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A Relational Kingdom Matthew 6:33 BCJ “You are to give first priority to the spirit dimension and to setting all of your relationships right. When you get a proper perspective, these other things will take care of themselves.”

Greatest Commandment Mark 12:29,30 BCJ "The most important rule is, ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is One; and you are to love the Lord your God with all your feelings, with all your inner being, and with all your intelligence to the fullest of your capacity.’ This is the most important rule. Next in importance is the directive to ‘love every person just as you love yourself.’ No directive from God is greater than these two.”

Marriage Relationship 1st Marriage: Adam & Eve Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." NIV “And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'” Young’s Literal Translation

Marriage Relationship 1st Marriage: Adam & Eve Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." NIV “And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'” Young’s Literal Translation Helper: ezer: one who helps or lends aid and brings comfort (2x’s woman; 13x’s God) Not a slave or servant! Suitable: neged: in front of; according to what is in front of = corresponding to; “a help corresponding to him i.e. equal and adequate to himself” Thayer’s

Creation of Eve Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Rib: tsela: side, board, rib, side chamber or room

Creation of Eve 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Made in the Image of Elohim.

Model of Marriage

New Covenant Ephesians 5:21 (Berean Literal) “Be submitting yourselves to one another in reverence of Christ.” “submit”: hypotassomenoi : place self under (recessive, not dominant gene), reflexive & not contrary, yielded “one another”: allelon (allele): one another; reciprocally, mutually

“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” “As”: hos: used in comparison: as, like as, even as, according as, in the same manner as (As you relate to God, responsive, receptive) “Head”: kephale: (a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone (reference point), uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord. Greek Culture: matriarchal ruled with worship of female “gods” Partnership, not independence or dominance! Wives

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. “In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.” Love: Agape: other-centered, self- giving, sacrificial love. The great dance of mutuality in which the other person is never absorbed or diminished. As God relates to you! Speaking words of identity! Husbands

Love Languages Words of Affirmation Gifts received Acts of Service Quality Time Together (shared experiences)