She had trappings which would serve the Chosroes, and she was like a bride adorned for her wedding night.

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

As seen again in John's account we begin to capture a glimpse of what this will be like: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.... And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

Significantly, the Biblical picture of the Church perfected in heaven is of the outward beauty of a bride adorned for her husband, a beauty symbolising all that is pure and wholesome (cf.

Once again, we see the imagery of the marriage: "I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

Its happy ending is a vision of "a new heaven and a new earth" and of a "new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

In a video by Ayasha Adil, who is from Pakistan, a bride adorned for her wedding in layer upon layer of makeup, jewelry and fabric is transformed from a person into a confection before our eyes.

This belief is based on New Jerusalem being described as "a bride adorned for her husband" (Rev 21:2), and this same "bride" then being described as "the Lamb's wife" (Rev 21:9,10).