The Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:9)
Preached on Sunday, 6th September, 2009 (first sermon to congregation) Last Thursday we attended a wedding as guests. We arrived at it as invited guests and we left it as guests – our attendance did not change our status. We were there as observers; we were not the persons getting married. Obviously the wedding was a happy occasion for all concerned, including the married couple. Their day changed them for the rest of their lives – it was a new beginning. Attending that wedding led me to think of another wedding we will attend, a wedding that will mark a new beginning, not of a period made up of a few years in this world, but a period that will include the endless number of eras in the eternity ahead. Biblical background The Bible has many references to wedding feasts. The first wedding was performed by God himself in the Garden of Eden when he brought Adam and Eve together. We are familiar with the wonderful romantic story of the search for a bride for Isaac by Abraham’s servant. In a...