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1 | one flesh? | Matt 19:5 | Thomas8 | 191301 | ||
Please explore 'one flesh' a little more. One in unified purpose? It says 'flesh' not 'mind.' Why flesh? Mat 19:5-6 ...they twain shall be one flesh Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh... Is there a scripture that better defines marriage? Anything that explains the instant a marriage exists? Thank you. |
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2 | one flesh? | Matt 19:5 | rabban | 191309 | ||
It would appear to me that Genesis 2.23-24; Matthew 19. 5-6 do adequately define marriage as the coming together of two people with the intention of being made one flesh, inseparable and undivided, something which is finally sealed when a man and a woman make love. Their flesh has by it been restored to the oneness that was Adam before Eve was created (Genesis 2.23). There would appear to be a uniqueness about the new relationship which is unlike any other on earth, apart from our new relationship with Jesus Christ when we come to Him and are made one spirit (1 Corinthians 6.17). In both cases it is permanent and intended to be unbreakable. The idea would seem to be that now they are inseparable, and that any such separation is to be seen as unnatural. They are to love one another and be faithful to one another as long as they both shall live. They complement each other and make up 'a whole man'. And it would seem that God does see them as one flesh in two parts. That is why once a couple have had sexual union thay are seen as married in God's eyes whether they have been officially married or not. Thus a man who lay with an unmarried woman had to marry her (Exodus 22.16). Where a man lay with a married woman both had to be put to death. They had produced a monstrous situation, a kind of three headed monster. Adultery alone breaks the marriage relationship because by it the man/woman has been made one flesh with another and they have therefore broken the prevailing unity. Their position from then on is one that is grievous to God even if they are not put to death. In God's eyes they are seen as 'dead'. That is why the innocent party is thereby freed from the union. (They can be made alive again in Christ by forgiveness but it should be seen that there is a deep sin involved and one not glibly forgiven). To lie with a prostitute was to become of one flesh with the prostitute (1 Corinthians 6.16). The situation is seen to be contradictory to all that a Christian is seen to be. One who is joined with Christ in one spirit has thereby become joined as one flesh with someone who is contrary to all that God wants us to be. Thus it would seem that the wife (or husband) was now freed from her husband (or wife) if she (he) chose to be so. There is no avoiding the fact that to break a marriage relationship is seen as a heinous sin, comparative with murder. It is to divide what God has joined together. It is to break a mystical union. Thus it is more than just being made one in unified purpose. You do not become one in unified purpose with a prostitute (except for a fleeting moment) It is a union which is such that to break it is to behave 'unnaturally'. It is as it were to divide someone in half. The purpose of this indivisible union was primarily the producing of a family. They were made so that they would 'go forth and multiply'. And that is why a woman's salvation is tied up with her having children (1 Timothy 2.15) and why it is the sexual union that makes them one. In most cases it is part of what her being saved involves. She can see it as a part of her growth in present day by day salvation. It is part of her God-given function. Thereby she ensures the growth of the Christian church and is especially pleasing to God. (Some churches have only survived through the centuries because of it). Clearly all this raises huge side issues but it seems to me that this is the Scriptural position. |
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