Yes — Les Feldick teaches that the church is the bride of Christ, a spiritual relationship pictured as a pure virgin espoused to Christ.
Les grounds this in Paul's words to the church: "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:2). He distinguishes the church as the pure bride of Christ from Israel, whom he calls the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah. The bride language is a relational picture, not a literal gender.
2 Corinthians 11:2 — Paul clearly uses betrothal language for the church, saying he has espoused believers to Christ as a chaste virgin.
Scripture uses bridal imagery for the church. In 2 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV), Paul writes, "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." Paul has betrothed these believers to Christ and will present them as a pure virgin to Him. In Ephesians 5:31-32 (KJV), Paul applies the marriage ordinance directly to Christ and the church: "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church." Romans 7:4 (KJV) also uses marital language for believers: "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
Les Feldick plainly teaches that the church is the bride of Christ. He says, "The church is referred to as the virgin, pure bride of Christ. Israel is referred to as the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah" (Clip 1). He is careful to say this is not bigamy or sexuality, but a position. The present age of grace is the calling out of a Gentile bride for God the Son (Clip 0). Les bases this on Paul's writings, especially 2 Corinthians 11:2 and Ephesians 5. In Ephesians 5, Paul applies the husband-wife relationship to Christ and the church, and Les states, "He is the husband... and we are the bride" (Clip 3). He also connects Christ's headship of the body to the marriage relationship — the church is the complement of the head, just as Eve was Adam's complement (Clips 2, 6). Les also clarifies that the bride language is not literal gender; it is "merely a relationship" (Clip 5). He describes the bride as "that consortium of all the believers of the Church Age, who have been placed into the body by the Holy Spirit" (Clip 7). He calls this his "impression," showing it is his personal conviction while still being a clearly taught scriptural truth.
Paul uses wedding language in 2 Corinthians 11:2, telling believers he has betrothed them to Christ and will present them as a pure virgin. In Ephesians 5:31-32, the marriage union is applied directly to Christ and the church, and Les says Christ is the Husband and believers are the bride. He also connects Christ's headship over the body to the marriage relationship — as a husband is the head of the wife, Christ is the head of the church, and the church is the complement of that head, just as Eve was Adam's complement.
Les carefully distinguishes the two relationships. Israel is not the bride; Israel is the "adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah." The book of Hosea pictures Israel's unfaithfulness as a prostitute wife who will later be restored to her husband. These are two separate pictures — the church as a pure virgin bride and Israel as a wife restored after unfaithfulness. Les cautions that this is not bigamy or sexuality, but a positional truth.
Les addresses a common misunderstanding: the bride of Christ does not mean believers are female. He tells of a letter he received where the writer misunderstood the phrase and thought believers were being called female. Les answers, "This is merely a relationship." The marriage and betrothal language describes the union between Christ and the believing church, not gender or sexuality.
Les teaches that the Bride of Christ will include all believers of the Church Age who have been placed into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit. There are no unsaved people in this body — human church membership rolls may include unsaved people, but the Spirit's baptism places only believers into Christ. As the bride and co-heirs, believers will rule and reign with Christ and share all things with Him.
The Calling Out of a Gentile Bride
Les sets up the present age of grace as the time when God is calling out a Gentile bride for His Son, Christ — the church's bride identity is part of the age of grace.
Church as Pure Bride vs. Israel as Adulterous Wife
Les explicitly says the church is the virgin, pure bride of Christ, while Israel is the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah, and points to Hosea's marriage to a prostitute as the picture of Israel's unfaithfulness and future restoration.
Christ's Headship and the Husband-Wife Connection
Les shows that Paul doesn't call Christ the King of the church, but rather the head of the body — the same way a husband is joined to his wife, Christ is joined to believers as the body.
Ephesians 5: Christ the Husband, Church the Bride
Reading Ephesians 5, Les says Paul speaks of Christ and the church; Christ is the husband and believers are the bride, taking us to 2 Corinthians 11.
Les's Personal Impression of the Bride
Les states his personal impression that the church will be the bride of Christ and shares the cooperative inheritance and ruling relationship believers have with Christ.
Married to Christ — A Relationship, Not Gender
Les explains that in Romans 7 believers are 'married to Christ' after being dead to the law, and clarifies that the bride language is a relationship and not a literal gender.
The Church as the Complement of Christ
Les compares the church to Eve: the church is the complement of the head, and the husband-wife relationship is a beautiful picture of Christ and the church, His body.
The Bride: All Church Age Believers in the Body
Les teaches that the Bride of Christ is the consortium of all Church Age believers placed into the body by the Holy Spirit, and that no unsaved person is in that body.
2 Corinthians 11:2: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Paul directly uses betrothal language for the church, calling believers a pure virgin presented to Christ.
Ephesians 5:31-32: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Paul applies the marriage relationship to Christ and the church, explicitly identifying the church as the bride in the analogy.
Romans 7:4: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Paul says believers are 'married' to the risen Christ, showing the marital union between Christ and believers.
Hosea 1:2: The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
This is the Old Testament picture Les uses to show Israel as an unfaithful wife who is later restored, contrasted with the church as a pure bride.
Yes. Les says the church is 'the virgin, pure bride of Christ' and that Christ is the Husband with believers as the bride. He bases this on Paul's language in 2 Corinthians 11:2 and Ephesians 5:31-32.
No. Les teaches that Israel is the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah, pictured in Hosea's marriage. The church is the pure bride, and the two are distinct relationships.
No. Les makes clear it is a relationship, not a literal gender, and that believers are not female in this imagery.
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