God created marriage between a wife and husband to reveal something to us of the union that we as the church share with Jesus Christ. As a husband and wife share all that they are and all that they have with one another, Jesus does the same with his bride—the church. Wives and husbands also illustrate the Gospel in the way that they fulfill their perspective roles called for here in Ephesians 5:22-33
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ephesians commentaries by Calvin, Merida, and Snodgrass; Rejoicing in Christ by Michael Reeves; The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy & Cathy Keller; Family Shepherds by Voddie Baucham; Sermons on Ephesians 5:22-33 by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
