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# Connecting Statement:
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The voice of the crowd from the previous verse continues speaking.
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# Let us rejoice
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Here "us" refers to all of God's servants.
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# give him the glory
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"give God the glory" or "honor God"
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# wedding celebration of the Lamb ... his bride has made herself ready
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Here John speaks of the joining of Jesus and his people together forever as if it were a wedding celebration. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Lamb
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This is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in [Revelation 5:6](../05/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage]])
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# has come
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Existing in the present is spoken of as having come. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# his bride has made herself ready
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John speaks of God's people as if they were a bride who has gotten ready for her wedding. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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