1. This One At Last! Naked Spirituality Genesis 2

2. Two Creation Accounts God creates. God Fashions / Builds / Breathes. Speech. Hands & Breath. Elohim. Yahweh Elohim. Cosmic centred. Human centred. Whole Universe. Fertile Garden. 1212

3. “The LORD GOD”

4. Two Creation Accounts Creator God. Intimacy Connected God.

5. The Garden of Eden Beautiful trees Delicious fruit Pleasure & Delight “Intensely rich and lavish” “Overflowing with goodness” Everything a human might delight in.

6. “It’s not GOOD...” ?

7. “A Fitting Helper” ‘ezer kenegdo kenegdo - alongside, opposite, a counterpart to ‘ezer - active intervention on behalf of someone Psalm 121 - “my ‘ezer comes from the Lord...” Not demeaning.

8. “One of His Ribs” God did not make the woman… “out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” ~ Matthew Henry

9. “This One At Last!”

10. Called Woman Bone of my Bone... From the same substance / essence. They fit together. ‘ishah ‘ish In naming her, he names himself. Discovers himself when in community with her.

11. Cling... One Flesh Physical - one flesh Spiritual - cling Sex is never just about sex.

12. Jesus & the Church Ephesians 5: 25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church… 31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” 32 This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.