How is the bride depicted in Revelation?
The bride is depicted in Revelation as clothed in linen, bright and white and clean. This imagery reflects the concept of a virgin bride, and she is always shown wearing white, pointing to her hoped-for purity. That white clothing signifies the purity associated with a chaste virgin presented to Christ.
Les explains that the one writing was jealous over the Gentile believers with a godly jealousy, having espoused them to one husband so he could present them as a chaste, or pure, virgin to Christ. Les teaches that this is why the bride is depicted in Revelation as clothed in linen, bright and white and clean. That white clothing fits the whole concept of a virgin bride, and that is why she has always been depicted as wearing white because of her hoped-for purity. He also notes that this espousal concept goes back to the habit of cultures in days gone by, where parents would literally pair the children.