I attended a family friend’s wedding several years ago that had numerous festivities over several days. In fact, there were specific types of clothing we (my parents, siblings and spouses) were to wear, depending on the day’s event. It was a memorable experience!
What’s the best banquet,
wedding or celebration you have ever attended?
The best wedding celebration
still awaits us – the wedding feast of the Lamb!
Revelation 19:6-10 6 Then I heard
what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing
waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah!
For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7 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.
8 Fine linen, bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy
people.)
9 Then
the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited
to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true
words of God.”
10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said
to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers
and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the
Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”
As a bride prepares herself
for her wedding day, we are called to prepare for Jesus’s return and His
wedding feast. This preparation isn’t about “doing good and trying harder,” but
by receiving the clean clothes (verse 8) Jesus offers us (Revelation 7:14). Our
“righteous acts” start with faith in Jesus and what He’s done to save us. We
can’t do anything pleasing to God without being first covered in Jesus’s robes
of righteousness. His blood covers our sin, and His Holy Spirit enables us to
serve Him. It’s His work in and through us.
You’ve received an invitation
to the wedding supper of the Lamb. What an undeserved blessing! How have you
responded to this invitation? Jesus is worthy of this eternal celebration feast,
and we get to join the endless party!
Alice
