[vmatt]

As do I. I believe the "wife" as we are now, is the church and New Jerusalem. We are the city in which He dwells.

However, we were not invited to the wedding, are not the friend of the bridegroom, did not attend it and could not be the five foolish virgins who missed it since it is passed. Where are we in relation to the wedding? What do you use to prove it?

[NATE4"ONE NATION"]

As God divorced the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel, he then did the same to Judah when Christ pronounced that the kingdom would be taken from them and given to another.
He confirmed this with the woes and consumated it with the temple destruction.

He divorced Israel and is now married to His church.
Though I agree the marriage parables were directed to those of that day, His relationship to his people is the same relationship. A never ending marriage. We inherit this relationship through faith by God's grace.