Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Ephesians 5 ...Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Recently I was looking at the above scripture and I realized something. Paul is not really talking about marriage on this present earth. Paul is talking about the union between Jesus Christ and HIS church.
Notice verse 32 ... This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
I began to consider the above section of scripture in relation to Christ dealing with HIS church.
Christ nourishes and cherishes HIS church. v. 29
I cherish THE WORD.
Cherish means to hold dear ... to feel or show affection for ... to keep safe and cultivate with care.
And to me, cherish means: to handle very carefully above all people and things. Don't let anything or anyone harm it ... This is how I feel about THE WORD.
Here is the concept: When the husband of a married woman dies and someone speaks wrongly about her husband who is not here to defend himself, she will likely stand up for him. Certainly Jesus, The Word, can defend Himself but when I hear HIM crucified by someone speaking wrongly by teaching wrongly, I usually stand up and counter those wrong teachings one way or another.
Jesus Christ nourishes and cherishes HIS church. I cherish THE WORD.
This is a perfect union!