My
Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 19:8
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
The
Marriage of the Lamb
(Parenthetical,
Rev. 19:1-10)
The
Marriage Supper of the Lamb
And to her was granted
that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Rev. 19:8
for
the fine...
This explains that His wife is made up of the saints of all ages from
Abel to the last one in the first resurrection—those who will go to
live in the New Jerusalem (Heb. 11:10-16; 12:22-23; 13:14; Rev. 21:2,
21:9-10).
righteousness
of saints... Not Christ’s imputed righteousness granted to
believers at salvation, but the practical results of that
righteousness in believer’s lives, i.e., the outward manifestation
of inward virtue.
The
fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of
the saints.
Just as I said, these robes have been made white by the blood of the Lamb. This "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and took on His righteousness. Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but Jesus replaced the filth with His righteousness. Just like, as many other places in the Bible, "her" does not mean just women, it is the bride. All believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are the bride of Christ, whether they are male or female.
I would like to say a few words about this "fine linen". In the tabernacle in the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went into the Holy of Holies, he wore pure white linen. You see, all of the fineries of the world mean nothing to God. This tells us something about our approach to God. Salvation is simple. It is not complicated, just bare all to God. He knows all there is about us already. We do not have to pretend to be something we are not. He accepts us plain and simple.
The
fine linen with which the bride will be adorned is explained as
representing the righteous acts of the saints (Rev. 19:8). (In the OT
the high priest’s clothing included linen: Exo. 28:42; Lev. 6:10;
16:4, 16:23, 16:32.) While some think this refers to the fact that
the saints are justified by faith, the plural expression “the
righteous acts” seems to refer to the righteous deeds wrought by
the saints through the grace of God. Though all this has been made
possible by the grace of God, the emphasis here seems to be on the
works of the bride rather than on her standing as one who has been
justified by faith.
This is the last of 14 outbursts of praise to God in the Book of Revelation by saints, angels, the 24 elders, and/or the 4 living creatures. The hymns or shouts of praise are in Rev. 4:8, 4:11; 5:9-10, 5:12-13; 7:10, 7:12; 11:16-18; 15:3-4; 16:5-7; 19:1-4, 19:6-8.
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