18启示录十九章一至六节是大批圣徒、天使和所有受造之物的赞美。七节继续说,“我们要喜乐欢腾,将荣耀归与祂;因为羔羊婚娶的时候到了,新妇也自己预备好了。”这里“新妇”(直译,“祂的妻子”)指召会(弗五24~25、31~32),就是基督的新妇(约三29)。然而,按照启示录十九章八至九节,这里的妻子(基督的新妇)只包含千年国中得胜的信徒;而二十一章二节的新妇(妻子),乃是由所有得救的圣徒所组成,从千年国以后直到永远。……新妇预备好,是在于得胜者生命的成熟。再者,得胜者不是分开的个人,乃是团体的新妇。为着这一面,就需要建造。……基督不是要娶一位个别的信徒;反之,祂是要娶由祂得胜信徒所组成的团体新妇。当我们被三一神完全浸透,三一神从我们身上流露出来,我们就被建造完成,联络得合式,成为荣耀的召会,就是主耶稣心爱的新妇。 18Revelation 19:1-6 is the praise of the great multitude of the saints, the angels, and all creatures. Revelation 19:7 continues, “Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” Here His wife refers to the church (Eph. 5:24-25, 31-32), the bride of Christ (John 3:29). However, according to Revelation 19:8-9, the wife, the bride of Christ, consists only of the overcoming believers during the millennium, whereas the bride in 21:2 is composed of all the saved saints after the millennium for eternity…The readiness of the bride depends on the maturity in life of the overcomers. Furthermore, the overcomers are not separate individuals but a corporate bride. For this aspect, building is needed…Christ will not marry each believer individually; instead, He will marry His corporate bride composed of His overcoming believers. When we have been fully saturated with the Triune God so that He flows out of us, we will be completely built and fitted together to become the glorious church, the beloved bride of the Lord Jesus.