How Your Marriage Mirrors Heaven's Greatest Love Story

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About This Episode As we say in our book Marriage After God, your marriage is an earthly symbol of a heavenly truth. In this final episode of our Jesus series, we look at the eternal marriage of Christ and His bride, the church, and why it matters for your marriage today. We read Ephesians 5 and the profound mystery Paul reveals, answer the question of marriage in heaven from Jesus' reply to the Sadducees, and celebrate the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19. We also talk about forgiveness versus reconciliation, how Paul used marriage to encourage early Jewish believers, and the moment four years into our marriage when God used the picture of Christ going to the cross for His bride to turn Aaron's heart around. What gospel is your marriage preaching?

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode The profound mystery — Ephesians 5 and why marriage points to Christ and the church Will we be married in heaven? — Jesus answers the Sadducees in Matthew 22 What marriage pictures — exclusivity, faithfulness, purity, family, pleasure, and permanence The marriage supper of the Lamb — the celebration the church has waited for in Revelation 19 Forgiveness vs. reconciliation — why one is unconditional and the other takes two Married to another — how Paul used marriage in Romans 7 to encourage Jewish believers The betrothed bride — 2 Corinthians 11:2, John 3:29, and Mark 2:19-20 Our turning point — how Gethsemane changed Aaron's heart four years into our marriage Oneness — Colossians 3:15, the book of Ruth, and our son's picture of the marriage covenant What gospel is your marriage preaching? — living as a message to our kids and the world

Scripture Referenced Ephesians 5:22-33 Matthew 22:23-30 Revelation 19:6-9 Romans 7:1-6 2 Corinthians 11:2 John 3:29 Mark 2:19-20 Isaiah 54:5 Colossians 3:15 Revelation 21:1-4

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