This word is applied to the “church of God,” of whom it is the future, and heavenly title (Rev. 19; 21; 22. only, except in that remarkable passage, John 3:29). The word “bride” implies “newly married,” and is not strictly applicable to the Jews, who have been married, but are divorced. Still it is evident, that just as there are two seeds, two Jerusalem’s, two peoples—heavenly and earthly, so are there two wives (see Rev. 19:7; and Isa. 54:4, 8; 62:4; Jer. 3 &c.). The figure, as regards the church, is alluded to in Eph. 5, and we get numerous types of this union in the Old Testament (Adam and Eve, Isaac and Rebecca, Joseph and Asenath, &c.). As seen by the world in the millennium, she will appear as the heavenly Jerusalem (Rev. 21).