The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 122 : Excursus : The Bride Metaphor in the NT

THE BIBLE’S USE OF METAPHORS – THE MARRIAGE METAPHOR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE ‘BRIDE OF CHRIST’ – ‘THE CHURCH IS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST’ … MEANING WHAT? – ‘READ THE BIBLE FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD’ – METAPHORS RELATING TO THE IDENTITY OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST – ‘THE BRIDEGROOM, THE BRIDE, AND THE FRIEND OF THE BRIDEGROOM’ – ‘THE BRIDE OF CHRIST’ METAPHOR? (2 COR 11) – ‘THE BRIDE OF CHRIST’ METAPHOR? (ROM 7) – THE BRIDE IN EPHESIANS 5 – CHRIST IS HEAD OF OUR ECCLESIA – CHRIST IS SAVIOR OF THE BODY – OUR ECCLESIA IS TO BE SUBJECT TO CHRIST – CHRIST LOVED THE ECCLESIA AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, THE ULTIMATE GOAL BEING TO MAKE HER HOLY – CHRIST NOURISHES AND CHERISHES THE ECCLESIA – THE ECCLESIAS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST – THE MYSTERY – THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND THE BRIDE OF CHRIST DIRECTLY DECLARED