The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
We have been taught that the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will be in heaven, but is this true? Maybe not, maybe it will be here on earth. Let’s take a closer look.
Revelation 19:6-9 says, “Let’s rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself. 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. Then he said to me, ‘Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.’ And he said to me, ‘These are the true words of God.”’
This is all we know about this great feast because the Scriptures continue on to say this. Revelation 19:11-16, “And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Verses 17-18 continue to say this, “Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in midheaven, ‘Come, assemble for the great feast of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slaves, and small and great.”’ So it goes on to speak of a great feast but this great feast is a reference to a great war with the kings of this world. So what are we to make of all of this? Why does the Scriptures not speak of this great event?
Revelation 3:20 tells us this, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.” The Scriptures once again speak about this event or does it?
When we open the door of our hearts to let Yeshua in, yes, we can come and sit at His table and dine with Him, but this meal is the Word, this meal is His fellowship, this meal is done by feasting on the Bread of Life, even the Tree of Life, and drinking deep from the well of Salvation.
John 6:35 says, “Yeshua said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.”
Proverbs 3:13-18 says this, “Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding. For her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her produce better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and happy are those who hold on to her.”
Isaiah 12:1-3 says, “You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though You were angry with me, Your anger turned away, that You might comfort me. ‘Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.’ With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
Even Isaiah 55:1-3 speaks of this fellowship as eating and drinking. “You there! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live.”
Don’t you find it strange that there is nothing here about the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? Let’s continue to search the Scriptures.
Luke 12: 37 tells us this, “Happy are those slaves whose master finds them alert when he comes. Amen, I tell you, he will prepare himself and have them recline at table, and will come and serve them.”
Is Yeshua really going to serve us, and what will we eat? The Scripture doesn’t give us any information about this great meal, nor does it tell us when it will take place or where it will take place. But reclining at the table makes me think of another time and that was at a meal we call “The Last Supper.” It is interesting what Yeshua says to His disciples. Yeshua say this to His disciples at the Passover Meal which is called the Passover Seder, which is a meal of certain foods which depict the Exodus from Egypt. We will pick it up here at Luke 22:17-18 “And when He had taken the cup (the Cup of Redemption) and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
So we do know that we will be drinking wine or is all of this referring to something else? The Revelation goes on to speak about the New Heaven and New Earth, the New Jerusalem and the River and Tree of Life. Let’s continue to look at all of this to see if there may be a reference to this Great Feast.
Revelation 22:1-2 says this, “And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
Isaiah 2:1-3 says, “And it will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, ‘Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob, so that He may teach us about His ways, and that we may walk in His paths. For the law will go out from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 25:6-9 tells us this, “Now the Lord of armies will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; a banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, and refined, aged wine. And on this mountain He will destroy the covering which is over all peoples, the veil which is stretched over all nations. He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken. And it will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Isaiah 35: 10 says, “A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it.”
Isaiah 51:11 also says, “And the redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with joyful shouting, and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Also Isaiah 61:10-11, “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord my soul will be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a groom puts on a turban, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth produces its sprouts, and as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.”
Isaiah 62:3-5 says, “You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal headband in the hand of your God. It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,” nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”; but you will be called, ‘My delight is in her,’ and your land, ‘Married’; for the Lord delights in you, and to Him your land will be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as the groom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.”
Yes, it seems that the Marriage Supper of the Lamb is going to be in Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:1-7 says, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.’ And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, ‘Write, for these words are faithful and true.’ Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life, without cost. The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.”
Also, is not Jerusalem where Yeshua had His last Passover Meal, and where He said that He would once again drink of the fruit of the vine? And isn’t Yeshua going to sit on the throne of King David for one thousand years in Jerusalem as
Isaiah 9:6-7 tells us? “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”
The highway of the redeemed shall lead to Jerusalem, and there we will come with joyful shouting and rejoicing as we feast at the table of the Lord for all eternity.
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