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NASB | Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:32 This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church. |
Bible Question:
Seeing as how marriage is like Christ and the church, and seeing as how Christ is in a covenant relationship with the church, isn't marriage a covenant subject to the rules of a covenant? Would like to hear the views of others, and ask questions about what I read, but not to foster ill will or a debate, only to understand. blessings abound, bowler |
Bible Answer: Heb 8:7-13 and its counterpart in Jeremiah has your answer. Yes we are in a new covenant. But as verse 9 says it is one, "Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers." The difference in the two is that the old covenant was as you are asking, full of rules and expectations. But what is unique about the new one is that it has no qualifications on our side. A normal covenant has I will do "such and such" and your part is to do "whatever." The way the new covenant is different is that it has no "our" part. God describes it fully in terms of I will do these things and put my laws on their heart and forgive their sins. We have a new covenant that is not dependent on the weakness of our flesh but solely on God's resolve to save. |