The OT prophets portray God as marrying Israel and Judah at Sinai and both those marriages going wrong. Israel committed adultery with idols and was sent away as a divorcee. Judah was warned that if she continued in the same way, she would suffer the same fate. But she was never actually given a certificate of divorce. Jeremiah pondered how God could remarry Israel, till he (and other prophets) found that she would be reunited with Judah and together they would remarry as a virgin bride. The third wedding is when Christ marries his bride, which the NT portrays as the one and only bride encompassing Israel and Gentiles.
"Three Weddings and a Divorce - God's marriage to Judah, Israel and the Church"
The OT prophets portray God as marrying Israel and Judah at Sinai and both those marriages going wrong. Israel committed adultery with idols and was sent away as a divorcee. Judah was warned that if she continued in the same way, she would suffer the same fate. But she was never actually given a certificate of divorce. Jeremiah pondered how God could remarry Israel, till he (and other prophets) found that she would be reunited with Judah and together they would remarry as a virgin bride. The third wedding is when Christ marries his bride, which the NT portrays as the one and only bride encompassing Israel and Gentiles.
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