812. [verse 7] 'Let us rejoice and exult and give glory to Him, for the Lamb's wedding has come' signifies joy of soul and heart, and the consequent glorification of the Lord that henceforth there may be effected a full marriage of Himself with the Church. By 'to rejoice and exult' is signified joy of soul and heart. Joy of soul is a joy of the understanding or by reason of the truths of faith, and joy of heart is a joy of the will or by reason of 4he goods of love. The two are mentioned on account of the marriage of truth and good in the details of the Word, treated of above (n. 373, 689). By 'to give glory to Him' is signified to acknowledge and confess that all truth is from the Lord (n. 629), also to acknowledge that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth (n. 693). Here, therefore, to glorify is signified, because this involves both of these. By' for the Lamb's wedding has come' is signified because henceforth there may be a full marriage of the Lord and the Church. So that this may be signified it is said 'the Lamb', and by 'the Lamb' is understood the Lord as to the Divine Human (n. 269, 291). [2] That when the Lord's Human is acknowledged to be Divine a full marriage of the Lord and His Church is effected can be established almost without an exposition, for it is known in Reformed Christendom that the Church is a Church by virtue of the Lord's marriage with her, for the Lord is called the Lord of the vineyard and the Church is the vineyard. Moreover the Lord is called the Bridegroom and Husband and the Church is called the bride and wife. That the Lord is termed 'the Bridegroom' and the Church 'the bride' may be seen above (n. 797). That there will be a full marriage of the Lord and the Church at the time when His Human is acknowledged to be Divine is plain, for then God the Father and Himself are acknowledged to be one as soul and body. When this is acknowledged the Father is not approached for the sake of the Son, but then the Lord Himself is approached and through Him God the Father because, as has been said, the Father is in Him in the same manner as the soul is in the body. Before the Lord's Human is acknowledged to be Divine there is indeed a marriage of the Lord with the Church, but only with those who approach the Lord and think of His Divine and do not think at all whether His Human is Divine or not. The simple in faith and heart do this, but rarely the learned and erudite. Moreover there cannot he three husbands for one wife nor three souls for one body, and therefore unless the One God is acknowledged in Whom is the Trinity, and unless it is acknowledged that that God is the Lord, there can be no marriage. [3] The reason that that marriage is effected 'from henceforth' is because it could not be fully effected until after the Babylonians were separated in the spiritual world by means of the last judgment, as also the Philistines, who are those who make profession of faith alone; and because in the preceding chapter it has treated of their separation, it is said 'from henceforth'. That the Church's wedding is with the Lord can be established from these passages:-