It is quite clear that the "bride," the wife of the Lamb, is the New Jerusalem (v. 10; cf. v. 2).816 From the description that follows it also seems clear that the New Jerusalem is a city. It is not just a person or a group of people, such as Christians.817 This is the first of seven references to the Lamb in this section (vv. 9, 14, 22, 23, 27; 22:1, 3). He becomes increasingly prominent as the book draws to a close. "The Lamb is all the glory in Immanuel's land.