OCT. 2, 2013
Married
To Royalty
Read: Revelation 19:6-9
The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself
ready. —Revelation 19:7
The
book To
Marry an English Lord chronicles
the 19th-century phenomenon of rich American heiresses who sought marriages to
British aristocracy. Although they were already wealthy, they wanted the social
status of royalty. The book begins with Prince Albert, son of Queen Victoria,
going to the United States to pay a social call. A mass of wealthy heiresses
flood into a ball arranged for Prince Albert, each hoping to become his royal
bride.
Believers
in Christ don’t have to just hope—they are assured of a royal marriage in
heaven. John talks about it in the book of Revelation: “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. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints”
(19:7-8). Jesus is the Lamb, who is the Bridegroom talked about in that
scripture, and believers are His bride.
As
the bride of Christ, we are to make ourselves “ready” for that day by striving
to live close to Him now in anticipation of our future with Him in heaven.
There we will “be glad and rejoice and give . . . glory” (v.7) to the King of
kings and Lord of lords!
Jesus, we look forward to that day when we will
be with You! We want to be ready, but we know
we can’t live a life that is pure unless You are
in us and help us. Change us and fill us.
There is no greater privilege than to know the King of kings.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
