Bride of Christ, Spouse of Christ, marriage feast of the lamb?

I believe the Body of Christ to be the physical church wherever it is in this world.

I believe the Bride of Christ to be the collective spirits of believers in Jesus the Son of God, the Christ. A bride believes in her husband, or she certainly would not be willing to marry him.

Believers in Jesus are found in All of the 'Body of Christ' churches who claim Jesus. But, Not all in those 'Body of Christ' churches are believers, hence the story of "one shall be taken the other left behind" and "the Ten bride's maids". There are always "clingers" who having no faith of their own, rely on being in the presence of those who do have faith. Their "belief" is that proximity saves, and that 'acting like a believer is the same as being a believer'.

The Body of Christ has a calling to do the work of the Christ in his absence from this world. It is the arms and legs of Christ and its mission is to spread the Gospel of Christ to every nation.

Just as the human spirit is the life of human flesh, the Bride of Christ church is the life of the Body of Christ church. Without the Bride of Christ, the Body of Christ is dead. It is the Bride of Christ that is 'the restrainer' in 2 Thess 2. It is the Bride of Christ that will be "snatched up" to meet the Bridegroom in the air. The Bridegroom will take his Bride to the Bridegrooms supper, while the Forces of God subdue the forces of evil on the earth, in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus to set up His kingdom on this earth for a thousand years. When Jesus returns to this earth for the 2nd time, he will bring his Bride with Him to reign with him. At the end of the Thousand years, evil will once again be loosed to seduce all who will be seduced and then the end will come and the resurrection of the dead unto judgment will take place in heaven. Those who refused to believe or were seduced by the evil will be cast into the lake of fire. Those who believe and remained faithful to the Christ are given over to him for eternity.

 

Maybe they don't understand.

 

It's the presentation of the church in heaven. God's people of the Old Covenant are the friends of the groom, and God's people of the New Covenant are the bride herself.

Yes. (Mat 13:41) "The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;" - No OSAS here - the willfull sinners are removed from the church as Heb 10:26 says.

Is the church real? It's about joy in heaven. Marriage is the most joyous thing on earth and therefore the best way to portray the joy of heaven. After the judgement.