MAN AND WIFE ARE TO BE AS ONE FLESH

PROCLAMATION

“And The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which The Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.  And Adam 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 2:21-23 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  Chapter two begins after God had created the heavens and the earth, and all things therein, in six days. With all of that completed, on the seventh day God rested and He blessed that day. (Genesis 2:1-3)  This second chapter also provides some additional information regarding how the things that were presented in the first chapter were actually created. (Genesis 2:7 and 2:21-23)  The Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and He made all kinds of trees to grow.  This was where He placed man. (Genesis 2:8-9)  Man was put in the Garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.  Man was told that he could eat the fruit from any tree in the garden except for the tree in the center of the garden which was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:15-17)  Then The Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone …” (Genesis 2:18) and He made man a suitable helper.  God made woman from one of man’s ribs. (Genesis 2:21-23)

 

APPLICATION

Woman was formed from one of man’s ribs.  She was taken from his side.  She was created to be a helpmate for man. (Genesis 2:20)  She was not created to be his slave, or his servant, or his punching bag.  She should be at his side, not behind him or in front of him.  A man and a woman are to be a team, working together as a unit, so close together that they are to be as one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)  Once married, a person should leave their father and mother and be united with their spouse. (Genesis 2:24 and Ephesians 5:31)  The husband is to love his wife as he loves his own body (Ephesians 5:28) and as he loves himself. (Ephesians 5:33)  He is to love her as Christ loves the church. (Ephesians 5:25)  The wife is to submit to the husband. (Ephesians 5:22-23)  If both the man and the woman would do as The Bible says, there would be many more happy marriages and a lot less divorces.