The Wife of the Lord and The Bride of Christ - Congregation Yeshuat ...

Isaiah 50:1,2:Thus says the Lord:“Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce,Whom I have put away?Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have soldyou?For your iniquities you have sold yourselves,And for your transgressions your mother hasbeen put away.In Jeremiah there is a particularlystriking statement:"Turn, 0 backsliding children,saith the Lord; for I ammarried unto you."(Jeremiah 3:14)2 Why, when I came, was there no man?Why, when I called, was there none to answer?Is My hand shortened at all that it cannotredeem? Or have I no power to deliver?Jeremiah 3:8 "And I saw, when forall the causes whereby backslidingIsrael committed adultery I hadput her away, and given her abill of divorce; yet her treacheroussister Judah feared not, but wentand played the harlot also."Hence Israel, having proved disloyal to Godand having dishonored His Name, was castaside, as several of the prophets testify.Hosea declares!"Plead with your mother, plead: for she isnot my wife, neither am I her husband."(Hosea 2:2.)2