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The unfaithful wife in Ezekiel 16 — applications and misapplications

Barbara Roberts1 Comment

Scripture sometimes uses marital imagery for the relation between God and his chosen people. The Hebrew bible depicts God as the husband of Jerusalem. And the New Testament calls Jesus the bridegroom of the bride, the bride being the ecclesia. When a wife trashes and desecrates the good things — physical, emotional and spiritual things… Continue reading The unfaithful wife in Ezekiel 16 — applications and misapplications

Augustine believed that Christ says to women, “In so far as your husband behaves badly, don’t regard him as your head, but me.”

Barbara Roberts1 Comment

In so far as your husband behaves badly, don't regard him as your head, but Christ. Don't imitate your husband's wrongful behaviour, don't behave badly yourself, but let him imitate you in behaving well. If only he would!