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In the second place, marriage was instituted as a bond of the most intimate possible nature. The Genesis narrative stresses this when it reveals "(God) took one of Adam's ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought he
Marriage is a union that comes so close to the mystery of Christ's relationship with His people that there is nothing in this world that can better describe it! And when death severs this earthly relationship, revealing to us that it is only earthly as opposed to our eternal union with Christ, it te
And then, in reference to marriage, especially from the viewpoint of the closeness, the intimacy of marriage, Paul says: “This is a great mystery.” Now in Scripture, the word “mystery” has a very special meaning. A “mystery” is not just something puzzling or baffling that we can’t figure out. In t
Two become one in marriage because God joins them together in marriage. Speaking of marriage in this passage, Paul cites Genesis 2:24, "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife." The word "joined" means to be glued together. In marriage God glues two to
have asked me today to speak on a verse from probably the most important and prominent passage in all of Scripture on the bond of marriage and the roles of men and women, husband and wife, in marriage. This is Ephesians chapter 5. I'm going to read from verse 22 to the end of the chapter, Ephes