The Bible is a romance
In the most holy sense:
God and His chosen people
In love it so presents.
This Universal Couple
Throughout it is displayed;
God in Christ is the Bridegroom
His saints
the Bride
portrayed.
Through shadows
types and figures
God’s deepest thought is known;
As typified by Adam
The Husband
Christ
is shown.
A rib brought forth from Adam
Reveals the source of life
By which God built a woman:
Eve
as the church
His wife.
To be His people’s Husband
To take them as His wife:
This is what God desires
To live in marriage life.
Their sacrifice and worship
Alone could not content;
But with them to be married
Was God’s foremost intent.
This romance is the finest
As seen in Song of Songs;
For her Beloved’s kisses
His seeking lover longs.
Love’s work in her produces
No person of her own
But she becomes the City
Her Person
Christ alone.
Christ is our coming Bridegroom;
We are the Church
His Bride
Redeemed
regenerated
The issue of His side
In source
in life
in nature
And person fully one
His counterpart forever
The New Jerusalem.
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