Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)
Overview
Marriage reveals something of eternal significance. From the beginning, God designed marriage to convey a greater reality—the passionate, unfailing, redeeming love of God for sinners, the eternal romance between Christ and his bride. In this volume, Ray Ortlund traces marriage throughout Scripture—from the first marriage in the garden of Eden to the ultimate marriage in the book of Revelation—laying out a transcendent vision of marriage that dignifies our own imperfect unions as a display of the gospel. This book offers insight and hope to every married person today.
Top Highlights
“The first claim of the Bible, then, setting the stage for marriage, is that manhood and womanhood are not our own cultural constructs.” (Page 19)
“The first cosmos was created as the home of a young couple named Adam and Eve. The new cosmos will be created as the eternal home of the Son and his bride. It is not as though marriage is just one theme among others in the Bible. Instead, marriage is the wraparound concept for the entire Bible, within which the other themes find their places. And if the Bible is telling a story of married romance, no wonder that the demonic powers would forbid marriage (1 Tim. 4:1–5). Every happy marriage whispers their doom and proclaims Christ’s triumph.” (Page 16)
“The Bible has its eye primarily on the ultimate marriage between the Son of God and his redeemed bride. That eternal romance is the biblical view of marriage, offering both instruction and hope for our own marriages today.” (Page 11)
“Third, God created man under divine blessing, actively promoting man’s glorious destiny” (Pages 18–19)
“Behind the word ‘become’ Jesus sees a personal power at work. He sees no one less than God: ‘What therefore God has joined together …’ (v. 6). A husband and wife, when they marry, do not become one flesh by their own wills or by the pastor’s pronouncement or by some mysterious process. God joins them together (Mal. 2:14–15).” (Page 83)
- Title: Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel
- Author: Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
- Series: Short Studies in Biblical Theology
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Marriage › Biblical teaching; Marriage › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781433546877, 9781433546907, 9781433546884, 9781433546891, 1433546876, 1433546906, 1433546884, 1433546892
- Resource ID: LLS:MRRGMYSTRYGSPL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-27T16:47:02Z