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=The bride was hidden from Israel=
:[[Eph 5:31]] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
:[[[[Eph 5:32]] This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
The church as the bride of Christ is a great mystery. It was an unexpected surprise. Modern Jews expect the Messiah to be married. He is to have a son who inherits his kingdom. Though the teaching of a bride is throughout the OT, the bride as the church is hidden in shadows and riddle.
=Matthew shares the riddle to expose the hidden bride=