Ephesians 5:32
"This is a great mystery but I speak"
"Concerning Christ and the Church"
The Great Mystery can be understood if we read verse -31 spiritually and than apply it Eternally. What do I mean? The Scriptures were wrote as they were given, in order and together; they reference each other so we must read and apply them the same way. From verse - 21-33 intrusts us on God's view of Husband and wife and the conduct toward each other; the Scriptures also comp[ares the marriage bond to Christ and the Church. The Principal of headship is what regulates the home. "As unto Christ" is the motive, for man and wife to submit to each other. The same goes for the entire running of the home. Let's try to unfold this mystery just a little.
The Church here is pictured as the bride of Christ. It is interesting to compare the church to the first bride of the Bible. Eve (Gen. 2: 18-25). She was taken from Adam's side, and Christ side was pierced for us on the cross. (thus the blood applied). Eve was formed while Adam was asleep, and when Christ was resting in death the Church was begun. Eve shared Adam's nature, and the Church partakes of Christ's nature verse - 30-31. Eve was the object of her mate's love and care, and Christ loves the Church and cares for her. Adam was willing to become a sinner because of his love for his wife (I Tim. 2:11-15), and Christ was made sin because of his love for the Church.
Eve was formed and brought to Adam before sin entered the human family, and the Church was in the mind and heart of God before the foundation of the World. Note: Romans 7:4 and II Corinthians 11:2 for the application of this truth of marriage to the individual believer and the local Church. It is power from within, not pressure from without, that holds Church and the Home together.
IS THE MYSTERY SOLVED? NO!
IT"S JUST OPENED UP A LITTLE!
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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