Covenant Marriages (3) “Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord”

We may, therefore, define the earthly marriage relation as the union between one man and one woman for life, a union that is based on a communion of nature, on a communion of life, and a communion of love, which is a reflection of the covenant relation between God and His people and of the relation between Christ and His church; a union, moreover, that has its chief purpose in bringing forth the seed of the covenant. The above quote comes from Herman Hoeksema’s The Triple Knowledge (vol. 3,...