7  Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

This verse tells us the marriage of the Lamb has come about. The bride of Christ is now a wife and she is ready to go with Jesus to earth. The wife is ready because she was adorned with gifts at the judgment of rewards that took place in heaven just prior to this time. It was a time when rewards were given to believers for how they allowed the Holy Spirit to work in their physical bodies after they were born from above.

The gifts are leadership positions in the millennial reign - most likely they will also be leadership positions for all eternity  -  they are spoken of in Luke.  This passage in Luke also talks about Jesus’ rejection, His second coming, His judgment of rewards or taking away of rewards and His judgment on his enemies.

Luke 19:3  And he called  his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,  Occupy till I come.

14  But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying,  We will not have this man to reign over us.

15  And it came to pass, that when he was returned,  having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants  to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money,  that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16  Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

17  And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

18  And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

19  And he said likewise to him,  Be thou also over five cities.

20  And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

21  For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

22  And he saith unto him,  Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant.  Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

23  Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that  at my coming  I might have required mine own with usury?

24  And he said unto them that stood by,  Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

25  (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

26  For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and  from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

27   But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

All were told to occupy until He comes. Notice the wicked servant lost his reward to a faithful servant but those slain were not  His  wicked servants.  Those slain were His enemies who would not have Him rule over them. These are the sons of Satan.

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