Jesus Christ traveled from His Father's house in heaven, to His perspective brides's home on earth (Jn 1:1,14, Mat 1:18-25, Lk 1:31-33). Here He paid the determined price, His own shed blood, for His bride (Act 20:28, Eph 1:13-14). The marriage contract, covenant, was established with a cup of wine, shared by Jesus with His disciples, on the night before He died (1Cor 11:23-26, Mat 26:27-29). From that point on the church, the bride of Christ, was exclusively set aside for Jesus (1Cor 6:19-20). Jesus and the church were now considered husband and wife (Jer 3:14, Rom 7:4).

Jesus left His bride's home on earth (Mk 16:19, Lk 24:50-51, Act 1:9-12), traveled to His Father's house in heaven, to arrange living accommodations for His bride, and to allow her sufficient time to make herself ready before His return. While at His father's house, preparing for His bride, Jesus's father delivers to Him a kingdom.

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man (Jesus) coming with the clouds of heaven, and He (Jesus) came to the Ancient of Days (God the Father), and they brought Him (Jesus) near before Him (God the Father)." (Dan 7:13)

"And there was given Him (Jesus) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed." (Dan 7:14)

It is at this point we arrive at Revelation chapter 19 verse 7. The bride and groom's separation period has come to an end. The bridegroom, Jesus Christ, has already given the warning shout of His return (1Thes 4:16).

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come" (Rev 19:7)

The bride upon hearing the shout, dresses herself "in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints" (Rev 19:8). The bride, the church, leaves her home on earth ascending into the air to meet her husband, Jesus, at His coming (1Cor 15:51-52, 1Thes 4:15-17).

"Now to Him (God or Jesus) who is able to keep you form stumbling, and to present you (the bride of Christ, the church) faultless before the presence of His (God's) glory with exceedingly joy" (Jude 24).

"And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb" (Rev 15:2-3)

Those standing on the sea of glass are the saints, the wife of Christ, standing before the throne of God (Rev 4:1-11, Ezek 1:1-28) singing to God the Father and to the Lamb.

Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a king (God the Father) who arranges a marriage for His son (Jesus), and sent His servants to call those who were invited to the wedding" (Mat 22:2-3)

It is important to note, the servants were sent by the king to invite the guests to the kings house not to the home of the bride.

While or just after the saints finish singing the temple (inner shrine, holy of Holies) of the tabernacle opens in heaven, and out come seven angels carrying the seven plagues of God the Father (Rev 15:1,5-7). Immediately "The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed" (Rev 15:8).

Revelation chapter 15 verse 8 does not say the closing of the temple, and the smoke were due to the wrath of God. Only that the smoke is a symbol, representation, a show of God's power and glory. "and he said to me, 'Write, Blessed are those who are called (invited) to the marriage supper (feast) of the Lamb!'" (Rev 19:9).

While the temple is closed by God the Father, the bride of Christ, the church, is hidden from view, and the marriage continues in secret until the work (Rev 16:1-21) of the seven angels is completed.

The marriage and wedding supper of the Lamb have now ended. The seven angels have completed their task of pouring out the seven last plagues, of the wrath of God, upon the earth.

The temple opens, "and behold a white horse, and He (Jesus) who sat on him was called Faithful and True and in righteousness He judges and makes war... His wife has made herself ready, and it was given unto her that she should be arranged in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints" Rev 19:11,7-8

Jesus is seen ridding out of God's temple on a white horse with His wife at His side.

"His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns"... and I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him (Jesus) who sat on the horse and against His army"... Rev 19:12,19

Jesus is no longer pictured as a lamb or a bridegroom, but as a returning king with blood stained clothing waging war against a rebellious people.

"He (Jesus) was clothed with a rob dipped in blood, and His name is called the Word of God. And the armies (angels (Matt 16:26, 25:31) and Christ's wife (Rev 19:7-11)) in heaven, followed Him on white horses. Now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron ..." Rev 19:13-15.

The wrath of God and that of Jesus will be great during the Day of the Lord, resulting in the dead and dying everywhere. God the Father calls for a supper, a funeral supper, during this day of the Lord, and invites all the scavengers of the earth to attend His supper.

"Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "come and gather together for the supper of the great God (God the Father), that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great..." Rev 19:17-18

The supper continues until the armies of the beast and the kings of the earth are destroyed, and all the scavengers have filled themselves with flesh at the chief meal, God the Father's main meal of the day.

"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone, and the rest (of the armies) were killed with the sword which preceded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh." Rev 19:20-21

Jesus is not returning in wrath to the earth, to enjoy a wedding supper, but to wage war against a rebelling world (Rev 13:4,6,15-17, Lk 19:12,15,27). Thousands upon thousands of dead and dying animals will litter the landscape (Zech 14:1-3,12-13, Rev 19:18,20-21). The supper of verse 17 is a feast, a main meal, arranged by God the Father for the enjoyment of all meat eating animals and scavengers (eagles being one type of meat eater that fly in circles over its prey).

"For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together." (Mat 24:28)

Jesus said, you do not mix a wedding with a funeral. "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast (mourn)" (Mat 9:15, Mk 2:19-20, Lk 5:34-35). Revelation chapter 19 verses 7-9 pictures Christ as a bridegroom, with his bride, at the joyous marriage supper in heaven (Rev 19:9). Revelation chapter 19 verses 11-21 picture Jesus not as a happy bridegroom, but as a wrathful conquering king waging war on earth.

"Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations, and He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." (Rev 19:15)

Since Jesus said one does not mix a wedding with a funeral, and since God said he takes no joy in the death of a sinner (Ezek 18:32), Revelation chapter 19 verse 17 cannot be talking about a wedding supper. Instead verse 17 is talking about a main meal provided by God for all the meat eating animals and scavengers on the earth.

The marriage contract began on earth at the bride's father's home, that of Satan the devil (Mat 4:8-9). The bridegroom (Jesus Christ) returns to his father's house to prepare a place for his bride, and receive a kingdom from his father. The bridegroom after preparing a place for his bride, returns to his brides home (earth) with a shout, that he is on the way. The bridegroom (Jesus Christ) finds his wife (the church) dressed in fine linen, and that she has come out to meet Him. The groom with his bride returns to the groom's father's house to complete the marriage ceremony, and enjoy the wedding feast. The groom's father (God the Father) closes the ceremony to all but the wedding party. The Father knowing of the rebellion against his son Jesus, as the future earthly king, sends seven angels with seven plagues to punish the evil doers. After the wedding feast ends, the husband (Jesus Christ), now no longer a bridegroom, returns as king to take possession of the kingdom given to him by his Father, only to find the kingdom in rebellion against His (Jesus's) rule. The king (Jesus Christ) is wrathful and fights against those rebelling, leaving multiple thousands dead or dying. The king's father (God the Father) also is wrathful and calls upon the birds of the air, and meat eaters to come to the supper He (God the Father) has prepared, and to feast on the carcasses.

"And in that day His (Jesus's) feet will stand upon the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split from east to west, making a very great valley...And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day shall there be one Lord, and His name one." (Zech 14:4,9)

"...the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; and the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it." (Amo 9:13)

"They shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine from them; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them." (Amo 9:14)

"...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more...(Isa 2:4)...But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it." (Mic 4:4)

"And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." (Mic 4:2)

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