Theological term
Marriage Supper of the Lamb
2 sermons · All terms
The Wedding Of Lucas Hall & Ellis Suhertan
Marriage is ordained by God for mutual companionship, chaste living, and child rearing, but its deepest meaning is as a gospel mystery: a sign of Christ's sacrificial love for his unlovely bride, the church. Expounding Ephesians 5:22–33, the sermon sets forth two headings — the sacrifice of the Groom, who gave himself to cleanse and sanctify an undeserving people, and the Splendor of the Bride, who is made holy and without blemish through faith in Christ alone. Earthly weddings are a foretaste of the marriage supper of the Lamb, when the church will be presented perfect before her Bridegroom. Lucas and Ellis are charged to image this covenant reality: the husband to die for his wife as Christ died for the church, and the wife to submit to her husband as the church submits to Christ.
The Wedding at Cana of Galilee
John 2:1–12 recounts the wedding at Cana, where Jesus turns water into wine as the first of his public signs. The sermon traces three movements in the passage — the setting, the sign, and the summary — and argues that the miracle is not merely a display of power over nature but a prophetically charged inauguration of new covenant abundance, anticipated by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Joel, Amos, and Zechariah. The water pots of Jewish purification give way to wine that surpasses what came before, signifying that the grace and truth that came through Jesus Christ exceeds the law given through Moses. The closing application presses hearers to heed the one command Mary gives in all of Scripture: whatever Jesus says, do it.