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Bridegroom And The Bride Analysis

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2. Considering the model of the church that you studied during the last face to face session, which biblical image/s correspond/s to it?
And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. (Hosea 2:19)
24 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

I will answer this question based on what I think to be a good biblical image that models the church. For me the model of the church is the “Bridegroom and the Bride.”Marriage is a powerful word that signifies more than a relationship or even more than an intimacy. Marriage is a sacred union of two people—without a line that distinguishes one …show more content…

It is true that His love is unfathomable, stubborn and compelling. It is unfortunate that humans cannot respond well to His love because the kind of love humankind knew is comparable to dust—just like who they are.
Indeed, God cannot separate Himself from His nature, which is love. Truly, humankind cannot deny the power of His love that surrounds them through His creations and more so in them for human is the masterpiece of His love. This love is demonstrated from the time of creation—lavishing them with excellent gifts to keep them satisfied in life-- and that will culminate in His second coming to take them to be His bride. He prepared the “New Heaven” as a gift where they life together forevermore.
Frankly, human is undeserving of His love because they are evil, idolaters and unfaithful. However, despite the situation He continued loving them expressing it by descending off His throne, to be with His created beings and to die on the cross in their behalf that through His death they can live. The cross indicates Jesus union with His church and a guarantee of inheritance at present and until the day He comes back when the bribe is all ready for the glorious

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