The only two books in the Bible with female names are about two Brides – Esther (a Jew in a Gentile land) and Ruth (a Gentile who returns to Judah). Surely in their two stories we have a prefiguring of these constituent parts of the Bride-body.
Ultimately the Bride, the Lamb’s wife, will be termed spiritual (or true) Israel, comprising individuals that follow after the example of their forefather Abraham (see John 8:39).Waiting for response for John 8:39
The only two books in the Bible with female names are about two Brides – Esther (a Jew in a Gentile land) and Ruth (a Gentile who returns to Judah). Surely in their two stories we have a prefiguring of these constituent parts of the Bride-body.
Ultimately the Bride, the Lamb’s wife, will be termed spiritual (or true) Israel, comprising individuals that follow after the example of their forefather Abraham (see John 8:39).Waiting for response for John 8:39