In the parables of the wedding feast of the son, there is the talk about the invited guests and the virgins with their lamps.
Often I have heard these parables used to to compare the virgins and the invited guests to Christians.
The problem I have is that at the wedding feast, the Father holds the feast. The wedding is for the son. There must be a bride.
If the son is Jesus, the if the virgins and the guests are the church, just who is the bride?
In Scripture, the church is called *the Bride of Christ*, so in these parables, if the church age believers are the bride, then it’s OUR wedding.
I am not sure who the guests and the virgins are but it could not be us if the wedding is ours.
Thoughts?
The Bride of Christ is The Church (not a building), ALL who have accepted Jesus as Savior, Son of God; John 3:16
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In Scripture, the church is called *the Bride of Christ*, so in these parables, if the church age believers are the bride, then it’s OUR wedding.
I am not sure who the guests and the virgins are but it could not be us if the wedding is ours.
Thoughts?
In scripture, the church is also called the Body of Christ. 1 Cor 12:27
Adam had one rib removed and it was formed into His bride/ helpmate.
The bride is/was hidden within Adam’s body. Same pattern at the cross..
If He truly tells us the end from the beginning, then those who think they are the visible parts of His Body may not actually be His Bride.
She would come after the body falls asleep. Or she may actually stand outside of the body, maybe even today.
A pattern we saw with the first and last Adam on the 6th days when they finished their work and both fell asleep..