June 7 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Revelation 19:6-16:

⁶And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
⁷Let 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.
⁸And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
⁹And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
¹⁰And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
¹¹And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
¹²His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
¹³And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
¹⁴And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
¹⁵And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
¹⁶And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Devotional

The bridegroom is talking to his bride. Is that really so? What does the prophet Isaiah tell us? "We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." And the psalmist says, "They are all together become filthy (Hebrew: stinking): there is none that doeth good, no, not one." There is no fairness, purity nor holiness in natural man. But God purifies and cleanses us from all sin. He says, "From all your filthiness .... will I cleanse you." For this purpose Christ shed his precious blood on the cross. "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Christ loved his Church, and gave himself for it, "that He might sanctify and cleanse it .... that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish;" "Unblameable and unreprovable in his sight." Joshua, the high priest, was clothed with filthy garments; but the command was given, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And he was clothed with change of raiment. Thus God takes away the gar­ment of our self-righteousness and clothes us with the garment of salvation and covers us with the robe of his righteousness. To the bride of the Lamb was "granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." Thus she is all fair and without spot, a glorious Church.

Prayer

O God, help us to realize how sinful we are and may we sincerely confess our sins before Thee. Wash us, and we shall be whiter than snow. We ask this in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Isa. 64:6; Ps. 14:3; Ezek. 36:25; 1 John 1:7; Eph. 5:27; Col. 1:22; Zech. 3:4; Isa. 61:10. Rev. 19:8; Eph. 5:27.

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