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• Marriage Supper of the Lamb

  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.

• Bride of the Lamb

  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.

• Lamb of God

  The Lamb of God is the title John the Baptist applied to Jesus, recorded in John 1. Conveying the idea of a sacrifice offered for sin, it became one of the principal expressions for the death and atoning work of Jesus.

• Book of Life

  The Book of Life is the heavenly register in which, according to Scripture, God records the names of those who will be saved. The concept begins with "thy book" in the Old Testament and culminates in "the Lamb's book of life" in Revelation.

• Bride of Christ

  The Bride of Christ is a biblical expression that likens the church to a bride joined to Jesus Christ in a marriage covenant. It expresses at once the love between Christ and the church, the church's purity, and the eschatological consummation of their relationship.

• Revelation 14:1-5

  A vision of the 144,000 standing with the Lamb on Mount Zion and singing a new song. Interpreters disagree about the identity of the 144,000, and the passage is frequently discussed because some groups cite it in support of their doctrines.

• Nathan's Parable

  Nathan's parable is the story of a poor man's ewe lamb, told by the prophet Nathan to convict David of his sin after David lay with Bathsheba and caused the death of her husband Uriah (2 Samuel 12:1-4).

• River of the Water of Life

  The river of the water of life is the clear river in Revelation 22 that flows from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the New Jerusalem. Drawing on the rivers of Eden and of Ezekiel's temple vision, it serves as an image of the life that God gives.

• River of the Water of Life

  The river of the water of life is the river described in Revelation 22 as flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb and watering the New Jerusalem. Together with Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 47 of a river flowing from the temple, it is read as a symbol of the life that God gives.

• Revelation 21:23–24

  A vision in the Book of Revelation in which the New Jerusalem has no need of the sun or moon, because the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is its lamp. The passage is often cited as a depiction of the consummation of God's presence, and interpreters differ over the identity of the "nations" and the "kings of the earth" who enter by its light.

• Four Horsemen

  The Four Horsemen are four figures riding horses of different colors who appear in turn in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals. They are commonly called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

• Water of Life

  The water of life is a biblical expression that likens the life God gives to water. In the book of Revelation it is depicted as a river flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem.

• Four Horsemen

  The Four Horsemen are the four figures, riding a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse, who appear in succession in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals.

• Twenty-Four Elders

  The twenty-four elders are heavenly elders in the Book of Revelation who sit on twenty-four thrones surrounding the throne of God and, together with the four living creatures, worship God and the Lamb.

• The Burnt Offering on Mount Moriah

  The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.

• Revelation 21:12–14

  A vision in which the names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written on the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem and the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb on its twelve foundations. The passage is frequently discussed for what it reveals about the relationship between the Old Testament people of God and the New Testament church.

• Revelation 7:9-17

  Revelation 7:9-17 is a vision of a countless multitude from every nation, clothed in white robes, praising God for salvation before his throne. Interpreters differ over the multitude's relationship to the 144,000 and over the meaning of "great tribulation." The passage is frequently read as a word of comfort at funeral services.

• Revelation 6

  Revelation 6 depicts the Lamb opening the first through the sixth of the seven seals. In succession appear the four horses and their riders, the cry of the martyrs beneath the altar, cosmic upheaval, and "the great day of his wrath."

• Revelation 8

  Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound in turn, bringing plagues upon a third of the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavens.

• Revelation 14:9–11

  The third angel's warning that whoever worships the beast and its image and receives its mark will drink of the wine of the wrath of God. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "mark of the beast" and the nature of punishment in hell.