This scene indeed, as one has said, is only intimated and not described, for it is no part of the Revelation to unfold the inner scenes of glory. In the Paradise of God, there are things unspeakable and incomprehensible to those who are yet in mortal bodies. Enough has been told to set the heart longing for the day of the marriage of the Lamb: the day long purposed in the counsels of God, foreshadowed in many a bridal scene and foretold by prophets and apostles; the day to which the Bride on earth is journeying and for which Christ in heaven is waiting; the day of the gladness of His heart.

When at last the day dawns, it will be celebrated with feasting: there will not only be the marriage, but the marriage supper of the Lamb. It will truly be the day of the gladness of His heart, but others will be called to share in the joy and gladness of the feast. They will not be present as the bride of the Lamb, but as the guests at the feast. They are not angelic hosts, since they are “called.” Angels who have kept their first estate are not characterized as “called.” The “call” comes to fallen men; of such, there is a great host called by the grace of God throughout the ages before the cross. They will not form the bride of Christ, but like the companions who follow the King’s daughter, they will be brought to the King: “With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought; they shall enter the King’s palace” (Ps. 45:13–15).

Whether it be the angelic hosts, or the bride, or the guests who share in the supper, all will unite in homage to the Lamb. As with the voice of many waters and as with the voice of mighty thunderings they say, “let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory.”