Sound Biblical Prophecy (Part Three)

In Revelation 21:9, the “Bride, the Wife of the Lamb” symbolizes all believers (Old and New Testament), and the “Lamb” refers to Jesus (see John 1:29). In Revelation 21:2 and 21:9–10, the angel tells John he will show him the bride, the Lamb's wife, and then shows him the holy city, the New Jerusalem, descending from heaven. The city symbolizes the people inside it. The bride and the New Jerusalem are inseparable because the people and their eternal dwelling place form a single, unified reality in God’s presence. You cannot separate God’s people from where God lives with them. The glory of the New Jerusalem is “God Himself will be with them and be their God” (Revelation 21:3). For the believer, the best is yet to come!

~Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Th.D., Bible Expositor & Teacher