Bone of My Bones & Flesh of My Flesh

[Sons to Glory!]

We've had a few discussions on here about who believers and the church are in Christ, that is: what is our new identity in Him? I think WL is alleged to have said, "God became man so man could become God." I'm not sure the authenticity of this quote, since I didn't hear it firsthand. But, to be sure, what God is doing through Christ and the church is something way beyond natural comprehension! However, I agree that this alleged saying of WL goes farther than scripture (at least according to what I've seen so far).

With that said, I ran across some profound verses from Genesis and Ephesians that I'm really considering this week, which are stretching my thinking in this matter:

And the LORD God built (lit.) the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam. And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” Genesis 2:22-23

For we are members of his body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Ephesians 5:30

(Note: Some translations omit the last part of Ephesians 5:30, "of His flesh, and of His bones." However, my Greek interlinear has it.)

Of course, these verses immediately caused me to remember Mathew 16:18 - "I will build My Church . . ."

So these words really stirred something in me! In light of these verses - what is the church?