-A ROYAL
WEDDING ~

Revelation 19:1-10
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Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him
glory for the marriage
of the Lamb has come,
and His wife has made
herself ready.
--Revelation 19:7 --

Royal weddings take extravagance to a level that we "commoners" seldom see. In 1981, however, many of us got a peek at one when the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana was broadcast worldwide.

Another royal wedding is in the planning stages, and it will be more elaborte than any other. But in this wedding, the most important person will be the groom, Christ Himself; and we, the church, will be His bride. John's revelation says that the bride will make herself ready (19:7) and that our wedding gown will be our righteous acts (v.8).

Though earthly marriages last only a lifetime, every bride works hard to make her wedding perfect. How much more, as the bride of Christ, should we be preparing ourselves for a marriage that will last for eternity!

The church, the bride of Christ, will be
Arrayed in linen, clean and bright,
Through righteous acts that we have done--
Much to our Groom's delight.
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Good deeds don't make a Christian,
but a Christian does good deeds.

ODB/JAL