In this essay, Stephen and Rachel Pimentel give a historical exegesis on the bride throughout the whole Bible. Beginning with the Old Testament, they take the reader on a swift and easily-understood journey through the passages regarding the bride and her relationship to the bridegroom. They explain some of the more difficult to understand passages regarding marriage in both Old and New Testaments; and show the beauty of God’s plan for marriage, and its centrality to the mystery of His love for us. Grasping these things makes clear the importance of marriage, and shows how in our own marriages, through the sacramental grace we receive, each of us furthers and strengthens God’s marriage to the Church, His bride.