A BRIDAL PORTRAIT (12 OF 15)

A BRIDAL PORTRAIT (12 of 15)
A BRIDAL PORTRAIT
LARRY WYNN
REVELATION 19: 1-10
AUGUST 12, 2001 A.M.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. A WEDDING IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

1. A CHRISTIAN WEDDING IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION.

2. IT IS ALSO A TIME OF COMMITMENT.

3. EVERY BRIDE SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN PLANNING HER WEDDING.

B. REVELATION TALKS, NOT ONLY ABOUT A WEDDING, BUT
A WONDERFUL RECEPTION.

1. IT IS CALLED THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.

2. IT IS THE TIME WHEN THE BELIEVER AND CHRIST
WILL CELEBRATE THEIR ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP.

C. YOU FIND THIS BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT IN REVELATION
19.

1. CHAPTER 19: 1-10 IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE
GREAT TRIBULATION AND THE GREAT MILLENNIUM.

2. JUDGMENT IS ABOUT TO TURN TO CELEBRATION.

D. ONE OF THE CENTRAL POINTS OF THE WEDDING ARE THE
WEDDING PICTURES.

1. REVELATION 19 GIVES US SEVERAL WONDERFUL
PICTURES.

2. THEY REMIND US OF SOME IMPORTANT TRUTHS.

E. THE FIRST THING WE SEE IS:

II. THE MAJESTY OF THE LORD. VS. 1-6.

A. THERE IS A REMINDER OF REDEMPTION. VS. 1.

1. THE WORD ALLELUIA IS USED.

2. THE FIRST TIME THIS WORD IS USED IS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE ARK OF THE
COVENANT IN DAVID'S DAY.

-DAVID FORMED A CHOIR FROM THE TRIBE OF LEVI
TO MINISTER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ARK OF THE LORD.

-THEY WERE TO SING HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF
ISRAEL.

3. THE WORD ONLY OCCURS 4 TIMES IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT.

4. IT LITERALLY MEANS: PRAISE THE LORD.

5. WE ARE REMINDED OF OUR REASON FOR BEING IN
HEAVEN.

6. WE ARE THERE BECAUSE GOD HAS PROVIDED OUR
REDEMPTION.

B. WE ARE REMINDED OF THE RETRIBUTION OF THE LORD.
VS. 2-3.

1. THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON HAS TAKEN PLACE.

2. SHE IS DESTROYED FOREVER.

C. WE ARE REMINDED OF THE ROYALTY OF GOD. VS. 4-6.

1. "AMEN" IS USED.

2. AMEN ...

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