Hopefully anyone reading this blog post, understands the term ‘bride of Christ’ is not referring to an Australian ABC series on nuns that was aired in the 1980’s! It is not even referring to the Catholic church, or any denomination or church building. If you’re not sure who the Bride of Christ is, I can tell you right now, that the Bride of Christ is the same as the Body of Christ  – it is the collective body of believers who are in Him – those who have received salvation and have become part of Him – in other words, The Church.  Although there are a few lyrics that don’t fit with the picture, to me, this secular song reflects awesome dialogue between the Lord Jesus and His beloved Bride.

Have you ever been so at ease and in love with your partner that you have said to him or her “I’m at home when I’m with you”? This is an expression of feeling safe, comfortable, secure, completely free to be yourself, and with a sense of absolute belonging.

The song in this clip is called ‘Home’ and is about a guy named Alexander (take him as representing Christ in this shadow and type) and a sheila named Jade (take her as representing the church). They sing to eachother about how they are eachothers’ home.

With some imagination and spiritual inspiration, you can hear Jesus saying to his Beloved Bride that His home is within her, His home is her . We the church are called the temple of the Holy Spirit, He has made us His dwelling place and in the words of Frank Viola, we have become His Bethany, His favourite place on earth, a place He can call home.

In the song we hear the church represented by Jade, singing back to Jesus that He is her home, that wherever Christ is, she is home. The two sing of how nothing compares to the love they have for one another.

Toward the end of the song, Alexander confesses to Jade that when they first met and she fell out a window, he was falling in love with her as he took care of her. This spoke to me of Jesus, in love with us the church, picking up His Bride-to-be when she was in a sorry state with no salvation, brushing her off, healing her, making her sins of scarlet white as snow, when she had no idea of His love for her. As it says in Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.

I do hope as you listen to this song and follows the words, you receive a little bit of the Lord’s fun and life in His love toward His cherished one….us.

Enjoy…..(but be warned….it’s hard to get this tune out of your head!!)