Great Mystery

At a wedding recently I used these symbols to illustrate the Great Mystery (Ephesians 5) of marriage. ​

​First the triquetra, an old Celtic symbol for the Trinity, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It also illustrates how Christian marriages invite God into our marriages, he strengthens the relationship like a threefold cord (Ecclesiastes 4)

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Yet The Mystery goes much deeper:

1. God the Father sent God the Son... (Tracing from the top to the lower left section)
2. To somehow open up the Trinity, to make room for us in eternity... (to the top centre of the heart)
3. Jesus came to us in human form, took our sin on his body on the cross, died for it in our place to make us right with God, & rose again to show he defeated sin/death... (to the bottom)
4. Then he ascended into heaven, where he is preparing a place for us even now... (up to the top left of the heart)
5. He sent his own Holy Spirit, to be within us, whatever we're going through... (to the lower right section)
6. And one day he will take us to be with Him in Heaven forever! (return to the top)​

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This is The Great Mystery and Mission of marriage: 
not just that we invite God into our marriages, 
but that God invites us into HIS!!!

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