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Our Life Was Hid With Christ In God
Christ shall all (his spiritual seed) be made alive.”
When Christ was set up he was appointed to be the husband of God’s chosen daughter. And as man and wife they were viewed one in union from everlasting; for the covenant of grace is a covenant of eternal wedlock: as it is written, “A certain king made a marriage for his son.”
Matt. 22:2
The covenant of wedlock runs like this, as God the Father speaks to his elect, “Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young, man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.”
Isa. 62:4,5
Thus the elect were chosen as the king’s daughter-in-law from eternity.”
Ps. 132:13
They are espoused in time;
2 Cor. 11:2
and the marriage shall be consummated in bliss, when the mystery of God is finished; as it is written, “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”
Rev. 19:7
And then she shall be clad in gold of Ophir, and be brought with joy and rejoicing to enter into the king’s palace.
Ps. 45:15
Our Life Was Hid With Christ In God
This mystery was exhibited by Eve’s existing in Adam before she was extracted from him; so our life was hid with Christ in God. And, when Eve was taken out of Adam, she was a help-meet formed for him; so the elect are created anew in Christ Jesus. When Eve was formed, God brought her to Adam; so no man can come to Christ except the Father draw him. When she came to Adam he received her as God’s gift; so the elect are given to Christ. Adam and Eve are said to be one; so also are they that are joined to the Lord one spirit. Adam said, “Man shall leave, his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife;” so Christ came forth from the Father, leaping upon the mountains. And, when some of the Saviour’s followers said. “Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee; he answered, Who is my mother and my brethren? And he stretched out his hands towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!”
