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"The bride of Christ is a city and not the church\n\nThat the bride of Christ is a city and not the church, in Rev. 21:2, 9-10 it is as simply stated as can possibly be that the bride of Christ is the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem. The bride then is not the church or a special part of the church. Neither is the bride Israel or a special company of Jews such as the 144,000 of Rev. 7 and 14. If the bride is a city, that should be accepted without any questions. In no place is the church called the bride, virgin, a lady, a woman, or referred to by feminine pronouns. On the contrary, the church is called a \"man\" because it is the body of Christ, who is a man (Eph. 2:15; 4:13)."
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