Jesus the Bridegroom Quotes

“In ancient Jewish tradition, as far back as we can tell, the Song of Songs was not interpreted as a love poem or as an allegory of the individual soul; it was interpreted as an allegory of God's spousal love for the people of Israel.”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“in its deepest mystery, all of salvation history is in fact a divine love story between Creator and creature, between God and Israel, a story that comes to its climax on the bloody wood of a Roman cross.”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:31”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“Redeemer.… For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:5–8, 10)”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate … there shall be heard again the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD.”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“From a biblical perspective, salvation is ultimately about union with God. The God of Israel is not a distant deity or an impersonal power, but the Bridegroom who wants his bride to "know" (Hebrew yada') him intimately, in a spiritual marriage that is not only faithful and fruitful, but "ever-lasting" (Hebrew 'olam).”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“The reason Jesus celebrates the Last Supper with the twelve disciples is that together they represent the bride of God -- the people of Israel. This is a prophetic sign whose symbolism would have been recognized by any Jew familiar with the prophecies of God's future wedding. Just as YHWH wed himself to the twelve tribes of Israel at Mount Sinai through the blood of the old covenant, so now Jesus unites himself to the twelve disciples through the blood of the new covenant, which is sealed in his blood.”
― Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told