The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb After Three Come Up Hithers

 

After The Bride Church Is Raptured 

1) The Bema Judgment Seat Will Happen

2) The Bride Church Will Be Married To Jesus

3) The Marriage Supper Will Happen During The Millennium

4) The Great White Throne Judgment Will Occur

     Let's learn what happens after the bride church is raptured (caught up) to be with Jesus in the clouds. Right now get saved into the bride church: Repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again. Before the appearance of the beast antichrist and the seven year tribulation, the bride church will be raptured out of this wicked world. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 says For the mystery of iniquity (the antichrist) doth already work; only he who now letteth will let (Holy Ghost in saved saints holding back the appearance of the antichrist to start the tribulation), until he be taken out of the way (bride church raptured out of the wicked world). And then shall that Wicked (Antichrist) be revealed. The Antichrist can not appear until the bride church leaves this earth. 

While the 7 year tribulation occurs on the earth 

The bride church will be in heaven 

Getting their wrinkles ironed out of their wedding garments 

By fire at the Bema Judgment Seat before Heaven's 

 Blessed marriage ceremony to the bridegroom (our Lord Jesus). 

     The first event after the rapture will be all the saved saints appearing before the Bema Judgment Seat of Christ to either receive or lose rewards for their service for the Lord Jesus on the earth. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says For we must all appear before the (Bema) judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Timothy 4:1 says I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom (This Bema Judgment Seat occurs with Jesus' appearance in the clouds during the rapture judging the quick and the dead) (those alive when the rapture occurs and the dead in Christ). Saints will be rewarded for their good deeds and their witnessing on the earth. Saints will suffer loss when they failed to witness Jesus because of selfishness. These saints will not lose their salvation but fire will determine if they receive or lose rewards in heaven. 

     1 Corinthians 3:13-15 describes what will happen to saints at the Bema Judgment Seat of Christ: Every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: But he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire. 

     The second event after the rapture will be the marriage between the bride church and the bridegroom Jesus. Jesus uses fire at the Bema Judgment Seat to iron out the spots and wrinkles in the bride church's wedding garment of fine linen. Ephesians 5:25 explains why Jesus has to iron out spots and wrinkles first at the Bema Judgment Seat before the marriage ceremony in heaven: Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it: That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word. That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle (removed by fire at the Bema Judgment Seat), or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

     Revelation 19:7 describes the marriage in heaven between the bride church and the bridegroom Jesus: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him (Jesus), for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife (the bride church) hath made herself ready (had her spots and wrinkles removed by the fire of the Bema Judgment Seat). 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.   

     Note that the Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ is different from the Great White Throne Judgment where the unbelievers in Jesus will be cast into the lake of fire for the second death. The bride saved church will also be at the Great White Throne Judgment judging the unbelievers with Jesus because after the rapture 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says the bride church shall ever be with the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 6:2 says Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

     Note also that rewards will be given to old testament saints, tribulation saints, and millennial saints at the Great White Throne judgment. These saints are separate (friends of the bridegroom Jesus) and not part of the bride church that was rewarded earlier at the Bema judgment seat of Christ before their marriage to the bridegroom Jesus in heaven. Revelation 11:17-18 describes the rewards given at the Great White Throne judgment. Like the bride church, all saints eventually get rewards. 

     Now read what happens after the 7th trumpet at Revelation 11:17-18: (Four and Twenty Elders) Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee great power, and hast reigned (notice that Jesus hast reigned and completed the millennium where next we see the Great White Throne judgment). And the nations were angry, and thy wrath (at Armaggedon) is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged (Great White Throne judgment where the unbelievers are cast into the lake of fire), and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets (old testament saints), and to the saints (tribulation saints), and them that fear thy name, small and great (millennial saints), and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 

    

     Take time to read a blessed commentary from Peter Ruckman about Revelation 11:17-18. The reign of Jesus is spoken of in past tense at Revelation 11:17, which means that the 24 elders are speaking at the end of the millennium. The nations were angry is a reference to the battle of Armageddon. And the time of the dead that they should be judged is a reference to the Great White Throne judgment where unbelievers are cast into the lake of fire. But, there are also saved people from the old testament, tribulation, and millennium (prophets, saints, and those that fear Jesus' name) at the Great White Throne judgment receiving rewards. 

     The tribulation saints receiving rewards at the Great White Throne judgment who endured to the end to overcome the beast antichrist are described at Daniel 7:21-22: I beheld, and the same horn (beast antichrist) made war with the (tribulation) saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days (Jesus) came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom (with rewards from the Great White Throne judgment). 

Who Will Be At The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb During The Millennium

1) The Bride Church

2) The Bridegroom Jesus

3) Friends Of The Bridegroom-Old Testament, Tribulation, And Millennial Saints

     After the marriage ceremony in heaven between the bride church and the bridegroom Jesus, King Jesus invites the bride church, old testament saints, tribulation saints, and millennial saints to the marriage supper of the Lamb during the millennium. This invitation is described at Revelation 19:9 that says And He (Jesus) saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called (defined as invited) unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And He saith unto me, These things are true sayings of God. Note that the marriage supper of the Lamb will not occur in heaven. The marriage supper will occur after the tribulation during the millennium when Jesus is king of the earth for 1000 years. The marriage supper has to be delayed until the millennium to include the friends of the bridegroom (tribulation saints that endured to the end of the tribulation along with old testament and millennial saints). The tribulation saints, old testament saints, and millennial saints are guests that must be included with the bride church before the marriage supper of the Lamb can occur on earth during the millennium.

     Luke 12:36 gives instructions to the tribulation saints about enduring to be able to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb on earth during the millennium: And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord (Jesus) when He will return from the wedding (note that the wedding has already occurred in heaven between the bride church and Jesus) (Jesus is returning from the wedding in heaven to the earth; not coming to the earth for a wedding) that when He cometh and knocketh, they may open unto Him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching: Verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. Luke 12:40 goes on to say Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

     John the Baptist who was considered an old testament saint before the bride church described the friends of the bridegroom invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb proclaiming that he is a friend of the bridegroom: John 3:29 says He that hath the bride (church) is the bridegroom (Jesus): but the friend of the bridegroom (John the Baptist, old testament saints, tribulation saints, and millennial saints), which standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. Therefore bridegroom Jesus sends out the invitations for the marriage supper of the Lamb from heaven and celebrates the marriage supper of the Lamb on earth during the millennium with the bride church and the friends of the bridegroom who are the old testament saints, tribulation saints, and millennial saints. 

The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb Occurs After Three Come Up Hithers

Come Up Hither Occurs Three Times In The Bible 

1) Firstfruits-Resurrection of 144000 Old Testament Jewish Saints

2) Harvest-Resurrection Of The Bride Church

3) Gleanings-Resurrection Of Old Testament And Tribulation Saints

4) Millennial Saints Receive Their Glorified Bodies At The Millennium's End

The Above Four Resurrections Are Called The First Resurrection

     Four resurrections are noted in the Word of God. 1 Corinthians 15:22-24 describes these four resurrections: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ (Jesus is the first to be resurrected), the firstfruits (144000 resurrected Jewish saints who return to earth from heaven during the tribulation) Revelation 14:4 says These 144000 were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. After Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, Matthew 27:52 says And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints (only the firstfruits who are the144000 Jewish saints and not all the old testament saints) which slept arose. And (the 144000 old testament Jewish saints) came out of the graves after His (Jesus') resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 1 Corinthians 15:23 continues to say afterward they that are Christ's at His coming (the resurrected harvest or bride church at the rapture). Then cometh the end (the resurrection of old testament and tribulation saints called the gleanings), when He (Jesus) shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 

     The phrase "Come up hither" appears three times in the bible describing the above noted three resurrections. God's Word tells us about three "Come up hithers" that describe the resurrections of the 144000 Jewish old testament saints, the bride church, the old testament saints, and the tribulation saints. The first "Come up hither" describing the 144000 Jewish old testament saints resurrecting first is at Proverbs 25:7: For better it is that it be said unto thee Come up hither, than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

     The second "Come up hither" describing the rapture of the bride church occurs at Revelation 4:1 that says After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. Friends the saints are not going through the tribulation. The first three chapters of the book of Revelation mention the church many times. But after Revelation 4:1 (written to John called beloved who represents the church) the church is not mentioned again during the tribulation until the church returns with Jesus to end the tribulation at Revelation 19:11. Also two doors are opened in the book of Revelation. First at Revelation 4:1 noted above where the church gets raptured out of this world through an open door. Then the church returns from heaven's door at Revelation 19:11 on white horses with Jesus to defeat the beast and false prophet.

     The third "Come up hither" describing the rapture of the old testament and tribulation saints represented by the two witnesses (Moses and Elijah) occurs at Revelation 11:12: And they (Moses and Elijah) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. The rapture of the old testament and tribulation saints by the reaper angels like wheat gathered into a barn separated from the tares is described at the following two scriptures: Matthew 24:31 says And He (Jesus) shall send His angels (the reapers) with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect (old testament and tribulation saints) from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 13:30 says Let both grow together (wheat and tares) until the harvest (rapture of the old testament and tribulation saints): and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers (angels), Gather ye together first the tares (people that rejected Jesus), and bind them in bundles to burn them (in the lake of fire): but gather the wheat (old testament and tribulation saints) into my barn (storehouse in heaven).

     Revelation 14:14-16 also describes the rapture of the old testament and tribulation saints that is different from the earlier rapture of the bride church. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man (Jesus), having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud. Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And He that sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. When Jesus thrusts in His sickle the reaper angels will gather the old testament and tribulation saints up to heaven to join the bride church army of God.

     Revelation 14:17-20 says And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven; he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

     To summarize Revelation 14:14-20, after the first rapture of the bride church that gets caught up to the clouds to meet Jesus, before Jesus touches the Mount of Olives on this earth, Jesus will again appear upon a cloud with a golden crown using a sharp sickle for a second rapture by angels who gather the old testament and tribulation saints to join the bride church army in heaven. Next two other angels will reap the tares (bind all those that rejected Jesus into bundles and use fire to burn them in the lake of fire). At the battle of Armegeddon Jesus will return to earth after touching the Mount of Olives with his army (the bride church, old testament saints, and the tribulation saints) to cast the beast antichrist and the false prophet into the lake of fire alive. Jesus will return as the Lion of the tribe of Judah to rule and reign with a rod of iron on this earth for 1000 years, trampling those that rejected Jesus like a winepress where the blood will be unto the horse bridles for 200 miles that is 1600 furlongs.

     Daniel 12:1-2 describes the resurrection of the old testament saints (separate and after the bride church's earlier resurrection at the rapture) that occurs with the tribulation saints' resurrection at the end of the tribulation: And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time (the great 7 year tribulation): and at that time thy people (old testament and tribulation saints) shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

     The resurrection of the millennial saints at the end of the millennium is described at Revelation 20:4-5 that says And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years (resurrected tribulation saints). But the rest of the dead (millennial saints) lived not again until the thousand years were finished (resurrection of the millennial saints at the end of the millennium). This is the first resurrection (old testament, church, tribulation, and millennial saints).  

     Revelation 20:6 goes on to say Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. Hallelujah, saved saints in the church are kings and priests with Jesus that will rule and reign with Jesus over cities during the millennium and forever in the kingdom of God. Revelation 1:6 tells us that Jesus has made christians in the church kings and priests unto God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.  

A Story About A Man Who Thought He Could Take His Money In The Attic

With Him To Heaven

     A man once said that I'm going to put all my money in the attic so that when I die or if I live to see the rapture, I'm going to get the money on the way up. After this man died, his family went up to the attic to see if the man took his money with him to heaven. After the family found the man's money in his safe, the family said How sad, He went the other way. He should have put his money in the basement. 

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes all over this earth with great peace, strength, and joy. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt.N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.