3. “Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. (Proverbs 24:3-4, NKJV)

4. Three Observations “In the original creation, God made male and female to be together.” (Mark 10:6, The Message)

5. Three Observations 1. Its’ Founder is God

6. Three Observations “The L ORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’” (GN 2:18, NIV)

7. Three Observations “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27, ESV)

8. Three Observations 2. Its’ Foundation is Marriage

9. Three Observations “…Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female? Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

10. Three Observations So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” (Matthew 19:4–6, ESV)

11. Three Observations 3. Its’ Functions are Preordained (1) Display Christian Love

12. Three Observations “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” (John 15:13, NKJV)

13. Three Observations “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,” (Ephesians 5:25, NKJV)

14. Three Observations 3. Its’ Functions are Preordained (2) Direct the Creation

15. Three Observations “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’” (Gen. 1:28, NIV)

16. Three Observations 3. Its’ Functions are Preordained (3) Develop Godly Children

17. Three Observations “Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring...” (Malachi 2:15 NIV)

18. Three Observations “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (DT 6:6-7 NIV)

19. “Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.

20. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.

21. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Revelation 19:11–16, NKJV)