That's the beauty of discussion, which I like.
This is somewhat lengthy, so I hope you don't mind reading, although I will try to keep it brief:
Isaiah 54:5
5 For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
It might be different had there not been more written by the prophets of the Lord already having been the husband of Israel:
Jeremiah 3:11, 14
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. ...
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Jeremiah 31:31-32
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Hosea 2:14-19
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
So, we can see that Gentiles are not at all the one to whom the Lord betrothed Himself. Today, however, the popular teaching that the Lord's bride is now the BODY of Christ...that simply makes no sense. The reference that's been made to 2 Corinthians 2:11, speaking to one of Churches, using the imagery of a marital relationship, that context doesn't give any reason to believe that the Lord sent Paul out to be a match-maker for Him among the Gentiles. This idea that the Lord will become the serial polygamy wife of the Lord, I cannot accept that. Replacement theology has Israel pushed completely out of the picture, even though the tribulation period is the Lord's means for dealing with disobedient and harlotry immersed Israel and Judah.
It is already revealed that the body of Christ will dwell in Heavenly places, not the New Jerusalem, for it is clear that the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem are the Lord's bride who will be joined back to Him after this:
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:11-14
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever.
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
So, even after having divorced Israel, the Lord still considered Himself married to her. So, are we now to believe that the Lord will become a polygamist in Revelation 21? Is that the Lord's ways, as believed by most Evangelicals? Famous ministries are behind this idea, and yet they fail to grapple with the massive dichotomies they create in this doctrine of theirs, never considering that the marriage will be a marital reuniting to Israel after she has been purified by the horrendous fires of tribulation (Zechariah 12).
Does this help?
MM