Merkel Church Of Christ

Not only does Jesus engage the most unlikely person in an exchange about his status as Messiah, he does so in the context of a standard betrothal scene familiar to the Jews who remember Jacob and Rachel in Genesis 24.  The message, mercy is extended to everyone, Jesus is the bridegroom who wants the bride to enter into an unconditional love covenant with him.  Like Hosea and Gomer, Jesus will pursue us and save us, no one is too bad for ...