What does Ephesians 5:27 say Christ will present to himself?
Scripture says Christ will present the Body of Christ to Himself as a glorious church, not having spot, wrinkle, or any such thing. This pictures the Bride of Christ as beautiful, white, clean, without wrinkle and without blemish, matching the husband-wife analogy of Christ as Head and the Church as His Body.
Les explains Ephesians 5:27 in the flow of the groom-and-bride concept. The physical husband-and-wife analogy shows the husband as head of the wife, even as Christ is the Head of the Church and the Savior of the body. In verse 27, the "it" refers to the Body of Christ, which Christ will present to Himself as a glorious church, not having spot, wrinkle, or any such thing. Les ties this to the beautiful white-clad Bride, without wrinkle and without blemish, then returns to the physical husband-and-wife analogy in verse 28.
That 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.