The Wedding and The Marriage

Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another — to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
(Romans 7:4 NKJV)
I have several times chastised people who were getting married for spending more time and money preparing for the wedding than for the marriage. I think the issue is the same with regard to our lives being more focused on “going to Heaven” than on bringing the culture and power and righteousness of Heaven to the sphere we can influence.
Our marriage to the Christ is already validated and consummated. We need to bear the appropriate fruit already. Heaven is free to manifest already.