Supernatural Oneness of Marriage & Counterfeit Relationships (Part 7 - Study of Genesis Chapter 2 and Its Implications for Relationships)

Adam Spoke Factually & Prophetically

Genesis 2:23-24

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 the Man.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:  and they shall be one flesh.

Adam spoke of the reality of Eve (where she came from & her name “Woman”).  Then Adam spoke prophetically (by God’s enabling power) of what this meant for humanity…”Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:  and they shall be one flesh.”  He spoke of things and circumstances that did not even yet exist…an earthly father and mother.
(Some Bible versions denote this statement as not in quotes.  It is felt by some that the statement was made by the writer of Genesis...Moses...instead of Adam.  Whether the statement is made by Moses or Adam, the source remains the same-- divine knowlege from God.)

The fullness of this prophecy or statement is difficult for me to grasp.  God’s spoken word through Adam set into motion the events of our lives for all time.  Though the prophecy may have been made concerning mankind and how he would intimately relate to woman before sin entered into the world, the effect of the prophecy on our lives even with the burden of sin attached is very real.  However, because of the distorting and destructive effects of sin, the numerous distorted versions of this intimate relationship are astounding. 

The number of counterfeit versions of this intimate relationship include the girlfriend-boyfriend relationship; cohabitation relationships; common-law relationship; friends-with-benefits; one-night stand; adulterous relationships; same-sex relationships; pedophilic relationship; incestuous relationships; swinging relationship; arranged marriages; polygamy, and more.

God allowed Adam to understand what His Perfect Plan was for Man & Woman—to be one as the Godhead is One (Genesis 1:26  Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…).

This oneness for Man & Woman does not fully exist outside of an intimate relationship by each individual with God.  In God’s order, He was first alone with each individual before He ordained that their human-to-human relationship would create a state of oneness.  God did not send them out to hunt or search for each other. (Genesis 2, Genesis 24) 

However, because of the power of God’s word spoken by Adam, there is still a state of oneness created when a man and woman join together even in unholy union. The intimate physical and emotional union of a man and a woman was designed by God to occur within the state of holy matrimony. (1 Corinthians 6:16  What?  Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body?  For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.)  This unholy union has been the snare of millions of souls.  This unholy union has destroyed billions of lives.

The true toll of casualties in the battle for the human soul through sabotage of relationships is a mixture of the total number of self-centered marriages, divorces, suicides, pre- or extramarital sexual encounters, unwed pregnancies, abortions, cohabitations, kids abandoned by parents, intimate violence events, uninvolved fathers & husbands, uninvolved mothers & wives, abandoned families, even addictions.

God’s remedy for mankind is found in Him.  The hope for relationships is here in our midst.  It is found in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  Then and only then can we experience the close proximity to that which is not only the center of life, but that which is Life itself.  (John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life…)

The term “close proximity” is not descriptive or close enough.  The relationship between redeemed man & redeemed woman designed for man has to be crucified with Christ, have the blood of Christ flowing through it, be housed within the Body of Christ, be indwelled by the Holy Spirit, be grafted into the Vine, and be filled with the Holy Ghost…What a tall order!  Only God is able to orchestrate this reality.  Will we let Him?

God is Amazing!!