The Bible is a romance

The Bible is a romance In the most holy sense: God and His chosen people In love it so presents. This Universal Couple Throughout it is displayed; God in Christ is the Bridegroom, His saints, the Bride, portrayed.

Through shadows, types and figures, God’s deepest thought is known; As typified by Adam, The Husband, Christ, is shown. A rib brought forth from Adam Reveals the source of life By which God built a woman: Eve, as the church, His wife.

To be His people’s Husband, To take them as His wife: This is what God desires To live in marriage life. Their sacrifice and worship Alone could not content; But with them to be married Was God’s foremost intent.

This romance is the finest As seen in Song of Songs; For her Beloved’s kisses His seeking lover longs. Love’s work in her produces No person of her own, But she becomes the City, Her Person, Christ alone.

Christ is our coming Bridegroom; We are the Church, His Bride, Redeemed, regenerated, The issue of His side, In source, in life, in nature And person fully one, His counterpart forever, The New Jerusalem.