[drstevej]

These are corporate images not individual images. The wife in the OT is the Nation. The Bride in the NT is a group of people.

****But I was the filthy adultress before He selected me and made me clean and new and a suitable bride...***

An adultress is one who is unfaithful to her spouse (GOD). A bride awaits marriage to a future spouse (Christ). The former implies there is a bona fide marriage that is being abused. The later assumes that the marriage is yet future.

Can you understand my point?

[RnMomof7]

Sounds a bit like Joseph Smith.:>) Each god gets his own bride