Is indeed a very profound mystery.
That mystery is Christ. Paul wrote to the Colossi church about Christ being God's wisdom.
He came to make men like him, as some early church fathers would put it "God became man so that man might become a god." When we read places like 1 John 3:1-3 and 1 Peter 1:4, we see something like what they said. Not that our nature changes, but we participate in God's divine nature! This intimate relationship can only be represented by marriage, the intimacy between a man and a woman. Even that is just a shadow of things to come. That's why marriage is a mystery.
Not only do we become sinless, but holy, pure, righteous, and glorious like our Father, enjoying exceedingly pleasurable, joyful, eternal, intimate communion and fellowship with God in the marriage between Christ and the church. This is the divine mystery.
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