The Marriage

[Johan Abrahams]

 

God created Adam in His image!

Gen 2:18  Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a companion that is a suitable match for him." 

 

And surely. . it is not good to be alone!

 

Gen 2:21  so the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. 

Gen 2:22  Then the LORD God formed the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. 

Gen 2:23  So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called 'Woman,' because she was taken from Man." 

 

So God ceated a companion for man.  Someone that is his equal . . .and not his child.

 

In this present moment in history . . we find that God has many children . . . but no companion.  And we know that true fulfilment cannot be without a family.

 

“And surely. . it is not good to be alone!”

 

And God created for Himself children.  This we all know . . .but where is the companion.

 

Or is God destined to live only with His children. . . .living in this “not good” situation.

 

“And surely. . it is not good to be alone!”

 

But we see something else in Scripture nd surely. .

 

Isa 54:5  For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 

Rev 19:7  Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 

 

And we see the growing up of His children.

 

Eph 4:13  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

 

And then?  Are we then destined to be still children?  And God destined to be alone?

 

No.  Surely not.  Then we are ready for the grown-up relationship! Companionship . . .because we are not children anymore . . .and the relationship can obviously not be that of children anymore!

 

Son 1:2  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 

 

Love  Johan

[Neighbor]

Hi,

Upon thinking and reading and with some small prayer it seems to me the premise may be  flawed to it's own fatality. For God grants the gift to many that is celibacy.

Plus, God the Father is not alone. He states that cherubim are to guard the tree of life so that man does not become as we (us) are.  Generally considered by Christians to be a reference to the triune nature of Holy God. 

And, God has the praise of all the saints in Christ Jesus even as they are still about their own sanctification process by God.

It may be argued that  man was created for God by God, that I understand; but God has also had declared that if "these" men remain silenced  even the stones cry out of Him and  His awesome power and Glory. 

Man may be a created instrument of God, but God is not a created instrument of man. God is sovereign in all matters. His will is just, righteous, and all powerful. In Him there is no lacking- except that He cannot abide sin, and even that He has "covered" in the precious blood of the Lamb of God our savior Jesus who is the Christ!Our God is the awesome God.

" I wish all people were like me, but each has a particular gift from God: one has this gift, and another has that one.

 I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me.  But if they can’t control themselves, they should get married, because it’s better to marry than to burn with passion."-Paul

 

"Then the Lord God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—' ” The written scriptures

 

 

..."saying, 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!'  And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, 'Teacher, rebuke your disciples.'  He answered, 'I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.' ”

 

Just my thinking on the subject, thanks for posting as it led to a small study, hopeful of benefit to me.