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Bride of Christ
The Bride of Christ is a biblical image that likens the church to a bride united with Jesus Christ in a marriage covenant. It expresses the love between Christ and the church, the church's purity, and the eschatological consummation of their relationship.
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- Bride of the LambBible
The Bride of the Lamb is an expression in the Book of Revelation for the bride who is married to the Lamb, Jesus Christ. It is commonly read as a symbol of God's redeemed people, that is, the church.
- Marriage Supper of the LambBible
The marriage supper of the Lamb is an expression found in Revelation 19. It refers to the feast celebrating the complete union of Christ, the Lamb, with his bride at the end of the age.
- Christian Wedding ServiceWorship & Rites
A Christian wedding service is a ceremony conducted as an act of worship in which a Christian man and woman make their marriage vows before God and receive a blessing upon their union. It is usually officiated by a pastor and may be held in a church or a wedding hall.
- Song of SongsBible
The Song of Songs is a poetic book of the Old Testament, an eight-chapter poem celebrating the love and longing between a man and a woman. In Judaism and Christianity it has also long been read as a figure of the love between God and his people and between Christ and the Church.
- Revelation 22:20Bible Verses
Revelation 22:20 is the verse in which the church answers Christ's promise, "Surely I come quickly," with the prayer "Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." It is the last prayer in the Bible. Because it carries the same meaning as the early church's Aramaic prayer *Maranatha*, it is deeply cherished in the hope of the Second Coming and in Christian worship traditions.
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