Marriage

A) In the beginning

Man

i)Gen 2:7 : then the LORD God (formed) the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

-a)(formed) : Our God like a potter mould Adam, as being the 1^st man, He will carefully mould Adam from dust according to He image and likeness.

-Breath of life : contain every elements of God's virtue and attributes that our God want us to have.

ii)Gen 2:15 : The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend it and keep it.

-a) submissive to God, and to work and keep whatever the Lord has asked him to in the garden of Eden.

Woman

i)Gen 2:18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

-- Helper fit for the husband.

ii)Gen 2:22 : And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Gen 2:23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

a)-Apparently there were no 'father' or 'mother' during the time of Adam and Eve. Together, they were taken care of by God in the garden of Eden.

b)- likewise woman also contain every elements of God's virtue and attributes that our God want us to have.

Man +Woman = Fruitful and multiply & hold fast to one another.

Gen 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (ESV)

B) In the new testament – Believer

Mat 19:5 : and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast (cleave) to his wife, and they shall become one flesh'?

:并且说：『因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。』这经你们没有念过吗？

-Leave his father and his modther : inter-dependent on one another (husband and wife)

-Cleave

Thayer Definition:

1) to glue upon, glue to, cement. (And not 'val co')

2. to join one’s self to closely, cleave to, stick to

-Our relationship between husband and wife must be like 'elephant glue' and not 'val co'.

Mat 19:6 : So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." (ESV)

:既然如此，夫妻不再是两个人，乃是一体的了。所以，神配合的，人不可分开。」

[Strong’s G2201], “hath yoked together,” as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life.

Christ is the source of strength in the Marriage

Gal 3:20 : I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

-For us, after we have received the life of Christ thru receiving of the Holy Spirit, our marriage lives must fully rely on our Lord Jesus Christ.

-Source of Faith : Rom10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.