How does Ephesians 5 compare a husband's headship over his wife to Christ's headship over the Church?
Ephesians 5 parallels the husband as head of the wife with Christ as head of the Church. As the Church is subject to Christ, wives are subject to their husbands. Christ also is Savior of the body, and He presents the Church as a glorious Bride without spot, wrinkle, or blemish.
Les explains that Ephesians 5 draws an analogy between the physical husband-and-wife relationship and Christ's relationship to the Church. The husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church, and as the Church is subject unto Christ, so wives are to be subject to their own husbands in everything. Les also connects this to the groom-and-bride concept: Christ is the Head and Savior of the body, and He will present the Body of Christ to Himself as a glorious church, a beautiful white-clad Bride without spot, wrinkle, or blemish.
For 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.