8.16-Our marriage as children of God is not to our culture or world but to Jesus Christ, the lamb of God.

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Revelation 19.

19 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; ² because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants ^[a]on her.” ³ And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises up forever and ever.” ⁴ And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” ⁵ And a voice came from the throne, saying,
“Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.” ⁶ Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,
“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His ^[b]bride has made herself ready.” ⁸ It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the ^[c]saints.
⁹ Then he *said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.” ¹⁰ Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he *said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Coming of Christ

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. ¹² His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. ¹³ He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ¹⁵ From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will ^[d]rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the ^[e]wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
¹⁷ Then I saw ^[f]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ^[g]commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”
¹⁹ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.

Doom of the Beast and False Prophet

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs ^[h]in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with ^[i]brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Psalm 74.

74 O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your ^[b]pasture?
² Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
^3 [c]Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own ^[d]standards for signs.
⁵ It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^[e]axe in a ^[f]forest of trees.
⁶ And now ^[g]all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^[h]hammers.
⁷ They have ^[i]burned Your sanctuary ^[j]to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They said in their heart, “Let us ^[k]completely ^[l]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
⁹ We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
¹⁰ How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
¹¹ Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

¹² Yet God is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.
^13 [m]You divided the sea by Your strength;
^[n]You broke the heads of the sea monsters ^[o]in the waters.
^14 [p]You crushed the heads of ^[q]Leviathan;
^[r]You gave him as food for the ^[s]creatures of the wilderness.
^15 [t]You broke open springs and torrents;
^[u]You dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶ Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^[v]You have prepared the ^[w]light and the sun.
^17 [x]You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
^[y]You have ^[z]made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, ^[aa]O Lord, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name.
¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
²⁰ Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
²¹ Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

²² Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember ^[ab]how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.
²³ Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.