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She is permitted to wear the cleanest and whitest and finest of linens.” (Fine linen represents the good deeds done by the people of God.)

And the angel[a] dictated this sentence to me: “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “God himself has stated this.”

10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No! Don’t! For I am a servant of God just as you are, and as your brother Christians are, who testify of their faith in Jesus. Worship God. The purpose of all prophecy and of all I have shown you is to tell about Jesus.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:9 the angel, literally, “he”; the exact antecedent is unclear. God himself has stated this, literally, “These are the true words of God.”
  2. Revelation 19:10 The purpose of all prophecy . . . is to tell about Jesus, literally, “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Fine linen,(A) bright and clean,
    was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts(B) of God’s holy people.)

Then the angel said to me,(C) “Write this:(D) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”(E) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”(F)

10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him.(G) But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!(H) For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”(I)

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