marriage was designed for our good and gain, because in

Marriage was designed for our good and gain, because in marriage people

everywhere get a glimpse of God’s glorious purposes.

Marriage allows us to see a clearer image of our relationship to God and Jesus’ relationship with the Church

(His Bride).

Marriage was initiated at the dawn of creation (Genesis 2) and Marriage will be consummated at the creation of a new heaven and earth (Revelation

21).

Holy MatrimonyRevelation 19:1-101. Praise the Lord

2. A Marriage Invitation

Holy Matrimony | Revelation 19:1-101. Praise the Lord

(Revelation 19:1-6)2. A Marriage Invitation

1. Praise the LordThe term Hallelujah is a transliteration into Greek from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Praise the Lord.”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:1“Salvation and glory and power

belong to our God”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:1• God is to be praised because he alone is

salvation – the false idols of ‘Babylon’ proved deaf, dumb, and mute.

• God is to be praised because he alone is glory - The glory of ‘Babylon’ was a splendor that tarnished quickly because its true value was deceit and destruction.

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:1• God is to be praised because he alone is

power – earthly kings depending on a defanged Satan for their possessions is not power, it’s pathetic.

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:2“His judgments are true and

righteous”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:2Both in Hebrew and Greek, the word Holyexpresses the same meaning: “To be set apart, sacred, morally blameless, and pure.”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:2His judgment is “true” because of the destructive influence of the ‘harlot’.

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:2His judgment is “righteous” because it is just and pure to respond according to the blood of those that love him and serve him.

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:3“Her smoke rises up forever and

ever”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:3God is to be praised because there is confidence in his finished work.

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:6“For the Lord our God, the

Almighty, reigns”

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:6God is to be praised because our fate is proportional to his rule.

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom

for many.” (Mark 10:45)

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

Jesus was “foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you.” (1 Peter 1:20)

Hallelujah – Revelation 19:6As God reigns, so we live.

Holy Matrimony | Revelation 19:1-101. Praise the Lord

2. A Marriage Invitation(Revelation 19:7-10)

2. A Marriage InvitationWith the arrival of the reign of God now comes the long-awaited day of the marriage of the Lamb.

“…for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. It was given to her to clothe

herself in fine linen, bright and clean…” (Revelation 19:7-8)

2. A Marriage InvitationIn more historical, biblical times, a marriage involved two major events –what was known as the engagement (or betrothal) and the wedding day.

“By analogy, the church, espoused to Christ by faith, now awaits the parousia[the arrival of Christ] when the heavenly groom will come for his bride and return

to heaven for the marriage feast that lasts throughout eternity.”

(Robert Mounce)

“Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of

the Lamb.” (Revelation 19:9)