The Bride of Christ

Genesis 2:21-23

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called Woman,

because she was taken out of Man.”

The Church is the body of Christ. The Bride of Christ will be taken from the body of Christ. She will come from a small part of His body. These will be His disciples. The Bride of Christ is built up in a partnership between mankind and God. Christ makes it possible to follow Him and will help us on the way. Being a disciple of Christ is the way, but it is a way we must go. The one who goes and perseveres to the end and thereby conquers and overcomes the flesh will be rewarded by His blessings.