The triumphant climax of Revelation is a wedding.

It is plainly stated that what has delayed the fruition of the Bridegmom’s yearnings is the tardiness of the bride to get ready:

The Lord God omnipotent reigneth Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 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. (19:6-8).

The literal rendering is: "We should give glory to Him, because did come the marriage of the Lamb and His wife did make herself ready." The marriage could not have come unless she did make herself ready!

Again, the tie-in with the theme of the Song of Solomon is unmistakable. The "certain one" who at last repents and yields to the love of the Bridegroom in 3:20, 21 must be the same figure in 19:7 who at last makes herself ready for the marriage. The unity of the book cannot be broken. The essential element that must be inserted between failure and success is corporate repentance.

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