John Piper’s insight of both the Old Testament and New Testament meaning of marriage is profound!
Here are the links to the Scriptures he references:
Piper’s conclusions:
- God modeled marriage on the covenant love between Christ and the church.
- Therefore, marriage has always been a witness (or a drama or a parable) of covenant love between Christ and the church.
- Therefore, the roles of husband and wife derive from the roles God designed for Christ and the church.
- Therefore, confusing or minimizing these roles obscures the meaning of marriage as a drama of the covenant love between Christ and the church.
- Therefore, let every husband seek to love and lead and nourish and protect like Christ, and let every wife love her husband and honor his Christ-like role, joining hands in Christ-exalting mission as God meant for the church to do.
Craig T. Owens 
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