Genesis 2:18-24 – “And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 

23 And Adam said: 

“This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,Because she was taken out of Man.”

 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”  NKJV

 

Marriage is not or should not be a political issue but a spiritual one.  There is no constitutional mandate regarding marriage but there is a biblical one.  When I must decide on any issue even if public sentiment and popular opinion is strong and it conflicts with God’s word I will stand with the Word of God.

Notice here in Genesis the “first mention” of what could be deemed marriage is from God Himself.  God had created, Adam (the male) and determined that being alone was unhealthy and left man unfulfilled.  IT WAS NOT GOOD!  God’s declared, “I will make him a helper comparable to him.”  If we only took that statement without the remainder of this section of scripture and the remainder of the Bible we could conclude that God was unconcerned about the gender of the companion or mate.

God brought the animal creation before Adam not to seek a mate in them but to allow Adam to see the need of a companion of his kind.  Then God caused Adam to sleep and took a rib and from Adam’s rib he created Eve.  When Adam saw the woman he was elated. She appealed to him and he understood something that seems to be missed.  He called her WOMAN.  The translation is “she-man” or “womb-man”.  You cannot get that in a homosexual relationship even if one is incredible feminine in males or masculine in females. The difference in sexes is clear and the union allows for reproduction.

Then in verse 24 the declaration of the union is found, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”  Marriage is found in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis not in the Declaration of Independence.  To allow what God has designed as a spiritual and physical union to become a political football is tragic.  The Bible is not silent on physical unions by the same sex. Romans 1:26-27, “Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones; in the same way, men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”  Consider the city of Sodom (Genesis 19), the prohibition regarding homosexual relations (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13), the New Testament prohibition (Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9) and you find a clear understanding of God’s view.

The home is of paramount importance in God’s mind.  He has much to say about the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children and children and children.  Marriage has always been designed to be between “One man and One woman”.  Marriage is a holy institution or union designed by God and ordained in His word.   We should carefully protect and nurture it.

God bless you as you enjoy this wonderful day in Him!