BIBLICAL MARRIAGE

FOUNDATIONALDeclaration of Independence

for US

Marriage and Family for

Society!

WEDDINGS NOT IN TEMPLE OR

SYNAGOGUE NOT OFFICIATED BY

RABBI OR PRIEST

NO RECORDED CEREMONY

IN THE BIBLE

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE

SAY?

GENESIS 2:24THAT IS WHY A MAN LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND IS UNITED TO HIS WIFE,

AND THEY BECOME ONE FLESH.

THAT IS WHY…

Man and Woman

Compatible (?)

A MAN LEAVES HIS FATHER AND

MOTHERSELF DIFFERENTIATION

CREATION OF NEW FAMILYNEW PRIORITIES

AND IS UNITED TO HIS WIFE

GLUED OR WELDED TOGETHER…

STRONGER TOGETHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS…

AND THEY BECOME ONE FLESH

Physically….Emotionally…Spiritually…

DNA transfer to children????

SIXTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not commit adultery

Sex outside of “covenant”

or “contract”

MESSED UP IN BIBLE TIMES

Polygamy –plural marriageConcubines –multiple

partnersHomosexuality – NOT

MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE PROCESS

Three “C’s”Contract…

Consummation… Celebration

CULTURAL CHANGE

Difficult Subjects

Many follow accepted culture,

not realizing how it strays from

Scripture

CULTURAL CHANGE

Devaluation of Marriage:Divorce Parties, Moving In, Acceptance of Casual Sex

Same Gender Unions

CULTURAL CHANGE

Very difficult to discern where

our culture diverges from

tradition… or from Scripture.

MARRIAGE PROCESS TODAY

Three “C’s” order changed…Consummation… (often 1st)

Covenant… (pre-nup or license)

Celebration

SOCIETY MATTERS

Official Notification and Record of Covenant

For each other and children

METHOD HAS CHANGED

FAITH MATTERS

Contract: Christ and His BrideConsummation: being one

with HimCelebration: Marriage Feast of

the Lamb (heaven)

COVENANT: CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE

“Covenant” 332 times in Bible

“My people” 223 times

CONSUMMATION

Revelation 19 7 Let us rejoice and be glad

and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen, bright and

clean, was given her to wear.”(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of

God’s holy people.)

CONSUMMATION: BEING ONE WITH HIM

John 17:20 “I pray also for those who will believe in

me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are

in me and I am in you.

May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory

that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—

23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be

brought to complete unity. Then the world will

know that you sent me and have loved them

even as you have loved me.

CELEBRATION: MARRIAGE FEAST OF

THE LAMB Revelation 19

9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are

invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to

me, “These are the true words of God.”