When look at the term "bride" concerning "Israel" or "the church" , or the "new Jerusalem" coming out of the sky, "bride is a symbolic term. " "Anthropromorphic". Inwhich only a "true child of GOD" has the "ability" to comprehend, for there are no. "Human" words to express the relationship of the type of one-ness relationship. But the human expression of this term is a Marital spouse, and the human race has completely destroyed and express the term meaning of "bride". And the Father has hid the true meaning to most. For the meaning was a "Mystery" but has been reveal to some, that are in christ jesus, and to many a false and deceptive meaning to most and not a meaning whatsoever to many.
When you read Scripture And see bride in realationship pertaining to GOD and you automatically think in a form of earthy "bride", it is a very, very poor example, of the relationship GOD is referring too! Bride has completely different expression pertaining to what GOD is expressing too, for bride that is expression on earth! The earth copy is a bad copy, and so much flawed in express meaning.
22The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
28so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;
29for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,
30because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
31‘for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;’
32this secet is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
33but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so
22The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
28so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;
29for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,
30because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
31‘for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;’
32this
secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the
assembly;
33but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.
love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.
1Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things
that areabove, where Christ is, seated at the right
hand of God.
2[a]Set your minds on the things
that are above, not on the things
that are on earth.
3For you have died, and
your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
Set our minds on the things that are above, [and don't be deceived in setting our minds on earthly things]. Earhtly things are distractions. And we all fall into that trap, at a constant rate.
Let us beware.