As a married man, I can speak authoritatively about brides. Even such notable polygynists as David and Solomon never attempted to marry a whole church. The metaphor can't handle the weight, to say nothing of the obvious, if crude, jokes that accompany it. The author of Revelation had a vivid, psychedelic imagination, but it seems certain concepts eluded him. Perhaps he himself was a bachelor.
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timeasmymeasure
Re: Jesus the Bachelor
Date: 2011-02-09 02:17 pm (UTC)