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

⁹ Then the angel said to me,^(F) “Write this:^(G) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”^(H) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”^(I)

² I saw the Holy City,^(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(B) prepared as a bride^(C) beautifully dressed for her husband.

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^(A) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(B) the wife of the Lamb.”

¹⁰ And he carried me away^(A) in the Spirit^(B) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^(C)