Nakhati Jon

Examining Marriage, History and Culture

God's character

Relational Characteristics of a Covenant

Covenant Marriage

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Defining Covenant Marriage

A biblical covenant sets forth the relational characteristic of a covenant. These characteristics 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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Eve’s Creation from Adam a Rejoining of Oneness

Eve's Creation

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Adam and Eve

At the time of Creation, Adam and Eve were one, and God formed Eve to create further oneness with Adam. Eve’s creation promotes oneness in marriage while avoiding any form of separation.

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En Route to Defining a Covenant Marriage – Countering Contract

Defining Marriage

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Defining Covenant Marriage

My beloved is mine, and I am his – Song of Solomon 2:16

God’s relational covenant with his people demonstrates the definition of a covenant marriage. The divine character of God forms a covenant identity that pursues one’s beloved diligently in a sacrificial way to promote relationship and further unity.

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Is Marriage a Covenant or Contract? Society’s dilemma

Defining Marriage

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Defining Covenant Marriage

For marriage, distinguishing the meaning between the two can make a difference in commitment and promises. Society today mixes and deludes the meaning of marriage.

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Essence of the Covenant Matrix

Defining Marriage

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Defining Covenant Marriage

A matrix molds an environment determining how something develops or shapes. Today, society and governmental determinations shape marriage to define a secular or contract matrix. However, a covenant marriage in God’s presence affirms the covenant matrix that molds this pattern to reflect God’s nature.

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Casting away God’s Love Letter?

Word of God

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Indwelling Inspiration

The loving God says I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. (Jeremiah 31:3, ESV). But, does God still love us? Do words of love die out? Lovers re-read God’s Love Letter.

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