How Many Wives does God Have?

[jfrog]

When analogies fall apart... good observations Sam! Analogies are only tools to help give us inisght into how something unfamiliar works. Analogies are rarely perfect explanations and often fall apart beyond whatever insight the analogy attempts to convey.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by jfrog

When analogies fall apart... good observations Sam! Analogies are only tools to help give us inisght into how something unfamiliar works. Analogies are rarely perfect explanations and often fall apart beyond whatever insight the analogy attempts to convey.

Good point. I always heard the "married" ther more like "married to your work," "committed." But have read the "divorce" decree thing. I always assumed that, especially Apo/Pent doctrine attributed those to the Son. Guess not.

[Cindy]

Good grief.

[berkeley]

Well, if God can have many brides...

[Jay]

Originally Posted by berkeley

Well, if God can have many brides...

Do not even go there.




Actually, we are grafted into an already existent bride (the children of Israel). He chose them, but then allowed the Gentiles to become a part as well. It is understood that all should now become one in the body of Christ as He is that living God who chose the children of Israel.

There has been and will always be one bride. He could claim both Israel and Judah since they had been a single people before. However, after their split the one walked after Him with partial hearts with the other left Him completely. However, there were representatives of the other tribes within the borders of Judah. Further the kingdom of Judah actually contained the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. Thus God is addressing them as a single entity not their composite parts.