Pride and Prejudice

Daily writing prompt

What’s a show that had the perfect series finale?

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In fact, I’ve watched a few series and movies based on Jane Austin novels, and they all end with weddings😀. What’s funny is that there’s nothing particularly perfect about couples who are already married. An example is Lizzie Bennet’s parents in Pride and Prejudice 😀.

One wonders how Jane Austin would have dealt with a “Pride and Prejudice Part 2” series , featuring the two married couples 5, 10, 15, or 20 years down the line. I can’t see it being hugely romantic 😀.

In this life, I think we sometimes get little hints of perfection, but for true perfection, we’ll need to wait for the next life. Interestingly, the Book of Revelation speaks about a wedding between the church (representing all believers through the ages) and the lamb (representing Christ).

Revelation 19:6-9
⁶ Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah!
    For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad
    and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready.
⁸ Fine linen, bright and clean,
    was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
⁹ Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

Revelation 21:2
² I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

Revelation is a highly symbolic book. People get confused when they try to scrutinize it too much, or else they can become arrogant, defending their interpretation against others. I like to think in terms of the general gist of it. It’s a message declaring the ultimate victory of Christ and all those who belong to him over the devil and all his supporters, both angelic and human.