In Revelation, who/what is the wife?

[Scrupulous_John]

In Revelation 19:7 it states:

“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”

Who or what is the “wife?”

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

The bride of the Lamb is the Church, the People of God.

The Church/People of God as Christ’s bride is a theme throughout Scripture:

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

• 2 Cor 11:2

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

• Rev 21:2

On that day—oracle of the LORD— You shall call me “My husband,”

• Hosea 2:18

For your husband is your Maker; the LORD of hosts is his name…

• Isaiah 54:5

I passed by you again and saw that you were now old enough for love. So I spread the corner of my cloak over you to cover your nakedness; I swore an oath to you and entered into covenant with you—oracle of the Lord GOD—and you became mine.

• Ezekiel 16:8

In the Gospels Christ also often refers to Himself as the Bridegroom.