![]() Instead of giving up on his adulterous people, God himself came near as Immanuel who dwelt among us. What Does It Mean That Jesus Is the Bridegroom? For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you” ( Isaiah 62:4-5). ![]() “It will no longer be said to you, ‘Forsaken,’ nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate” but you will be called, “My delight is in her,” and your land, “Married” for the Lord delights in you, and to Him your land will be married. After showing the unfaithfulness of the people in dozens of chapters, Isaiah ends with a beautiful reaffirmation of God’s faithful and enduring love for His people: ![]() Ezekiel portrays the tender and generous love of God for his people, which is then thrown in his face as he watches her not even accept payment for her prostitution, but instead bribe other men, paying them to let her be with them ( Ezekiel 16). Jeremiah also contains imagery of God’s people as a formerly loving bride who has now become a prostitute, chasing after other men who use and abuse her (see Jeremiah 2). This gives us a picture of what God is like in the face of our own idolatry (see Hosea 3). God is seen as a faithful husband who pursues and wins back his bride time and time again, whose steadfast love is strong and lasting.įor example, the book of Hosea portrays the prophet Hosea as being directed by God to remain faithful to a wife who was repeatedly unfaithful to him. In the Old Testament, the prophets often portray God’s people as a beloved bride who is also often an adulterous wife. The Bible is full of allusions to God’s people being his bride.
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