The Church as the Bride of Christ - references in the
Bible.
Much of the Song of Solomon
may be about the love of Christ and the Church. There were dramatic comparisons
of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God to adultery, in the Old Testament, especially
in Ezekiel 23 and in the story of Hosea and his wife.
Here are the only direct references about the Church being the Bride of Christ, in the Bible. The first two are about God's people being the Bride of Christ -- there was no Church during Isaiah's time:
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly
rejoice in the Lord!
My soul will be joyful in my
God;
for he has clothed me with
the garments of salvation.
He has covered me with the
robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself
with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5 For as a young
man marries a virgin,
so your sons will marry you.
As a bridegroom rejoices over
his bride,
so your God will rejoice over
you.
Revelation 19:7 "...
Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” 8 It was
given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the
fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Revelation 21:2 I saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a
bride adorned for her husband.
21:9 One of the seven angels
who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and
he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s
bride.” 10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God … (all scripture quotations are from the World
English Bible, public domain.)
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