The following is an excerpt from my sermon on singleness.  I removed it from the body of the sermon before delivering it and instead, worked these ideas into the closing prayer.

The Bible has given us the illustration of marriage and we’ve taken it as an illustration of the Body of Christ—the Church as the Body being restored with the headship of Christ.  But the more I read the scriptures and understand God’s plan for His people, I think that marriage is more than a metaphor.  I want to suggest that perhaps the very reason God created marriage above all other reasons was so that we could come to understand the union we’ll have one day with Jesus Christ.