The Original Plan For Marriage

The Original Plan for Marriage Marriage is God’s invention. God finalized his perfect act of creating the world by establishing the institution of marriage. In fact, everything created before Adam and Eve was made for the purpose of preparing the home where God would place the first couple so they could live together under the holy bond of matrimony. This is why a Supreme Court cannot accurately define marriage because it is not defined by human understand-ing. Human beings cannot fully define what they have not created. In the institution of marriage, there is not a fiber of human invention. Adam and Eve were not yet created when the idea originated in God’s mind. For this reason, an appropriate discussion about marriage needs to be traced

The steps that God followed to cre-ate this world demonstrated that he had a clear understanding of His plan of creation. Genesis 1:4 presents the basis for understanding the purpose of humanity as it relates to the image of God (imago Dei). It is worth noting that God used two different formulas when He created this world. Before Genesis 1:26 (New King James Version), God used a recurring formula (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24 and 26). Every time that God created something in a particular day, the formula pattern was “Then God said,” and wherever God called for existence, it happened. However, when the time arrived to create Adam and Eve, God changed His formula and

The heart of the universe is a relationship: God the Son, God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit. “God had the idea of togetherness and a loving connection because that is what He himself is as Father, Son, and Spirit” (Matthews & Hubbard, 2004, p 176). Later in verse 28, the author presents one of the purposes of humanity, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion, over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Only Adam and Eve could fulfill this God-given responsibility. The other created creatures could not fulfill the mandate of God because they did not have a direct, personal relationship with God, and were not created for that purpose. “Man, because he was created in God’s image, was the only creature, who could fulfill God’s declared purpose” (Evans, 2008, p 8). Evans noted that the author of Genesis places being created after the image of God, and the idea of marriage in the same sentences to emphasize the magnitude of their multifaceted rela-tionships and responsibilities. Both were to be performed first to God and then to each other. In conclusion, Adam and Eve reflected something about God that was not revealed in the rest of creation. That is, they were called to be God’s representatives of this