A BRIDE BETROTHED TO MESSIAH

A BRIDE BETROTHED TO MESSIAH

The picture of a woman set apart for God in holy matrimony is not a new image occurring in the New Testament writings of the apostles. The first occurrence of a bride set apart for her husband emerges when Abraham sent his servant to seek out a wife for his son, Isaac, the seed of promise . . .

A BRIDE DRESSED IN WHITE

A BRIDE DRESSED IN WHITE

The relationship between a holy God and ‘a holy people set apart for His own possession’ (Deut 7:6-8), is portrayed throughout Scripture as a covenant relation, best understood in the light of a marriage covenant, (Eph 5:22-33). Israel, the covenant nation, to whom God entrusted the blueprint of His Kingdom (Rom 9:3-5), is portrayed as a woman and a Bride betrothed to God throughout the Hebrew prophets, (Ezek 16:1-14; Hos 2; Jer 3:1-9). The picture of the woman and Bride remained in tact when …