13 Genesis Foundation Book of the Bible Mike
13 Genesis Foundation Book of the Bible Mike Mazzalongo
Review 1. God Activates Free Will This demonstrates: • His superiority over animals • Perception of God • Freedom to choose
Review 1. God Activates Free Will 2. God Instructs Man Re/creation
Review 1. God Activates Free Will 2. God Instructs Man Re/creation 3. 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
Creation of Woman • 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
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 Family • 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: • 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 1. Knowledge – man recognizes woman as one like himself. Today – Dating, engagement.
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis 1. Knowledge 2. Covenant – Man acknowledges her before a witness. Today – Legal Marriage Ceremony
Pattern for Marriage in Genesis 1. Knowledge 2. Covenant 3. Confirmation – They confirm their unity through sexual intimacy. Today – Live together, intimacy
They were not Ashamed = No Sin
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