September 11 – The Bridegroom. John 3:29; “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.”
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The New Testament consistently tells us Jesus wasn’t married, rather, He is the bridegroom, and the body of Christ is the bride.
“For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is head of the church…love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church…A man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church” (Eph 5:23-32).
Furthermore, the passage in John 3:29 takes place later in John and wasn’t in reference to the wedding at Cana.
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The Millennial Star, No. 51, Vol. 15, December 17, 1853, page 825; “. . .we apprehend that even greater troubles than these may arise before mankind learn all the particulars of Christ’s incarnation-how and by whom he was begotten; the character of the relationships formed by the act; the number of wives and children he had. . .”
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