If we are the bride, who are the invited?
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Jesus told several parables about weddings and feasts, such as the parable of the ten bridesmaids/virgins. These parables are about the Jews who should have been prepared for Jesus' coming to earth, but instead refused him. So one common interpretation is that it will be the faithful Old Testament Jewish saints who will be the guests - those who had faith in God but who were not specifically part of the new covenant and not part of the church.
Depending on your eschatology there are other options as well. Some premillenialists teach that those saved during the millennium are a separate group from the church, and so would also be those invited to the wedding.
And it's pretty likely some angels will get an invite too!
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Revelation 21:2 personified the New Jerusalem as a bride.
2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
As we know through Scripture, New Jerusalem will be the city those in Christ will call home. With this description, the marriage would be between the Lord and the New Jerusalem, with the invited being us who are accepted in to the Holy City.
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