Genesis 13 Foundation Book of the Bible Mike Mazzalongo
God Activates Free Will Review God Activates Free Will This demonstrates: His superiority over animals Perception of God Freedom to choose
God Instructs Man Re/creation Review God Activates Free Will God Instructs Man Re/creation
God Prepares Man for Woman Review God Activates Free Will God Instructs Man Re/creation God Prepares Man for Woman
So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Gen. 2:21-22
Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection Creation of Woman Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection
Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood Creation of Woman Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood
Woman = Likeness of God Creation of Woman Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood Woman = Likeness of God
One Woman + One Man Creation of Woman Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood Woman = Likeness of God One Woman + One Man
23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” - Genesis 2:23
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24
The basic family = man, woman, child… The Family The basic family = man, woman, child…
New families grow out of existing ones. The Family The basic family = man, woman, child… New families grow out of existing ones.
Successful marriages have: The Family The basic family = man, woman, child… New families grow out of existing ones. Successful marriages have: Intimacy Exclusivity Longevity
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:25
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis Knowledge – man recognizes woman as one like himself. Today – Dating, engagement.
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis Knowledge Covenant – Man acknowledges her before a witness. Today – Legal Marriage Ceremony
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis Knowledge Covenant Confirmation – They confirm their unity through sexual intimacy. Today – Live together, intimacy
They were not Ashamed = No Sin