
In Genesis 2:24, the union of marriage is described as this,
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
So, yeah. Marriage is in part a physical, sexual union between a husband and wife, but I love how Mark 10:7-8 records Jesus describing this connection even further,
” ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”
Jesus described the man and woman as the “two”, not the “halves”. He describes two individuals becoming one in mind, body, and spirit. When we marry our spouse, we are uniting with each other and proceeding to live life as TWO people with ONE covenant and mission. I may be splitting hairs here, but that means something to me.
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