Lydia

‘Out of two imperfect fallen human beings, one reflects the perfect ultimate being (God) and the other fallen humanity (the Church).

Can you explain to me, the logic of possibility on this one, NN”

Pinklight,

That is exactly what NN is saying the “sacred text” is teaching. You see, some take metaphors waaaaay too far.

Actually, If I take NN’s teaching to it’s logical conclusion, it means that I, a woman, cannot be “Christlike” because Jesus is male and only males can represent the Christ part. That is where his interpretation of that metaphor takes us.

And I disagree with this:
‘We human beings are made for marriage, made for ultimate intimacy. We all want it; we all need it. We are made for a relationship in which we are completely known, through our deepest faults and loved despite them. A love so deep and so cleansing that it removes them from us at the cost to our Beloved. This is the Christian idea of marriage.’

For one reason, the ‘sacred text’ 1 Corin 7 negates the emphatic voice of NN on marriage. Do most people want to marry? yes. Are there some who want to remain single to better serve the Lord? yes. Paul, who wrote the marriage metaphor in Eph is one of those.

The New Covenant is about making disciples. the OC about being fruitful and multiplying.

NN is mapping the husband to Christ and the woman to the church in a rigid physical authoritarian sense. it is a spiritual metaphor of the type of LOVE found there. Jesus Christ is the source for the Body.

Oh, and nevermind that pesky verse 21which kind of ruins the whole comp argument for believing men never submitting to women believers. :o)

Some think that “sheep” means refers to ignorant smelly pew sitters and the brilliant shepherd (human) must