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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
What exactly is the status of the church after the marriage of the lamb?
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How can anyone know? Speaking of the marriage of the Lamb, maybe we're provided a sneak-peek in the parable of the 10 virgins : Mathew 25.
First. When the bridegroom comes, there still remains male and female. Paul must have been speaking metaphorically when he said no male or female, not literally. Which explains all the ambiguity concerning male and female in his writings.
Second. Putting aside the implication of polygamy, look at how even that parable is chock-full of patriarchy : Five virgins and one groom. The man had five young women taking care of him and his needs (every mans' dream ... even Jesus, apparently (prolly not Paul, he was a misogynous - "best not to touch a women" -- they're below him)).
Third. "The '
son' of '
man.'" That's absurd, considering that every one, including sons and daughters, are the 'sons' of women, not men ; again, male dominance in the NT -- women, the only ones bringing life into the world, get less credit than men.
In the end, it would make more sense if there were a Mother God in the Bible, and not just a Father God.
What happened to Mother God?
Maybe she was like Lilith -- Adams first wife, that was created with him (see Gen. 1:27), who refused to be subservient, and left Adam, and the garden --
So, after giving birth to Jesus in heaven, she must have refused to be subservient, so God buried her in the back yard. So, no Mother God. And Jesus didn't honor his heavenly mother, any more than his earthly mother ; he never mentions his heavenly mother.
Who knows? We can't know, any more than we can know, "the status of the church after the marriage of the lamb."