I completely agree with your main point that dowry and “bride-price” are not the same. No anthropologist or social historian would dispute that there is a major difference.

We are told in Scripture that Christ is the Bridegroom and that the Church is the Bride (Ephesians 5:22-32), and that the first event to be celebrated when the Church arrives in “heaven” is the Marriage-Supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7-9).

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