A biblical covenant shows set characteristics that bind persons relationally. For example, the Jews, after the exile, felt lost and aimless in their relationship with the covenant-keeping God, Yahweh. In reassuring them, Yahweh speaks to invite them into a binding relationship again.
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Dwelling in Marital Oneness
The Oneness in Trinity dwells together without rivalry since the divine persons (Father, Son, and Spirit) exist in perfect loving mutuality. Therefore, oneness always intends a dwelling together. Interestingly, when God created Adam and then formed Eve from Adam’s side, this event promoted oneness in creation and marriage.
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Monolith of Marriage – Truth or Fiction?
The sizeable upright truth about marriage found in Genesis 2:24-25 states, 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (NASB1995). The descriptive statement depicts the marriage monolith for us.
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The Beholder’s Definition of Marriage
Daily, different perspectives confront us. For example, if we interviewed people on the street and asked, “What is marriage,” the response is like beauty, each definition in the eyes of the beholder. But, unfortunately, the definition of marriage is up for discussion, or is it?
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