Marriage In The Bible

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The Bible addresses human sexuality and marriage from a holistic perspective of God 's intention and purpose. In contrast to both previous views of marriage and sex and our modern day views of marriage and sex, the Bible places both concepts within the total context of human nature, tradition, logic and experience. The Bible presents that marriage should be between a man and women. (Gn 1:27) Modern theologians believe that God’s main purpose is to keep marriage between opposite sexes. Genesis 1 backs up this statement in that God created the Earth by order and that marriage between a man and women was part of order of creation. The Lord blessed both man and woman and wants them to be fruitful and multiply to fill the Earth with God’s love and …show more content…

In Songs of Songs (also known as Solomon), it celebrates the union between a man and women through marriage. During the 8th century, Songs were used during weddings to show the love between a couple, similar to wedding songs now a days. An example of professing love through metaphors is Songs of Songs 7, the Beauty of the Beloved. The man begins to express his love for his lover and compares her using literary devices such as similes and metaphors. A simile he uses to compare the woman is that her thighs are like jewels, the product of skilled hands. He is comparing her thighs to a work of art and showing that bigger thighs lead to a better fertility. Fertility is again present in the women’s fluid personality. She tells her lover to go to the vineyards and compares their love to fruits and herbs like pomegranates and mandrakes. The underlying meaning to this verse is that she is hinting about making love to him and becoming fruitful and to multiply, like the Lord said to both man and women in Genesis. Mandrakes are a good comparison to being fruitful. Mandrakes are herbs that have the power to promote sexual intercourse and …show more content…

One of the themes is that God accepts and celebrates the unity between both man and women. Jesus showed his love by providing a surplus of wine. Another theme is that marriage is a unity between both the couple and the Lord. In other words, we must respect our lover just like our Lord. Finally, sexual intercourse should not be with a family member. God believes marriage and sex should be outside a family and for the couple to experience begin given away by their parents to start a journey of their

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