Dress up - who is the bride? (Jesus, ritual, followers)

[Heneni]

Originally Posted by Charity

Hello good talking with you Heneni

I think that we ( the Christians) consider ourselves part of the body of Christ, because we have accepted him as our Lord.

Like I explained in the previous post, the church is symbolic for the bride of Christ.

I agree. Every child of god has a body and a spirit.

Our natural body is symbolic for the body of christ, and like Jesus we have to crucify it. We take up our cross daily.

Your spirit inside your body is the bride. It is holy and forever at war with your body.

Love
Heneni

[FFH]

Originally Posted by Heneni

Thanks for that. Makes sense to me.

The wedding feast is portrayed as an event where there is a groom (Jesus) the bride and wedding guests.

Do you think there is a group of people who are not the bride, but wedding guests?

Love
Heneni

No...

Clearly those who don't profess Christ as their savior are excluded from the wedding feast, but there are also those Christians who won't be ready when Christ calls forth his bride (Christian church).

The parable of the "Ten Virgins" suggests half of those who profess Christ as savior (Christians) won't be ready when Christ returns, the reason being they are, and will be, entangled in various sins.

We are the bride of Christ, we are more than guests, we are the collective bride, all who are unworthy to be called the bride of Christ, will be turned away.

I don't think there is anything in the Bible to suggest there will be guests. Either you are worthy (Christ's bride) or you're not.

In order to be worthy when Christ comes we must "take up our cross and follow him," meaning we must deny ourselves of all ungodliness (sin).

It is possible, we only need to make the decision to do it, otherwise the door to the wedding feast will be shut and we'll be left standing outside. I would hate to be here after Christ takes all worthy Christians off this earth. Chaos will be the norm until Christ returns again to earth with his bride to set up his kingdom on the earth.

[Bishka]

Originally Posted by FFH

The parable of the "Ten Virgins" suggests half of those who profess Christ as savior won't be ready when Christ returns, the reason being they are, and will be, entangled in various sins.

Like posting pictures of "beautiful women" on that one thread of yours when they actually aren't your wife????

[Heneni]

Hello FFH

Wow, i wonder if there is anything we can agree on???

I think there are wedding guests
I think the parable of the ten virgins have nothing to do with the bride
I think that the bride is not the same as the wedding guests.

About the bride then....

God married Israel then divorced her. What do you think is the right thing for God to do? Re-marry israel or marry another (us).

I think that if we look deeper into this matter we will be surprised who the real bride is!

Heneni

[logician]

Originally Posted by Charity

The Bride includes all believers (male and female) Anyone who is redeemed by the blood of Christ and is born again.

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No others need apply.

[sojourner]

Originally Posted by Heneni

Sure it does

How would you have felt is Jesus was going to marry a man then and you were that man, but actually you are a women. Would it make it easier to relate to the concept or idea of a bride?

And how do you feel about the fact that the bride is a whole lot of people?

And why cant christians decide whether they are the body of Christ or the bride?

Heneni

"A whole lot of people" translates into "one Body -- the Church" quite easily. Your fatal flaw here is that we believe we are all vitally (and, spiritually speaking -- literally) part of each other. We are one in Christ Jesus, as Paul says.

This has nothing to do with "Christians deciding." It has everything to do with the use of metaphor to explain the mystery of the relationship between Christ and the Church. The Church is the Body of Christ. The Church is also the Bride of Christ. This is theologically consistent with the Biblical statement that "they (man and wife) shall become one flesh."

[Heneni]

Hello Sojourner

There are to many conficting messages about the bride in the bible and from the mouth of christians that I hardly believe anyone has it right.

God married Israel then divorced her. What do you think is the right thing for God to do? Re-marry israel or marry another (us).

[sojourner]

Originally Posted by Heneni

Hello Sojourner

There are to many conficting messages about the bride in the bible and from the mouth of christians that I hardly believe anyone has it right.

God married Israel then divorced her. What do you think is the right thing for God to do? Re-marry israel or marry another (us).

I really have no say in what the right thing is for God to do. By definition, since God is God, whatever God does is right.

We are not "another" from Israel, at least from a Biblical POV. We are an extension of Israel. And, for the record, Israel was unfaithful -- not God. But God has always made provision for reconciliation through repentance.

[Heneni]

LOL
HuH?


Ok, let me refraise that so that you could have an opinion without sounding superior to god.

What according to the KNOWN standards of god, is what god would choose to do?

Go back to israel, or marry the gentiles?