John had visions of brilliant, precious stones that we read about in Revelation. Pastor David is relating that to a bride. Think of the most beautiful bride that you've ever seen. Now consider the fact that we are the bride of Christ. He makes us more beautiful than any bride before us. We become someone so breathtaking. That is really hard to wrap our minds around, but we need to. The Lord loves us so much, and we need to let that sink in. We live our lives like we're alone, yet we are betrothed to God!