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Learned a new word:
“You see, we live between resurrection Mark One (Jesus’ own resurrection) and resurrection Mark Two (when all God’s people will be raised); or if you like, between Pentecost and Parousia.”

…the Union of God and his people enfleshed, incarnated, in the mystery of the Lamb and the Bride; …heaven and earth; Judean and Gentile; the one body; God and his people;…no wonder marriage has been under attack in our increasingly pagan society…(marriage) remains a signpost to the new creation, which is characterized by differentiated unity.

🤯 🤯 re: 5:28-32 (Paul) quotes Gen 2:24 (man leaves parents becomes one flesh with woman) and reads it as referring to Messiah and Church. He interprets Gen 2 as a long range prophecy of God’s son leaving his original home and going to find his appointed bride. … looking on toward Rev 21 where coming together of heavens and earth is symbolized perfectly in marriage of Lamb and Bride.