Flesh of His Flesh, and Bone of His Bone, Not the Bride of Christ

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You are promoting an Israel according to the flesh!.,

I'm not promoting anything. I'm pointing to the wording of a particular passage that has been frequently misunderstood.

Much love!

 

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There you have it.

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Romans 7 proves gentiles are in the body of Christ as Scott pointed out Paul is writing to the church in Rome. This church has a large number of gentiles and jews.
So those in the body according to Paul are the bride.

Paul says you also have become dead to the law

That shows gentiles are in the body of Christ.
Jews became dead to the law through the body of Christ

Gentiles could before the new covenant went into effect become proslyites.
So the law could be binding to a gentile in the past.
But now Paul says you also
Therefore both Jews and gentiles are now dead to the law through the body of Christ

The jew and gentile in the past could both be subject to the law but no one that has been added to the body can be subject. The law is dead to all that are in the body.

Simple, the church in Rome is the body.
Who is in the body in the church in Rome?
Gentiles and Jews make up the church/ body in Rome.

What does Paul say about the church in Rome?

Romans 7
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

This proves the gentiles are married to Christ.
You should thank Scott for revealing the truth to you.

 

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The Body of Christ, Explicitly Taught:

Ephesians 4:11-16 KJV
11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14) That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15) But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16) From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

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Ephesians 5:23-32 KJV
23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24) Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27) That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29) For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30) For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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.
32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Simply stated, this passage uses the union of an husband and wife, that the man love his wife as his own body, to demonstrate our relationship with Jesus. Not that we are His wife, but that we are beome actual members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.

The truth taught here is that Jesus takes care of us as His very Own body, which body we in fact are.

"for this cause" . . . God instituted marriage to be the best example in this life to show our unity with God.

This passage does not tell us we are the bride of Christ. It shares with us Jesus' concern and care over us, and uses the marriage of a man and woman to show an example.

Much love!

I appreciate your desire to look deeply into Ephesians 5, but your conclusion strips the passage of its prophetic depth and spiritual mystery. The Word says this plainly:

> “This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
—Ephesians 5:32



Paul isn't avoiding the term “Bride.” He’s revealing that marriage itself was designed to prophetically point to Christ’s union with the Church. Just because he uses “body” language doesn’t mean the bridal imagery disappears—it means they are intertwined truths, not mutually exclusive.

You said:

> “This passage does not tell us we are the bride of Christ.”



But the Spirit says through the Word:

“As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” —Isaiah 62:5

“Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife...and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.” —Revelation 21:9–10

“The Spirit and the bride say, Come.” —Revelation 22:17


The Church is the Body of Christ—and also the Bride of Christ. The two are not contradictory. In Genesis 2, Eve was both Adam’s body and his bride—formed from his side, flesh of his flesh, bone of his bones. Paul references this directly in Ephesians 5:30–31.

The typology is intentional.

Adam = a type of Christ

Eve = a type of the Church

The deep sleep = Christ’s death

The opened side = His pierced side

The woman formed from him = the Church birthed through blood and water

Marriage = the eternal covenant between Christ and His redeemed


This isn’t just metaphor—it’s divine mystery (Eph. 5:32). Marriage itself was created to preach this reality.

So when Scripture says we are His body, it is not against us being His bride—it is the fullness of that mystery. We are one with Him, in union, by Spirit and covenant. And when He returns, He’s not marrying just anyone—He’s returning for a prepared Bride (Rev. 19:7–8), spotless, clothed in righteousness.

To deny the Bride is to lose the heartbeat of the Gospel’s endgame: union with Christ in glory.

Much respect—but I can’t let Scripture be reshaped to fit modern discomfort with mystery. The Bride is real, and the Church is Her.

 

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> “This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

Exactly!

—Ephesians 5:32



Paul isn't avoiding the term “Bride.” He’s revealing that marriage itself was designed to prophetically point to Christ’s union with the Church. Just because he uses “body” language doesn’t mean the bridal imagery disappears—it means they are intertwined truths, not mutually exclusive.

He's not using the term "bride". And we shouldn't "fill in" because it makes sense to us that way. I will always point to the exact sayings of the Scripture. And the depth of meaning isn't lost this way, this is the way we find it.

And this passage doesn't teach that we are wed to Jesus, it teaches we are His body. It teaches us that when we are wed to our spouses this was intended to mirror our unity with Jesus, in being His body.

But the Spirit says through the Word:

“As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” —Isaiah 62:5

To whom was that addressed? Even so, this is nonetheless a simile.

Much respect—but I can’t let Scripture be reshaped to fit modern discomfort with mystery.

With all due respect . . . that's not what I'm doing. I'm showing something about what the Bible says, and does not say, for those who will receive it.

Musterion - that which must be revealed by God.

And when He returns, He’s not marrying just anyone—He’s returning for a prepared Bride (Rev. 19:7–8), spotless, clothed in righteousness.

Do you believe we are reconciled to God in Christ, and in Christ alone? I'm curious. I'm wondering what it is you believe God's bride does to "make herself ready", and where we find that in the Bible.

To deny the Bride is to lose the heartbeat of the Gospel’s endgame: union with Christ in glory.

We just need to know whether we are actually in step with Scripture or not. Many are not, failing to recognize the true Israel of God.

Much love!