![]() Jesus’ prayer in John 17 is finally answered.Īnd now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.Īnd the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. Humanity, who fell short of the glory of God in Eden, has been redeemed and restored to their eternal calling. It was not just the angel in Revelation 19:10 that compelled John to worship-I personally believe the glory of the Bride elicited John’s worship! She is now like the image of the Son of God, who is the fullness of God. ![]() I believe that when John saw the Bride of Christ prepared in the perfection of her beauty and glory just as her Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, John felt compelled to worship. It was this glory like a jasper stone that caused the seraphim and the four living creatures to extol Him as “Holy! Holy! Holy!” in a perpetual symphony of worship. The glory like a jasper stone was first seen by John when he saw the Ancient of Days sitting on His throne in Revelation 4:2–3. The New Jerusalem, the Lamb’s wife, has glory like a jasper stone that is as clear as crystal. What then caused him to fall down in worship? Revelation 21:9–18 gives us some insight into this puzzling question. I personally believe John, the seasoned apostle of love, would not commit such a fundamental theological error after consistently defending and expounding upon the divinity of Christ and the monotheistic nature of God for most of his life. John received another similar rebuke from the angel who was with him. What did John see that compelled him to worship and caused the angel to issue such a rebuke? The Scripture does not give us a definitive explanation in Revelation 19, but in Revelation 21–22, this incident occurred again, almost as a replay. The angel rebuked John for doing so as he was merely a created being who was serving God, just as John, and only God deserves our worship. When John saw the Bride of Christ had made herself ready, he was compelled to respond by falling down in worship of the angel who had shown him this. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” ( Revelation 19:7–10 emphasis added) But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” And I fell at his feet to worship him. “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. In Revelation 19 the apostle John was shown in a vision that the Bride of Christ had made herself ready.
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