(b) Invitation to attend the Marriage Supper of the Lamb “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Revelations 19:9, 10). The Greek word “harphazo” describes rapture as an event which will spark wild excitement and ecstasy primarily because all the raptured saints will (not only escape the ruthless reign of the Antichrist but) enjoy the privilege of being invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. The event is called …show more content…
This position of spiritual stature is attained only by the Bride that will be revealed in the celebration of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! ________________________________________________ As it’s the case with any wedding celebration, a variety of people will come by invitation. For instance, in any natural wedding celebration, we expect friends, relatives, bridesmaids to be invited, but the most important people of the occasion is the bride and the bridegroom. Likewise, according to the book of Song of Songs, we are made to understand who the wedding guests of the marriage supper of the Lamb would be. “There are threescore queens, and foursquare concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as the army with banners?” (Song of Songs …show more content…
______________________________________ Nevertheless, to be included in the guest list of all those who are invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will be an honour because it means that you fall under the category of “overcoming believers”. This includes both the Old Testament righteous saints and New Testament righteous saints who died since the resurrection of the LORD from the dead until His coming for the rapture. In Matthew 27:50-53 we read, “Jesus when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto