Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

The bestselling follow-up to Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist. Includes a reader's guide and an excerpt from Pitre's The Case for Jesus.Â

In Jesus the Bridegroom, Brant Pitre once again taps into the wells of Jewish Scripture and tradition, and unlocks the secrets of what is arguably the most well-known symbol of the Christian faith: the cross of Christ. In this thrilling exploration, Pitre shows how the suffering and death of Jesus was far more than a tragic Roman execution. Instead, the Passion of Christ was the fulfillment of ancient Jewish prophecies of a wedding, when the God of the universe would wed himself to humankind in an everlasting nuptial covenant.
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To be sure, most Christians are familiar with the apostle Paulâ€™s teaching that Christ is the â€˜Bridegroomâ€™ and the Church is the â€˜Brideâ€™. But what does this really mean? And what would ever possess Paul to compare the death of Christ to the love of a husband for his wife? If you would have been at the Crucifixion, with Jesus hanging there dying, is that how you would have described it? How could a first-century Jew like Paul, who knew how brutal Roman crucifixions were, have ever compared the execution of Jesus to a wedding? And why does he refer to this as the â€œgreat mysteryâ€ (Ephesians 5:32)?
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As Pitre shows, the key to unlocking this mystery can be found by going back to Jewish Scripture and tradition and seeing the entire history of salvation, from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary, as a divine love story between Creator and creature, between God and Israel, between Christ and his brideâ€”a story that comes to its climax on the wood of a Roman cross.Â
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In the pages of Jesus the Bridegroom, dozens of familiar passages in the Bibleâ€”the Exodus, the Song of Songs, the Wedding at Cana, the Woman at the Well, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and even the Second Coming at the End of Timeâ€”are suddenly transformed before our eyes. Indeed, when seen in the light of Jewish Scripture and tradition, the life of Christ is nothing less than the greatest love story ever told.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Image
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 182584
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-02-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780770435479

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Image
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	182584
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-02-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780770435479

Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

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