Kay

“So if the original marriage was a foreshadow of Christ/Church, adn authority exists in the church/Christ relatioship, why ought we deny the human relationship is different.”

Mark,
If you think Paul’s analogy extends that far, why stop at assuming Christ’s authority over your wife? Why not include everything else Christ does/is in relation to the Church?

Why not include saving, sanctifying and cleansing?

Why not presenting “the wife/church to husband/Himself in all its glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and without fault?”