MYHB - Teaching - The bride

The church is called the 'bride of Christ'. This is an important topic to be discussed later. For now we will speak of marriage.

The Hebrew word for marriage is 'laqach' לקח. Whithout knowing any Hebrew, you can know that whenever you see the lamed ל in a word, it has something to do with teaching. The word for married also means 'doctrine'.

Those who are taught by Christ are his 'bride'. The bride is a symbol. The bride are those whose lives have been changed by revelation, and are known as 'Israel' ישראל, or 'man joined to God by revelation'.

God reveals himself and teaches his own because 'God is separated from men by ignorance' or 'Elohim' אלהים.

Paul wanted us to understand this when he wrote: