Questions tagged [bride]
Question dealing with "bride" concern the female aspect of marriage, whether naturally or symbolic in application by the Bible, to human relationships, or the relationship between God and people (either Israel or the Church at large).
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Are the dead in Christ also old covenant believers?
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”
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Ephesians 1:22 Language a reference to marriage?
Ephesians 1:22-23
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Is this language of God giving ...
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Should a woman cover her head whilst praying or prophesying because of angels?
According to 1 Corinthians 11:10 should a woman cover her head when she is praying or prophesying for the reason of signaling to the heavenly host that she is not exposed but is covered (protected) ...
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How do we know who is speaking in Song of Solomon? The bride or bridegroom?
How do we know who is actually speaking in Song of Solomon? Are there markings in the Hebrew manuscripts that point to who is speaking, or are the scholars simply assuming based on what they are ...
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If we are not given in marriage as spirits, how does the Bride of Christ imagery work? [closed]
Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven.
If this is true, how can the church collective be the Bride of Christ?
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In Mark 2:19-20, were the disciples the guests at the wedding or the bride herself?
Let's compare The Message and New Living Translation of the same passage:
Jesus said, “When you’re celebrating a wedding, you don’t skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull ...
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What age should we understand Samson, his bride and his bride's younger sister as being?
In Judges 14, Samson gets his parents to arrange a marriage with a certain Philistine maid. She is then given in marriage to one of Samson's companions. Then the wife's father offers the younger ...
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Are Song of Songs 6:11-12 words from the groom or the bride?
In Song of Songs 6:11-12 (NLT)
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11 I went down to the grove of walnut trees and out to the valley to see the new spring growth, to see whether the grapevines had budded or the pomegranates ...
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The Church, and denominations. — I'm confused. — "Denominations" are not in any unison. I thought Christ wanted us to be all ONE [closed]
Christ is The Groom, the Church (that HE established in fulfillment of the old order) is the Bride. In the last 500 years there's been a substantial influx of "denominations." Why? Doesn't ...
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Hebrew words for "sister" & "bride" interchangeable? "sister" can mean "friend"? [closed]
Paul M. Conner, O.P., Celibate Love p. 23 (PDF p. 27), claims:
In Hebrew the terms "sister" and "bride" do not always have literal application. Often they are interchangeable. ...
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Why was Michal not stoned for adultery in 2 Samuel 3?
Michal had been given to David as his wife by his father king Saul after he had said he wanted the bride price to be hundred foreskins of the philistines.
1 Samuel 16:27 NIV
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"my sister, my bride". Isn't that incestuous?
Song of Solomon 4:9
You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
Is this supposed to sound romantic?
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As a bride prepared for her husband - Revelation 21:2
Revelation 21:2 (ESV),
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Exodus 22 Wasn't it a case of rape?
Exodus 22:16
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her. 17But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the ...
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In Genesis 29:18, what is the significance that Jacob offered to work for Laban, seven years for Rachel?
Genesis 29:18 (NASB)
Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
And why not fewer years?
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