Now imagine this with me for a second. Let’s say you have a pillow and let’s say the family dog got ahold of that pillow and used it for a litter box… so you took it out and put it in the dumpster, and a family of rats moved into it and used it for a bed. And just before the day the trash truck comes and empties your dumpster, your spouse goes out and gets that pillow and places it back on the bed.
You see it and you’re like, “What are you doing? That pillow is nasty! It needs to be burned.” And your spouse says, “No, I love that pillow… it’s been in our family for a long time, it’s still useful, and it’s comfortable.” And you’re like, “Get rid of that thing! It’s soiling everything it touches… and if you use it, you could end up really sick. It can actually hurt you if you use it.” But your spouse, is like, “But I love that pillow.”
What I’m trying to do with that illustration is show us a picture of our Groom – Jesus, and us, and the world. To Him, the world going to the dump heap and is going to be burned. But we’re still holding on to it.