Monday, March 17, 2008
Genesis 2:21-25 (NIV)
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, [k] ' for she was taken out of man."24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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As we discussed last Friday, we can see a good definition of marriage between man and woman: "man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh..." As much as a married couple becomes one flesh and lives together, we should also become devoted to Christ and live with Him...It's interesting to see how verse 25 mentions that both man and wife felt no shame when they were naked. I assume it's the sin that will eventually distort the views...
Last verse is a reminder to everyone that this was a sinless world that God had created.
They felt no shame. Shame is a feeling of wrong doing, disgrace, and dishonorable. Because there was no sin, Adam and Eve was sinless and thus no reason to feel any guilt or shame.
It is truly remarkable that even though God did create a perfect world, he let us have the free will to cause sin even though that he knew we would cause such havoc.
We often blame God for creating an imperfect world when it was us that allowed sin to enter his perfect Kingdom.
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