The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb: Difference between revisions

{{quote5 |내용= “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the '''Lamb''' has come, and '''his bride has made herself ready'''. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are '''those who are invited''' to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ “ |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+19%3A7-9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 19:7–9]}}

First, it means an '''animal''' that was offered as a [[burnt offering]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+12%3A21+&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 12:21 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref><br>Second, it means God’s people (saints). Jesus likened Himself to a shepherd and His people to lambs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+10%3A16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 10:16 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> Before Jesus ascended to heaven, He said to Peter, “Feed My lambs,” meaning, “Take care of My people.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+21%3A15&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 21:15 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> God referred to His people who are not yet mature spiritually and need care as lambs.<br>Third, it means Christ. The reality of a lamb that was sacrificed in the Old Testament times is Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Corinthians+5%3A7&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Corinthians 5:7 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> When John the Baptist saw Jesus, he said, “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+1%3A29&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 1:29 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> Apostle John wrote that Jesus is the “Lamb, looking as if it had been slain.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+5%3A6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Revelation 5:6 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref><br>Among these three meanings, the Lamb of the heavenly wedding banquet refers to Jesus. Based on the verse that describes God’s people as lambs, one cannot argue that the Lamb of the wedding banquet is a saint. The Lamb, whom Apostle John saw through a revelation, was [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Jesus]], not Jesus who came 2,000 years ago, because the Lamb was with His wife. Through the [[Trinity]], the Lamb, who invites the saints to the heavenly wedding banquet with His bride, is God the Father.

First, it means the church (saints). Apostle Paul likened the relationship between [[Christ]] and the [[church]] to the relationship of husband and wife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Ephesians+5%3A22-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Ephesians 5:22–23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=2+Corinthians+11%3A2+&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=2 Corinthians 11:2 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God made Eve from the ribs of Adam, making the couple one body, in order to show His will concerning the love between Christ and the saints.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Corinthians+6%3A16-17&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=1 Corinthians 6:16–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><br>However, the bride, who appears in the heavenly wedding banquet in Revelation 19, cannot be the church or the saints. The bride invites the guests, and the guests receive the invitation. The bride and the guests must be different. It is clear that the guests, who are invited to the heavenly wedding banquet, are the saints. In the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus described the saints as guests, not as the bride.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+22%3A1-14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 22:1–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Also, He called His disciples the guests of the bridegroom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+2%3A19-20&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 2:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> If the bride refers to the saints, there is no way to explain who the guests, who are invited, refer to. Therefore, the guests are the saints who will be blessed by participating in the heavenly wedding banquet, and the wife (bride) of the Lamb is the Savior who invites the saints to give them blessings. When John saw the Lamb’s wife, he wrote:

{{quote5 |내용=One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+21%3A9-10&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 21:9–10]}}

{{quote5 |내용= But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Galatians+4%3A26&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Galatians 4:26]}}

We can understand this meaning through [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] in the Garden of Eden. Since it is written Adam represents the One to come,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Romans+5%3A14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Romans 5:14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Adam and Eve represent [[God the Father and God the Mother]]. The name ''Eve'' means ''life'' and she is called the “Mother of all the living.” It is because eternal life is given by God the Mother, who is represented as Eve.

{{quote5 |내용= Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become '''the mother of all the living'''. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Genesis+3%3A20&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Genesis 3:20]}}

{{quote5 |내용= '''The Spirit and the bride''' say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of '''the water of life'''. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+22%3A17&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 22:17]}}

Only God, the Savior, has the authority to give the [[The Water of Life|water of life]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Jeremiah+2%3A13&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Jeremiah 2:13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+4%3A13-14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 4:13–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> [[The Holy Spirit]] is God the Father, who is the same as [[God the Son (Jesus)|God the Son]]. Likewise, the Bride who gives the water of life is God the Savior. This is why the Bride, who gives the water of life, cannot be a saint. In due time, God the Father, who is the Holy Spirit, and God the Mother, who is the Bride, are to appear, and They save those who are dying from spiritual thirst with the water of life.

Every prophecy is fulfilled in its due time. God the Mother, too, who has been working with God the Father from the beginning, is to appear in due time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+19%3A7&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Revelation 19:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Prophetically, the wife of the Lamb is to appear in the last age of the work of redemption, [[Timing of Jesus’ Second Coming|which is the time when Christ comes a second time]].<br>In the history of the Creation, too, we can find a prophecy about when the Lamb’s wife will appear. On the sixth day, God created the livestock and all the animals, and finally made Adam and Eve.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Genesis+1%3A24-31&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Genesis 1:24–31 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> According to the [[Sabbath|Sabbath day]] of the seven-day system or the Sabbath year of the seven-year system, the seventh-day Sabbath after [[Six-Day Creation|the six-day Creation]] represents the eternal rest following the completion of God’s work of redemption.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+4%3A4-6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Hebrews 4:4–6 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=2+Peter+3%3A8&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=2 Peter 3:8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>Chapter 24 The Complete and the Incomplete, ''THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE'', Ahnsahnghong, pg. 149, Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd</ref> The fact that Eve was created just before the Sabbath means that Heavenly Mother, who is represented as Eve, appears in the last days just before the eternal rest of heaven.

God the Father comes to the earth a second time according to the prophecies of the Bible, just as He did 2,000 years ago. Afterward, God the Mother is testified by God the Father. Second Coming Christ is referred to as [[Elijah]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Malachi+4%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Malachi 4:5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> in the last days because God the Father comes with the mission to testify about God the Mother.   

{{quote5 |내용= I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till '''he establishes Jerusalem''' and makes her the praise of the earth. |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Isaiah+62%3A6-7&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Isaiah 62:6–7]}}

{{quote5 |내용= Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. '''The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh'''.” |출처= [https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Genesis+2%3A22-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Genesis 2:22–23]}}

Adam named his wife Eve, meaning life, and said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Genesis+3%3A20&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Genesis 3:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Adam named his wife ''life'' as a shadow for how Second Coming Christ will proclaim God the Mother, the reality of life. As prophesied in the Bible, Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong testified about Heavenly Mother, the Wife (Bride) of the Lamb, at the appointed time. Those who believe in Heavenly Father and [[Heavenly Mother]], who appear in the last days, are the blessed who will be invited to the wedding banquet of the Lamb and enter the eternal kingdom of heaven.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+19%3A9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Revelation 19:9 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref>