Bible Question: Who is the Bride of Christ? |
Bible Answer: The expression “Bride of Christ” is figurative and is found only once, in so many words, in the NT: For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. (2Co 11:2) As a Church we are a betrothed to Christ insofar as we have become “one flesh” in Christ: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." (Eph 5:31) Which is cited from: Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen 2:24) If, as Paul states, we are betrothed to Christ, then in a sense we have been formed from Christ, the New Adam, as Eve was bride-formed from the rib of the First Adam. This is a function of the Cross, when Christ merged 2 men into one: …by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. (Eph 2:15-16). This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. (Eph 5:32) |
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