Marriage: Facts and Questions
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Question: Is there an actual example of marriage? Where in the Bible does it explain what marriage is? Answer: Eve and Adam married when Eve gave Adam her virginity. They experienced a new dimension of their physical usefulness through having sex. Adam's intellect was opened due to the experiment: “And Adam knew Eve his wife ...” (Gn. 4:1). The word “knew” is “egno” in Greek and “yahdah” in Hebrew; the words in their context reveal Adam and Eve had a mental and physical learning experience of each other through sex. When the couple united physically, they became one flesh (Gn. 2:24). Jesus the Christ himself referred to the sexual and spiritual unity as an institution of marriage. Also, betrothel is a form of marriage without the sexual performance. A period of time (days, months or years) is set for this to occur. Jacob had to wait for Rachel. Regretfully, Occidental nations have not adopted this form. Nevertheless, learned Christian parents can guide the marriage of their sons and daughters through working out an agreement with an attorney. Religious and legal requirements can be discussed. The bible requires female virginity or a one-male cognizance factor for a clean union (marriage). Virginity law is explained in Exodus 22, Dt. 22:13-21, 28, 29. A biblical marriage is finalized and determined by the male parent of a female virgin, not the boyfriend, and not the ceremonial director! Are there any situations wherein a woman should not marry? Yes. A woman should not commit folly. A woman who has not had sex with a man is considered a virgin. A virgin that has sex with a man or has been defiled is not a virgin and not allowed to offer herself as a potential mate to a different man. That would create a two-man cognizance factor, mental evidence of fornication. Defilement as such would be an act against the institution of marriage and chastity--folly! This is forbidden in Dt. 22:21 (listed above). Women should also avoid miscegenation. Racial and cultural homogeneity is an important guideline to follow. Today, it is much more difficult to live due to the mixing and pollution. It seems some time after the dispersion of Titus, the Jewish did not merely shipwreck concerning this law (Nu. 36:5-13), they jumped ship and started their own tour of racial pollution. Modern Israel is in drastic need of looking unto genetic and cultural biblical law to solve their demographic problems instead of the material, temporary-gain ideas of their erring leaders. Mixing heresies have subverted once acceptable institutions among other nations. Why cannot a defiled woman marry or remarry? In the Old Testament, this was permitted (Dt. 24:1-3). The heart of the people of God had become hardened, and Moses gave a redaction of the first law (including the Ten Commandments), which is known as the book of Deuteronomy. Then, a man could actually divorce a woman due to something he perceived as naked or unclean in his view of female morality. An unclean or divorced woman who was given (written) by her ex-husband a book of divorcement (a contract: biblion apastasiou—Greek, sayfer keritut--Hebrew) was allowed to marry again. However, later, the Lord Jesus Christ reproved the redaction and referred to the one-man purity of Eve (and even the one-woman cognizance--sexual purity of Adam). Thus, since Moses referred to the prophet to come (the Lord Jesus Christ--Dt. 18:15) and his authority, female defilement in marriage or remarriage was not tolerated in the New Testament. What should a defiled woman who can not legalize a marriage do? She should remain single even as beautiful Tamar, King David's daughter, who could not marry her predator nor another man. Fornication damage control is necessary. How can a defiled woman who has married repent? A defiled woman who has married can have the illegitimate relationship annulled. So can the woman who became defiled after marriage and returned to her former husband (Dt. 24:4)—forbidden! Links: |
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