Husband and Wife

God is the God of Relationships.  He started slowly with "His People" Israel.  From Noah and Abraham and Jacob He show them more and more who He is.   Where they could not enter into more with God than worshiping Him as "their God".  Who save them, protect them, provide for them.  And of course Discipline them if they were naughty.  

 

But God is not ignorant of Relationships.  And where prophesying about a Greater Relationship.  That of a more Personal Character.  Where He was a Father with His Children. 

Jeremiah 3

19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

 

 And God also used Israel as a group for another Relationship. That of them being "His Wife".

Isaiah 54

5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

 

And of course The Mother of His Children.

 Isaiah 66

 12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

 

And the Bible call this the "shadow" of the Reality that manifests in the NT. 

 

  Hebrews 8 

5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he,that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

 

 

And we see in Jesus how God created this Perfect Father Child Relationship. In a very Personal Relationship with each Child of His. As the Reality of the shadow of the OT.

John 1 

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

 

Where they become Children of God by a Birth from Him. Perfectly His "Sons". 

 

But we know that there is a Greater Reality that God created than this. That of Family Existence. Where there is a Wife also in the picture.  Where God already used Israel as the "shadow" of this. And now we move to the NT where God is also speaking about His Wife. 

 

Rev. 19

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

 

And of course the other aspect of Relationships. A Mother. In the New Jerusalem.

 

Where the Wife is the Mother in the New Jerusalem.

Gal. 4

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

 

And in all the Relationships present in the Family of God we move now into the third day and the day of Perfection of God's Family Life. Where it manifests on earth. No longer just a Father and His "naughty Kids". But the Perfection of the Family of God. In the Holy Spirit of His Love.