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.
Glad ... rejoice - `rejoice ... exult.'
Give. So B 'Aleph ('), Andreas; but A, 'we will give.' 'Glory'-`the glory.'
The marriage of the Lamb is come. The full, final consummation is at Revelation 21:2-9, etc. Previously there must be the beast's overthrow, etc., at the Lord's coming, the binding of Satan, the millennial reign, the loosing of Satan, his last overthrow, and the general judgment. The elect Church, the heavenly Bride, soon after the destruction of the harlot, is transfigured at the Lord's coming, and joins in His triumph over the beast. On the emblem of the heavenly Bridegroom and Bride, cf. Matthew 22:2; Matthew 25:6; Matthew 25:10; 2 Corinthians 11:2. Perfect union with Himself, and participation in His holiness, joy, glory, and kingdom, are included in this symbol (cf. Song). Besides the heavenly Bride, the transfigured, translated, and risen Church, reigning over the earth with Christ, there is also the earthly bride, Israel, in the flesh, never yet divorced, though for a time separated, from her Divine Husband, who shall then be re-united to the Lord, and be mother-church of the millennial earth, Christianized through her, (Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 54:1-17; Isaiah 60:1-22; Isaiah 61:1-11; Isaiah 62:1-12; Isaiah 65:1-25.) Scripture restricts the language of marriage-love to the Bride, the Church as a whole. Individuals, in relation to Christ, ought not to adopt it, as Rome does as to her nuns. Individually, believers are guests; collectively, they constitute the Bride. The harlot divides her affections among many; the Bride gives hers exclusively to Christ.