Title: Marriage Feast of the Lamb
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6 And I heard the voice of a great multitude, the same as the sound of many waters, and like a great thunder, saying, Hallelujah, the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and rejoice and give glory to him; His wife prepared it, 8 and he gave her permission to put on a bright and clean linen linen, which is the right course of the saints.” 9 The angel said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb. He said to me, “This is the true word of God.” 10 As I fell down at his feet to worship, he said to me, “I am a servant like you and your brothers who have received the testimony of Jesus. They say that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
1. Words that begin
People are reluctant to even speak the word death when it comes to death, but they are not too concerned about the issue of the afterlife. Some people say that when a person dies, the soul goes to the other world and lives there, but the soul who has a lot of resentment or cannot shake off any regrets about the world wanders around this world or possesses it. Also, some people say that when a person dies, the soul goes to the world of the gods. Some people say that when a person dies, the body perishes, but the soul does not perish but reincarnates in the body again. Also, some people say that death is the end, and there is no reincarnation or the world after death. The teaching of the Bible that we believe and accept is that those who die without believing in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who took the place of the sins of the world, will be punished in eternal hell, and the saints who died while believing in the Lamb Jesus Christ will be resurrected with spiritual bodies. This means that you will enjoy eternal life in heaven.
The wedding supper of the Lamb is a description of the afterlife of the saints and is the first of the visionary revelations of the final victory and end of the Lamb Jesus Christ.
2. Praise for the reign of Almighty God
The Apostle John described the vision of the ‘wedding supper of the Lamb’, “and I heard the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters, and like loud thunders, saying, Hallelujah, the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.”
The sound that John the Apostle heard was like the voices of angels and many martyrs and saints living in the kingdom of heaven, like the sound of many waters like a flood, and like the sound of great thunder. That incredibly loud and majestic sound was twofold.
First, it is to praise the Lord God, hallelujah. Hallelujah is a word used to express praise, thanksgiving, and joy to God. The word was also used in liturgical ceremonies in the synagogue.
Last Tuesday, Jongwon, who grew up healthy by God's grace, went to a 100-day banquet. But another slope awaited. Jong-won's grandfather, Yong-seung Lee, studied photography hard, took pictures of his works, applied, and held exhibitions. There are not many professional photographers, but it is said that very few photographers have won gold medals.
Just like other families, Mr. Lee's family has been very blessed by attending our Poongpung Church. After receiving the blessings of health, Jong-won became the wife of his grandfather, Yong-seung Lee, a professional photographer, his grandmother, Shin-ja Min, the principal, Jong-won’s father, an ophthalmologist, his mother a pharmacist, and his aunt, who majored in piano, an orthopedic surgeon. Besides, Jongwon has even been able to offer a 100-day worship service, so isn't it just a hallelujah? It was a celebration of the 100th day and a feast filled with praise, thanks, and joy.
Everyone! May you overflow with praise, thanksgiving, and joy to God for promotion and success, success and prosperity, and a heart of love.
David went through countless trials of persecution, betrayal, starvation, and death, but each time he experienced God's grace to overcome through prayer and cried out, "Hallelujah!" In Psalm 40:1 we read, “I waited for the Lord and waited, and attentive to my ears he heard my cry; he brought me up out of the miraculous pit and pit, he set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. You have put in my mouth a song, a song of praise to our God; when many will see it, they will be afraid and will trust in the Lord.” May our lives overflow with praise, thanksgiving, and joy to God who gives us victory.
Second, Almighty God reigns. The Almighty is Pantocrator (παντοκρ?τωρ), which means “one who rules all things” rather than “one who can do all things” There can be no sovereign in the world who dares to stand up to God's absolute sovereignty, and those in power who persecute church members are no exception.
“You reign” is in the negative past tense ebashi-ryusen (?βασ?λευσεν: prophetic negative past tense), which emphasizes the complete and certain fulfillment of events in the end times under the reign of Almighty God. will be In other words, despite the temptations and persecutions of Satan, who is the ruler of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2), he achieved perfect salvation by leading all faithful saints to heaven, and all unbelievers and all enemies who oppose God. It is the fulfillment of the final judgment of dropping them into the lake of fire of hell.
Of course, the reign of Almighty God continues even now. God's almighty reign is not the ability to fulfill our desires or selfish desires, no matter what others do, as if by magic, but the absolute power to reveal the righteousness, truth, and love of the universe, including humans. The culmination of God's almighty reign is the cross of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
3. The Wedding Feast of the Lamb
Regarding the saints who were resurrected with a spiritual body and entered the kingdom of heaven, John said, “Let us rejoice and rejoice greatly and give glory to him.
The noun for “rejoice” (kairomen, χα?ρωμεν) is kara (χαρ?). It does not mean the joy of worldly pleasures, of cheap victories, or of cheap successes, but of pleasure based largely on religious grounds, joy based on the knowledge of one's relationship with God. In other words, it is the joy that comes from the realization that you have received and is loved by God, and it is the joy that comes from practicing love. This joy is the joy that the Holy Spirit gives us, and it is the joy we enjoy in the Holy Spirit. In a true sense, the joy of human society can also be obtained by giving and receiving love.
A person who has this spiritual joy can live happily and glorify God, even though there is little or no joy in life. Of course, not to mention the joys and great joys of eternal life in heaven.
The arrival of the marriage covenant of the Lamb means that the marriage covenant of Jesus Christ, who ended the final judgment according to God's will, has arrived. The fact that the wife prepared it means that the church, that is, the saved saints, prepared it. This parable expresses the pure love, harmony, and harmony between the Lord and the saints.
How have we lived in pure love, harmony, and harmony with the Lord who saved us through His precious blood?
Those who live in union with the Lord will attend the wedding feast of the Lamb Jesus Christ in heaven as a bride. The saints attending the feast wear bright and clean linen cloths, which signify the saints' right conduct. The right deeds of the saints are not ethical or moral good deeds, but glorious deeds that reflect the light of God, and mean deeds that are holy, loyal, and faithful. In a word, walking in the Lord according to the Holy Spirit and worthy of the Gospel.
Shocked, the apostle John made the mistake of falling down at the angel's feet and worshiping. Then the angel said, “I am a servant like you and your brothers who have received the testimony of Jesus. Do not be so, but worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” The purpose of the angel is that he is a servant of God like the apostle John and the brothers of faith of the apostle John who received the testimony revealed by Jesus, so be careful not to worship yourself, but only to God. The reason is that the gospel of salvation testified by Jesus is not only the main concern of the spirit of prophecy, but is fulfilled only by the spirit of prophecy.
4. Conclusion
All human beings are destined to die, and there is no foolish person who can't solve the problem of death as a savior. No one is as foolish as someone who says, "It's over when you die," while living a life so sophisticated that it can't be elaborated any more, and living an incredibly complex, complex, and subtle life.
Those who die without believing in the Lamb, who became the sin offering, cannot escape the lake of fire in hell. May all of us show glorious deeds, holiness, loyalty and faithful deeds before the Almighty Ruler, live with praise, thanksgiving, and joy, and attend the wedding feast of the Lamb.