legal, spiritual, what?? Did there have to be a ceremony? Was it just a custom? I really want to know.
2007-01-02 14:47:07 · 16 answers · asked by Nels 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Between a man and woman..God ordained for the 2 to be as one flesh...Marriage was designed by God for companionship...God said Genesis..2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
So he makes man a helpmeet(wife)..
somewhere along the it became necessary for it to be legal...so we now have marriage..whether in church or court...but the order came from God...
In church when we surrender to God we walk down the aisle..to give our hearts to Jesus our bridegroom..he is our mediator between us and God..but it is through this marriage...that we understand the covenant...of marriage...
When we accept Christ we are in a covenant with him..that binds us together...the things of marriage can be seen in the bible..as in a relationship...consider songs of soloman....
consider..that when Israel (Gods chosen people)would go after other Gods...they were looked upon as a harlot ...as an adulteress...
In the bible ..if we follow the example of Jesus..and let me park there for a hot second...I know Jesus was never married..Da vinci is just hollywood...Jesus never had a wife or children...but especially a wife...but Jesus does right now have a bride...the church...The body of Christ..otherwise known as the bride of Christ...
His example was...regardless of the condition of the woman..to be his bride...He still purposed to lay down his life for her...Remember Jesus is God ..and knew us all from the foundations of the world..and knew/knows all of our sins...but yet he still came and gave his life...
This is what every man should do for his bride/wife...God has allowed me to live this example...I was married the first time 15 years..and it was in this marriage..that I learned this example of Jesus...for his bride...
So it is not a matter of personal or private interpretation...it is a living example..just like Jesus...
My wife was not perfect like most men want a woman to be...yet I knew that God put us together..and regardless of her faults...I still saw the potential that God had for her...NOW I know exactly what your thinking...who am I to think...that I am perfect....trust me I know I am not ...I'm only trying to make a point...I am probably more messed up then her....in the sight of God....
I am a minister..which does not make me perfect...but it does help me to in the spirit of God understand ...his purpose..in this marriage..and in marriage in general...feel free to email me
2007-01-02 15:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by soldier612 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is the legal, spiritual union of a male to a female only .!!!!!!!!!!!!! nothing else is valid or acceptable in the sight of god no matter if a civil ceremony is done in some areas that may permit gay marriages they are void in the sight of God and totally un acceptable being scripturally illegal and morally reprehensible Marriage is a divine institution it provide for an intimate relationship between a man husband and a female wife along with a climate of security and love because a personal commitment has been made by the man and the woman and for the love of theese two to be consumated in child bearing in a happy family arreangement legal registration is acceptable in the Christian congregation and required where ever possible Titus 3:1, Heb 13 :4 , 1st Pet 2:1-15 Gen 2:22-24 , Gen 1:28 , 1st Tim 3:2,12 1st Cor 7:2 1st Cor 7:10-16 1st Cor 6:9-11 Gorbalizer
2007-01-02 23:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Originally it was a bonding between a man and a woman in the eyes of God for the purposes of help, protection and making babies.
Then it became a tradition with man made rules in some areas, mostly among the rich.
Eventually the rich turned it into a ceremony.
Eventually the religious leaders turned it into an optional religious ceremony and event.
You still have to be rich to have a ceremony of any stature.
Originally, however, it was a man asking a woman if he could have and and she stay with him and form a union and be one. If the woman consented they became statutorily married and the society around them would sanctify that marriage, to the point of ousting the deserter or cheater and protecting the deserted and cheated.
To this day, many In Laws hold their deserted In Law son or daughter in higher esteem then blood when the parting was their blood relations fault and not deemed approriate or done for conveience.
2007-01-02 23:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marriage - actually is about the consumation - meaning...
It is a joing of two people to become as 1. Gen 2:23 (about there) A man shall leave His father and mother and cleave to his wife.
The Jews in the Bible had 7 day fesitval (see the story of Jacob in Genesis) Or Samson in Judges 11-13...
It has become legal, for the purposes of registering where and un to whom people belong.
God's intention is that we are accountable for keeping our marriage together and that others (the witnesses help us be accountable)... Spiritually when you have sex with the first person God considers you married, that is how He designed it...
I hope that helps.
2007-01-02 22:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eph. 5:22-32 - Paul says that the sacramental union of husband and wife is the image of Christ and the Church. Just as Christ the Bridegroom and His Bride the Church are inseparable, so are a husband and wife also inseparable. A civil divorce cannot dissolve a sacramental marriage (between two baptized people).
Rev. 19:9 - the marital union of man and woman reflect Christ's union with the Church at the heavenly marriage supper. Just as Christ and the Church have become one flesh through the Eucharist and the union brings forth spiritual life for God's children, a man and a woman become one flesh and their union brings forth physical life for the Church. This union is indissoluble.
2007-01-02 23:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the faith Bible begins w/ Abraham, marriage consisted of adoption/marriage of the woman. This insured the purity of the line. It also gave the woman greater power and social status. This had been the practise of the Hurrian elite where Abraham married Sarah.
Gradually, marriage came to reflect the social need for "pure" seed in inheritance, sexual union, male protection of the woman, and varying degrees of male vs. female agricultural work for the food. Marriage was often a political alliance tool for the elite. In general, a man could have as many wives as he could support.
Divorce was relatively simple for the male, adultery applied to the woman - pure seed, etc. Jesus returned to the original standard of 1 + 1 from God's perspective.
2007-01-02 23:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marriage customs varied greatly throughout the bible from different lands and times.
For instance, Adam was married to Eve the moment he saw her, no ceremony, he knew that God had created her for him.
Abraham was married to Sarah (his half sister), no ceremony was mentioned at all. Sarah gave her hand maiden (Hagar) to Abraham to sleep with and create a child with. According to the custom of the times, as soon as he went to her and slept with her, they were married. It is interesting to note that God did not accept this marriage as legal and in turn did not accept the child born of that union as legitimate. We see this when he tells Abraham to bring his son, his only son, to the mountain as a sacrifice.
If we jump ahead to the new testament times, we see that marriage had become a ceremony of sorts. Mary was legally married to Joseph, and at this point he had up to one year to come and claim her as his own.
There is nothing anywhere in the bible that states that you must have a ceremony or a legal document. Now here is the kicker, there is word in the bible that tells us that we must obey the laws of our country. Because of this particular statement, we must obtain a marriage license and follow the rules and laws of our country in order to be married legally and by Gods law.
So, if you lived in a land without written laws about marriage, you wouldnt have to obtain a license or have a ceremony perforned, but in America you would have to obey the laws as written. It was the same in all biblical times and cultures, obey the laws of the land that you live in.
2007-01-02 23:23:40 · answer #7 · answered by cindy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means to leave your parents and cleave to one another.
It does say that they become as one, which could have a spiritual side.
The first marriage was performed by God.
He gave the woman to Adam and told them to be fruitful and multiply.
Today, marriage is only a civil event.
People do it everyday and it means nothing to them.
Just a record in the court house.
However in some states, it entitles the woman to get half of everything if the man leaves her, or even if she leaves him.
It was intended to join two people together for life.
grace2u
2007-01-02 22:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one boink and in or married which for the woman meant one guy forever unless he gave you a git. For the man well he had other chances but still was responsible for for bread and shelter but he could get help from another woman to control things.
There was a ceremony developed but it is not scriptural. People out in the sticks often did not have much of a ceremony, as did not the poor.
2007-01-02 23:42:13 · answer #9 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a ceremony where God joins together a man and a woman. It started in the Garden of Eden.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2007-01-02 22:53:01 · answer #10 · answered by ted.nardo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋