Bridegroom
A bridegroom is more than a role that a man plays on his wedding day. The Bible speaks about the way a bridegroom, a husband, should act toward his wife and family. Husbands are instructed to love their wives and serve them as Jesus Christ served the church. (Remember that Christ's commitment to love humanity led him to die for us!) Husbands are to cherish their wives, to treat them with respect and work to make their marriage a relationship of unity and affirmation. Marriage should include spiritual and personal growth for both husband and wife.

God loves his people like a bridegroom loves his bride-protectively, tenderly, passionately, devotedly-as one head-over-heels in love. He desires that his people love and commit their hearts to him alone, as a wife commits herself only to her husband. The church, as a bride, will one day be presented to Jesus Christ, the bridegroom. God's people are instructed to honor and submit to Christ, their husband.

God in the Old Testament and Jesus Christ in the New Testament are compared to a bridegroom or husband.
Isaiah 54:5; 62:5
Jeremiah 3:14
Matthew 25:1-13
2 Corinthians 11:2
Revelation 21:2
God instructs husbands to treasure and protect their wives.
1 Corinthians 7:3-4
Ephesians 5:23-28
Colossians 3:19
1 Peter 3:7