Title United Couples / Genesis 2:15-25
Content United Couples / Genesis 2:15-25
Subject Genesis 2:15-25 / United Couples
Today, we are living in an era of lack of ethics in which existing values are disrupted. Meanwhile, one of the most serious problems that most societies around the world worry about is the breakdown of families. In the past, we thought that the story of couples who divorced too easily and separated was only a story of Western society, but now even our country is feeling the crisis of family collapse, with the divorce rate exceeding 30%. In today's many societies, the root reason for the breakdown of marital relationships and the breakdown of marriages must be found in the failure to properly understand the meaning of the divine institution of marriage that God Himself instituted.
Sociologists, ideologically grounded in the theory of evolution, view monogamous marriage as a product of human evolution from a primitive state. And their view of such a marriage system leads to the conclusion that monogamous marriage is not necessarily the right thing to do in the age to come. But what we need to know is that the institution of marriage is neither a social institution invented by men nor an evolutionary product of human society. The system of monogamous marriage is not only a system created by God, but also because it is the first system that God created among the social systems that exist in human society, so when this system of marriage collapses, the whole society will eventually collapse. We must remember the fact.
Regarding this biblical principle of marriage, the first thing we should keep in mind is that a marriage in which a man and a woman are united into one body should never be artificially separated. It is said that the most common reasons for divorce by agreement in Korea these days are differences in personality, but you should know that the Bible does not allow divorce if there is a difference in personality. To be married is to be a union that God has put together. Therefore, we believe we should remember that breaking that unity would be against God's will, and that a society in which such a thing is rampant would never receive God's blessing.
The next thing we need to know about marriage and marital relationships is that marital relationships are more important than parent-child relationships. Koreans have long said that blood is thicker than water, and this phrase also implies that the relationship between parents and children is more important than the relationship between husband and wife. But that's not the right idea. Children are the beings who one day have to leave their parents' arms. But the marital relationship is a partnership that must last until death separates them. Therefore, it is never God's will for the couple to separate for the sake of their children, or to live while conceding the joy that should be shared between them.
According to the results of a comparative study of relationships between many couples, couples in the same profession show a high degree of intimacy and fidelity to each other. This shows that when two people's values and outlook on life are in line with each other, a couple becomes like a comrade, and this makes their relationship stronger. However, if we, as married couples, have the spiritual experience of being born again, meditate on the same word of God together, and pray together with the same values and beliefs, we can say that they are connected to each other in the deepest part of human beings. Therefore, in order to become a perfect couple who are truly connected by unchanging love and become one whole body, they must become one in the spiritual aspect. We call communion (親交) when we interact closely with each other in a spiritual way, and sexual intercourse (sexuality) when we interact physically. However, as an exchange that should be at the top of these exchanges between husband and wife, spiritual bridge (靈交) should be established. And that is only possible when we become one with the Word of God.
Today, couples in our Christian families must form a holistic unity in these four dimensions. In that case, the family can become the Garden of Eden on this earth, and just as the four rivers flowing down from the Garden of Eden soaked the dry land around it, it is responsible for healing our society that is going dry with God's life. I believe it can be a home that does.