event. In traditional Western weddings, the bride is the honored one. Everyone at the wedding talks about how beautiful she is. All eyes are consistently on her. At the heavenly, eternal ceremony, however, our gaze will be fixed on another. The bride, indeed, will be exalted, honored, and glorified, but her beauty will exalt the triune God even more. It was he who pursued, wooed, bought, and transformed her. Any beauty in the bride is a reflection of the greater beauty of the bridegroom.
