritual unity between God and a converted human being—which Jesus says is "to know" God in John 17:3 (compare this term to the sexual imagery of Genesis 4:1)—makes them "one spirit." On this, the apostle Paul writes in I Corinthians 6:17, "But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him" (see also Ephesians 4:4). Physical marriage, then, can teach us how to be spiritually one with God.

Just as surely as God will bless the union between His Son and the Bride, He will also endue the physical type with the ability to fulfill its purpose—that is, to create unity between marriage partners to prepare them for union with God.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
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