Marriage: Figurative
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Isaiah 54:5
For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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Isaiah 62:4,5
You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
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Jeremiah 3:14
Turn, O backsliding children, said the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
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Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband to them, said the LORD:
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Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take to you a wife of prostitutions and children of prostitutions: for the land has committed great prostitution, departing from the LORD.
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Hosea 2:19,20
And I will betroth you to me for ever; yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies.
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Ephesians 5:30-32
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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Revelation 19:7-9
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
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The Royal Marriage Feast.
... the story for the sake of its spiritual significance, is the marriage supper of ... group
in which the message sent was an invitation, not figurative but literal ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xii the royal marriage feast.htm

On Baptism.
... and the cry of loud-voiced heralds assembles them all: but the same Bridegroom
afterwards separates those who have come in to the figurative marriage. ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture iii on baptism.htm

Annunciation to Joseph of the Birth of Jesus.
... Joseph feared as a son of David that this marriage would sully his genealogy ... said
language is more perfectly suited.4. When parabolic or figurative language may ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/ix annunciation to joseph of.htm

Entire Sanctification in Prophecy.
... to the subject of holiness, though their language is often highly figurative. ... and
the language, therefore, points to an experience or a relation of marriage. ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter v entire sanctification in.htm

Two Ways of Despising God's Feast
... highest joy on earth; namely, by the name of a marriage feast.' How ... known and terrible]
weeping and gnashing of teeth"awful though figurative expressions for ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/two ways of despising gods.htm

The Section Chap. I. -iii.
... The basis, however, for this whole figurative representation is Genesis 2:24, where
marriage appears as the most intimate of all earthly relations of love, and ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the section chap i -iii.htm

On the Journey to Jerusalem - Departure from Ephraim by Way of ...
... had questioned Christ about His teaching on the Divinely sacred relationship of
marriage. ... addition of the words in public' ({hebrew}) marks its figurative use. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxii on the journey.htm

CHAPTER III.
... neighbouring nations an object of their worship; whilst a marriage connection would ...
considered as an appendix, in which, without any figurative covering, the ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chapter iii.htm

Faustus Rejects the Old Testament Because it Leaves no Room for ...
... the Song of Songs, and in the parable of a householder making a marriage for his ...
one is to follow him, makes use of a style free from all figurative expressions ...
/.../faustus rejects the old testament.htm

Clement of Alexandria.
... Apostles, how chosen, 514, 532. marriage of, 541, 543. ... Fear of God, necessary,
354. Figurative teaching of Scripture and philosophy, 450. ...
/.../clement/who is the rich man that shall be saved/clement of alexandria.htm

Resources
What is the validity of marriage in today's world? | GotQuestions.org

If marriage is so difficult, why should I even consider it? | GotQuestions.org

What biblical principles should be applied to a Christian marriage ceremony? | GotQuestions.org

Marriage: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Marriage in Heaven

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Marriage: A Benediction Pronounced After

Marriage: A Covenant Relationship

Marriage: A Dowry Given to the Woman's Parents Before

Marriage: A Herald Preceded the Bridegroom

Marriage: Advised

Marriage: Betrothal a Quasi-Marriage

Marriage: Betrothal Made With the Spirit

Marriage: Bridal Ornaments

Marriage: Bridal Presents

Marriage: Celebrated for Seven Days

Marriage: Celebrated with Feasting

Marriage: Celebrated with Great Rejoicing

Marriage: Celibacy Deplored

Marriage: Ceremony Attested by Witnesses

Marriage: Christ's Union With his Church

Marriage: Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah

Marriage: Consent of the Parties Necessary To

Marriage: Contracted at the Gate and Before Witnesses

Marriage: Contracted in Patriarchal Age With Near Relations

Marriage: Daughters Given In, As Rewards of Valor

Marriage: David Gave One Hundred Philistine Foreskins for a Wife

Marriage: Designed For: Increasing the Human Population

Marriage: Designed For: Preventing Fornication

Marriage: Designed For: Raising up Godly Seed

Marriage: Designed For: The Happiness of Man

Marriage: Divinely Instituted

Marriage: Early Introduction of Polygamy

Marriage: Elder Daughters Usually Given In, Before the Younger

Marriage: Expressed by Giving Daughters to Sons, and Sons to Daughters

Marriage: Expressed by Joining Together

Marriage: Expressed by Making Affinity

Marriage: Expressed by Taking to Wife

Marriage: Figurative

Marriage: Garments Provided for Guests At

Marriage: Given by Kings

Marriage: God's Union With the Jewish Nation

Marriage: Honorable for All

Marriage: Indissoluble During the Joint Lives of the Parties

Marriage: Infidelity of Those Contracted In, Punished As If Married

Marriage: Isaac and Rebekah

Marriage: Jacob and his Wives

Marriage: Jesus Present At

Marriage: Lawful in All

Marriage: Levirate (The Brother Required to Marry a Brother's Widow)

Marriage: Modes of Demanding Women In

Marriage: Not Binding After Death

Marriage: Nuptial Feasts

Marriage: Obligations Under, Inferior to Duty to God

Marriage: Often Contracted by Parents for Children

Marriage: Parables From

Marriage: Parents' Consent Requires in the Mosaic Law

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Abraham for Isaac

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Hagar Selects a Wife for Ishmael

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Laban Arranges for his Daughters' Marriage

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Samson Asks his Parents to Procure Him a Wife

Marriage: Parents Might Refuse to Give Their Children In

Marriage: Presents Given to Parents to Secure Their Favor

Marriage: Priest not to Contract, With Divorced or Improper Persons

Marriage: should be Only in the Lord

Marriage: should be With Consent of Parents

Marriage: The Bride: Adorned With Jewels For

Marriage: The Bride: Attended by Bridesmaids

Marriage: The Bride: Called to Forget Her Father's House

Marriage: The Bride: Given a Handmaid At

Marriage: The Bride: Gorgeously Apparelled

Marriage: The Bride: Received Presents Before

Marriage: The Bride: Stood on the Right of Bridegroom

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Adorned With Ornaments

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Attended by Many Friends

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Crowned With Garlands

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Presented With Gifts

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Rejoiced Over the Bride

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Returned With the Bride to his House at Night

Marriage: The Expectation of the Promised Seed of the Woman An

Marriage: The Groom Exempt One Year from Military Duty

Marriage: The High Priest not to Contract, With a Widow or a Divorced

Marriage: The Jews were Allowed Divorce From, Because of Hardness of Their

Marriage: The Jews: Betrothed Themselves some Time Before

Marriage: The Jews: Careful in Contracting for Their Children

Marriage: The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Cause of Grief

Marriage: The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Reproach

Marriage: The Jews: Contracted when Young

Marriage: The Jews: Exempted from Going to War Immediately After

Marriage: The Jews: Forbidden to Contract With Idolaters

Marriage: The Jews: Forbidden to Contract, With Their Near Relations

Marriage: The Jews: Obliged to Contract With a Brother's Wife Who Died Without

Marriage: The Jews: Often Contracted With Foreigners

Marriage: The Jews: Often Contracted, in Their own Tribe

Marriage: The Jews: Often Punished by Being Debarred From

Marriage: The Jews: Sometimes Guilty of Polygamy

Marriage: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Marriage: Wedding Robes Adorned With Jewels

Marriage: Wives Among the Israelites Must be Israelites

Marriage: Wives Obtained by Kidnapping

Marriage: Wives Obtained by Purchase

Marriage: Wives Taken by Edict

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