“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his 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 her unto the man. And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Pretty straight forward. However, the observant reader must ask, “If G-d created everything else from scratch, then why did he create Eve from the side of Adam?” There must be something else here. We see that from the very beginning, G-d instituted the relationship between the man and the woman as “echad”. Echad is the Hebrew word for one. It is used in the “sh'ma”.
Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.
Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
This same oneness is modeled by a husband and wife relationship. Haven’t you ever wondered why a monogamous relationship is so important to G-d after Y’shua, when in the Tanakh, it appears that he kind of turned a blind eye to polygamy? Because, it’s not so much about a man and his mate but more about how it represents G-d’s relationship with his people, the Messiah with his bride, the church. Our marriage should represent Agape, a dedicated and totally committed love. No matter what happens within the marriage, you are to be committed to one another. This is the same way that G-d feels about us.
The reason why G-d hates divorce so much is the fact that it makes a mockery of the model.
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh"
One of the greatest bonds you have going into the marriage is the one between the man or woman and their parents. G-d tells us here in these verses that we are to make the bond between ourselves and to G-d greater than the one between you and your parents. So great, that we must break our parental bonds if it gets in the way between you and your spouse and G-d. Yeshua drives this point home in Luke 14:26.
“ If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
“And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed”
They were innocent as children. That’s all this verse means. It models what Y’shua said in Matthew 18:4.
“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
Why their parents? Shouldn't it just be with your spouse. The in-laws are just extra weight. If they come between the two mates then it's a problem too. Or did I read it wrong?
ReplyDeleteYeah IN-LAWS are extra weight as a matter of fact. Nicely put No Doubt i liked everything you wrote in this post. My heart breaks for the statistics show that the divorce rate is increasing specially among couples in the church. You see marriage seminars, books lining christian book stores, and premarital and marital counselors but not much of a change being made. I find it harder to turn to the man made system of divorce when Jesus is your king. Its much more freeing to let G-d's love be channeled through you then your own love especially in hard times. Jesus said speaking on the end times that the love (Agape) of many would grow cold. When the sin increases the love of G-d in christians gets blocked and we operate on our own human love. Sounds alot like the times we live in today, i say that with a positive attitude cause i am excited about my real home.
ReplyDeleteNice ND.
ReplyDeleteFaithfulness is sticking through the good and the bad.
BC,
So true, it is sad that divorce rates are high in the church. We need to pray that couples will love each other as Christ loves the church...unconditionally.
Gozreht and BC,
ReplyDeleteAre you having trouble with your in-laws? My wife has no problem disregarding my parents, but can not confront her parents when their opinion is different from any decision we have made.
Da Bomb,
Wouldn't it be nice if all marriages were godly ones.
I've been to your site. There some wackos over there, but good points brought up.
:)Yeah my father in law is always doggin me. I mean he even goes to the level of childish things, i'll be sitting at the dinner table and he gives me like the ultimate wet willie of wet willies. Oh he has no problem passing gas and holding you right in the same area. My problems are not negative. I guess you can say we are alot like brothers when we are together and he started it many years ago and it just hasn't ended. He is getting old so i kind of feel sorry when he starts crying!
ReplyDeleteBCs father-in-law is sometimes a little out there. Mine are just country-folk who say too much at times. I was just wondering if ND really meant to say "their parents" as truth or joke.
ReplyDeleteHB,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment you put on my blog earlier :)
"I've been to your site. There some wackos over there, but good points brought up."
Yep, God says that if you seek Him you will find Him...but the fellas over at my blog seem to try to tear down rather than to seek. It is fun though, it sharpens me and challenges them. (hopefully). I suppose it must challenge or else they wouldn't hang around for so long barking away I guess.
It has been said that if you throw a stone into a pack of dogs and one yelps...you know which one was hit :)
Baruch HaShem!
Dan
BC and Gozreht,
ReplyDeleteI can hear you.:-)
Just for the record, I only cry a little bit. LOL
Dan,
ReplyDelete"Faithfulness is sticking through the good and the bad."
I hear that. My wife and I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary this January. The key has been and always be G-d.
I hope and pray I'll be around when everyone here celebrates their 30th.
Keith
For the record...
ReplyDeleteND is not my father in law!!!!! He is almost old enough but not quite. He is however one of the best friends I have ever had in my life.
Gozreht,
ReplyDelete"Why their parents? Shouldn't it just be with your spouse. The in-laws are just extra weight. If they come between the two mates then it's a problem too. Or did I read it wrong?"
I agree...that's why I referenced Luke 14:26.
“ If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
Nothing should get between you and your spouse or G-d. Nothing. According to Luke 14:26, not even yourself.
BC is my son in law. Gozreht is .... who are you again? :-)
ReplyDeleteJust kidding.
Gozreht is a very good friend and brother in the Messiah.
HB,
ReplyDeleteThe best way...continue to show your wife that she is the most important person to you....that is after G-d. It is amazing how close you and your wife will become if you keep that hierachy of love, G-d , Spouse, Immediate Family(sons and daughters or in Gozrehts house, the dog);-).
Shalom,
ND
Wow,
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you guys were so closely nit LOL. So am I the only one on the other side of the world here? or at least the unknown face.
Great to get to know you guys!
Dan