The Point of the One Flesh Union
Let's be blunt. What's the point of the One Flesh Union? Is it merely an itch we need to scratch? Is it only for procreation?
Of course not. It's the most intimate way we can express communion with another person. God created the One Flesh Union to be a way for us to express a relationship as intimate as the one He will have with us.
Don't get me wrong. There won't be anything "s-e-xual" about our relationship with God in heaven. But on earth, it's the closest we can get to a complete body, mind, and spirit melding of two beings into one.
Why did God create us? Genesis tells us that he wanted to be in communion. He wanted to create children who would choose to love Him as He loved them. He wants a romance with us. He wants to live the Song of Songs with us.
God is a Father caring for His children, but He also wants an intimate love relationship that is most closely imitated by marriage between a husband and a wife. (Singles, you have a special role revealing the current relationship between the Church as the bride waiting for her bridegroom.)
God wants communion and created us to desire and long for communion - both with other people and with Him. God is in communion between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He wants us to join that communion in a way that allows us to receive all of the love that He has to give.
In marriage, physical union is a sign of the spiritual union that already exists. Physical does NOT come first. It expresses our spiritual need for union.
In a way, the physical union creates healing in our souls. As we unite with each other, the damaged places in our souls find love, peace, and acceptance. Two loving spouses who care for each other, through communion in the one flesh union, can find healing from the hurts and damage of the past. This healing carries them closer to wholeness in Christ.
When do we commune most closely with God? When we eat the body and drink the blood of Christ during "communion". What could be more intimate? There are other ways that we commune with our Lord, but through communion we are restored to His presence and renewed in our spirits.
Of course not. It's the most intimate way we can express communion with another person. God created the One Flesh Union to be a way for us to express a relationship as intimate as the one He will have with us.
Don't get me wrong. There won't be anything "s-e-xual" about our relationship with God in heaven. But on earth, it's the closest we can get to a complete body, mind, and spirit melding of two beings into one.
Why did God create us? Genesis tells us that he wanted to be in communion. He wanted to create children who would choose to love Him as He loved them. He wants a romance with us. He wants to live the Song of Songs with us.
God is a Father caring for His children, but He also wants an intimate love relationship that is most closely imitated by marriage between a husband and a wife. (Singles, you have a special role revealing the current relationship between the Church as the bride waiting for her bridegroom.)
God wants communion and created us to desire and long for communion - both with other people and with Him. God is in communion between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He wants us to join that communion in a way that allows us to receive all of the love that He has to give.
In marriage, physical union is a sign of the spiritual union that already exists. Physical does NOT come first. It expresses our spiritual need for union.
In a way, the physical union creates healing in our souls. As we unite with each other, the damaged places in our souls find love, peace, and acceptance. Two loving spouses who care for each other, through communion in the one flesh union, can find healing from the hurts and damage of the past. This healing carries them closer to wholeness in Christ.
When do we commune most closely with God? When we eat the body and drink the blood of Christ during "communion". What could be more intimate? There are other ways that we commune with our Lord, but through communion we are restored to His presence and renewed in our spirits.
posted by Terri | 9:20 AM
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