Saturday, April 7, 2012

THE SPIRITUAL, IMPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE: Similar to the way a human family reflects God’s plan to have a family, human marriage also reflects a spiritual relationship. Human marriage is modeled after the relationship between Jesus Christ and the church. Notice how Paul explains this concept. After discussing the responsibility, of husbands and wives and the relationship between them. Paul says: this is a great mystery, but I .speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you ,in particular so love his own wife as himself, and .let the wife see that she respects her husband” (Ephesians 5:32-33). What beautiful example the relationship between Christ and the church is! Paul explains that Christ loved the church so much that He gave, his life her (verse 25). How could those of us in the church ever doubt his love for us? How could we not respond to the thing He asks us to do? The understanding that marriage between a man and woman is a type of the relationship between Christ and the church is further understood by a vision Jesus Christ revealed to john at the end of the first century. John recorded this vision in the last book of the Bible, the book of Revelation. After Jesus returns to take over the kingdoms of the earth and establish the kingdom of god, He reveals that his going to be involved in every special marriage. Here is how john recorded the vision “let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready”. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine lien, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the Saints. Then he said to me, ‘blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb!’(Revelation 19:7-9). The faithful saints who have been part of the church founded by Jesus Christ will become the Bride of Christ. Their righteous behavior is likened to fine, costly linen. Happy human marriage gives us insight into a greater marriage one that will truly last forever because both parties will be spirit, similar and closely related to family, marriage also gives us a window, of insight into God’s love and plan for humanity, Because human marriage are patterned after this spiritual relationship, they can help us comprehend this present and future God-plane relationship. Now family represent, we can more closely examine the instructions He gave for marriage.

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