THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB
Rev 19:9 Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God."
Hank Fallek BFN 2021
Will You Be There?
Foremost - Jesus Was A Jew �and observed all the Jewish customs
Luk 2:22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Luk 2:41 Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
What Is The Mystery Spoken of In The New Testament ?
Eph 3:9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
Eph 5:32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Col 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself,
The Church Is The Bride Of Christ
Isa 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Joh 3:29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
The Jewish Marriage Analogy
STEP |
1. Marriage covenant |
2. Bride set apart |
3. Bridal chamber prepared |
4. Betrothal period |
5. Bride retrieved |
6. Bride and groom hidden in Father’s house for seven days |
7. Bride cleansed |
8. Wedding ceremony |
9. Consummation |
10. Marriage feast |
Is This The Rapture ?�Or�One of the Preparation Steps of the Marriage Supper ?
Joh 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
When Was This Spoken ?
Discourse | Olivet | Upper Room |
Scripture | Matt 24─25 | John 13─17 |
Location | Mount of Olives | Upper Room |
Passion Week | Third day | Sixth day |
General focus | Farewell: Israel | Farewell: Church |
Specific focus | Israel’s future | Divine provisions |
Prompting | Temple's destruction | Christ's imminent departure |
Explanations | Written OT | Unwritten NT |
1. Marriage covenant | Groom initiated; Covenant established upon payment for bride; drank same cup | Christ initiated; Christ’s sacrificial death (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 11:25) |
1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
1Co 6:20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1Co 11:25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
2. Bride set apart | Bride set apart exclusively for groom | Church’s positionally sanctified (1 Cor. 1:2; 6:9-11) |
1Co 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
1Co 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
1Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
1Co 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
3. Bridal chamber prepared | Groom separates from bride and returns to his father’s house to prepare bridal chamber | Christ’s 2000 year separation from church; Ascension; return to heaven to prepare dwellings (John 14:3; Acts 1:9-11) |
Joh 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Act 1:9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
Act 1:10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.
Act 1:11 They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."
4. Betrothal period | Loyalty test | Reward determined by orthodoxy and orthopraxy (Jas. 4:4) |
Jas 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5. Bride retrieved | Groom returns at unknown time preceded by a shout with escorts to retrieve bride | Rapture at unknown time (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:16-17) |
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
6. Bride and groom hidden in Father’s house for seven days | Hidden in the Father’s house for seven days: three events transpire | Church hidden from world during Daniel’s 70th Week |
Dan 9:24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
7. Bride cleansed | Bride undergoes ritual cleansing prior to wedding ceremony | Bema Seat Judgment (1 Cor 3:10-15) |
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
1Co 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.
1Co 3:11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
1Co 3:13 each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.
1Co 3:14 If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
Name | Sheep and Goat | Judgment of the Jews | Bema Seat | Great White Throne |
Scripture | Matt 25:31-46 | Ezek 20:33-44 | 1 Cor 3:10-15 | Rev 20:11-15 |
Place | Earth, Jerusalem | Earth, wilderness | Heaven | Earth |
Audience | Gentile Tribulation survivors | Jewish Tribulation survivors | Church Age believers | All unsaved |
When | After Tribulation | After Tribulation | After rapture | After Millennium |
Purpose | Saved Gentiles enter kingdom | Saved Jews enter kingdom | Reward believers | Degree of punishment in hell |
Evaluation | Treatment of Christ’s brethren | Passing under shepherd’s rod | Works taken through fire | Not in the book; judged by books |
Scripture’s Five Crowns �(Rev 4:10: 3:11; 2 John 8) | ||
Scripture | Crown | Purpose |
1 Cor. 9:24-27 | Incorruptible | Gaining mastery over the flesh |
1 Thess. 2:19-20 | Rejoicing | Soul winning |
Jas. 1:12; Rev. 2:10 | Life | Enduring trials |
1 Pet. 5:2-4 | Glory | Shepherding God’s people |
2 Tim. 4:8 | Righteousness | Longing for His appearing |
Rev 4:10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 4:11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."
What Will Your Rewards (Crowns) Be At The BEMA Seat ?
8. Wedding ceremony | Meeting with the Father’s assembled wedding guests; Private wedding ceremony | Meeting with OT saints; Rev 19:7 |
Rev 19:7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.“
Rev 19:8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
The marriage will be an event happening in heaven before the second coming of the Lord
9. Consummation | Bride and groom consummate the marriage | Eph 5:27 |
Eph 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
10. Marriage feast | Public presentation; Bride unveiled; marriage feast | Col 3:3-4; Rev 19:9 |
Col 3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
Rev 19:9 Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God.“
The marriage feast will be at the beginning of the Millennium (Matthew 22) on earth. The most important thing for anyone to consider is whether they will be invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. I hear there are going to be some interesting guests there.
Is This The Rapture ?�Or�The Preparation of the Marriage Supper ?�Or Both ?
Joh 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
(Joh 14:3) "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
John 14:1-4 | 1 Thess 4:13-18 |
trouble (1) | sorrow (13) |
Believe (1) | believe (14) |
God, me (1) | Jesus, God (14) |
told you (2) | say to you (15) |
come again (3) | coming of the Lord (15) |
receive, you (3) | caught up (17) |
to myself (3) | to meet the Lord (17) |
be where I am (3) | ever be with the Lord (17) |
Joh 14:1 "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
Joh 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Joh 14:4 "And you know the way where I am going."
1Th 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1Th 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Bema Seat
Judgement
Marriage of the Believer
Wedding Supper
CREDITS
Scripture: NASB 1995 update
Thomas Ice, The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Arnold Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of the Messiah
Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!
Dr Andy Woods, Revelation Series
Tit 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
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STEP | JEWISH MARRIAGE | CHURCH ANALOGY |
1. Marriage covenant | Groom initiated; Covenant established upon payment for bride; drank same cup | Christ initiated; Christ’s sacrificial death (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 11:25) |
2. Bride set apart | Bride set apart exclusively for groom | Church’s positionally sanctified (1 Cor. 1:2; 6:9-11) |
3. Bridal chamber prepared | Groom separates from bride and returns to his father’s house to prepare bridal chamber | Christ’s 2000 year separation from church; Ascension; return to heaven to prepare dwellings (John 14:2; Acts 1:9-11) |
4. Betrothal period | Loyalty test | Reward determined by orthodoxy and orthopraxy (Jas. 4:4) |
5. Bride retrieved | Groom returns at unknown time preceded by a shout with escorts to retrieve bride | Rapture at unknown time (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:16-17) |
STEP | JEWISH MARRIAGE | CHURCH ANALOGY |
6. Bride and groom hidden in Father’s house for seven days | Hidden in the Father’s house for seven days: three events transpire | Church hidden from world during Daniel’s 70th Week |
7. Bride cleansed | Bride undergoes ritual cleansing prior to wedding ceremony | Bema Seat Judgment (1 Cor 3:10-15; 2 Cor 5:10) |
8. Wedding ceremony | Meeting with the Father’s assembled wedding guests; Private wedding ceremony | Meeting with OT saints; Rev 19:7 |
9. Consummation | Bride and groom consummate the marriage | Eph 5:27 |
10. Marriage feast | Public presentation; Bride unveiled; marriage feast | Col 3:3-4; Rev 19:9 |
Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!, 164-69.