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Originally Posted by Jo S
Least, I recommend doing a thorough exegetical study on "the Bride of Christ" and what that all entails.
The typical interpretation that came out of Catholic mysticism where the church = the bride is built solely upon Paul's hyperbole in Ephesians 5.
The church was never explicitly called the bride in scripture. Since I've been on this topic as of late, this is another example of biblical eisegesis.
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Wait! What? The church isn't the bride of Christ? We're not going to marry Him? Whoa...whoa...whoa....Are you to tell me then that we don't 'take a tour of the tabernacle' everyday? Is Christ really a type of the offerings? My little dinghy is shaking again and I'm about to get swept over by waves of frustration.
My predicament is that I read the scripute, but I understand it to be a puzzle filled with types and figures and a 'heavenly language' that I must interpret through the spirit. It says what it says, but what does it mean? What is the connotation of the passsages?
Oy Here I go again....down down down