What a Relationship we have...

When you look at what we are, The Bride of Christ, what do you think. We are apart of a very unique relationship, one that has never occurred in the history of man. Israel is God's people, a relationship of citizens in the kingdom of God. The Church on the other hand is altogether different. We have a marital relationship with Christ, being heirs with Him, throughout eternity. Where Israel has the blessing of being ruled by God, we have the blessings of ruling with Him. I wonder how this will affect our relationship to the Father, since we are His Son's bride. This is why I stated in an earlier post, the possibility of "election" in Ephesians 1 could refer to the choosing or predestining of "us"(Church) as Paul says, as being chosen to be a part of the Church, that unique relationship.