Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
God, the Uncreated One, was around before the existence of time. He, being social in nature (Father, Son, and Spirit), desired a counterpart to share His love with. He chose to create mankind in His image (Genesis 1:27) by breathing life into him. God took His very nature, a piece of Himself, and put it into man. God looked at the object of His affection, mankind, and saw it was very good (Genesis 1:31). Then the Lord looked upon man and decided it was not good for man to be alone (Genesis 2:18). How did God come to this conclusion? He knew that man would long for an object of affection on which to let his love rest, because man was created in the image of God, thus having the same feelings as God! Man, before he was deceived, was incapable of having any feelings outside of the nature of God Himself.
Genesis 2:20b-23 But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 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 and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’for she was taken out of man.”
This is entirely symbolic of how the Lord made a "suitable helper" for Himself. We, mankind, were taken out of God to be His "suitable helper" or object of His affection.
Genesis 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Matthew 19:4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
The entire concept behind marriage is defined here. They are no longer two, but one flesh. God took woman out of man, they marry, consummate, and the two once again become one!
Stay with me here...this is where is gets good!!!
At the fall, man chose the sinful nature over the godly nature. Throughout the Old Testament God is pleading with mankind to choose Him again. He is showing them how the fallen nature is death, and just how far they have fallen from the perfection that He designed them for and wants to restore them to. He pursues them relentlessly, just as a man would pursue the woman he is madly in love with, only without limit or flaw. Then God allowed man to experience a foreshadowing of the depth of His love.
Genesis 22:1-8 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
So often people read this story and get irate. "How could a God who is love ask a man to kill his son?" What we fail to see is that God was never going to allow Isaac to be sacrificed in the first place! "God Himself will provide the Lamb...!" The Lord let mankind see a glimpse into the pain involved when a father sacrifices his one and only son! Abraham was to be the father of many nations, and all nations were to be blessed through him (Genesis 17:4, 18:18), because through his genealogy came the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Messiah, and Savior... Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17)! There was no other way to redeem His fallen bride! The Lord had to do something drastic!
John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
The Lord sent His one and only Son to redeem His lost bride! He could not stand the thought of eternity without her, so He gave her the chance to take on a new life with Him the same way He gave her the first life....
John 19:33-34 But when they came to Jesus and found that He was already dead (sleeping), they did not break His legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side (opened His side, by His ribs) with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
(parenthesis notes added by me for the elaboration of this revelation)
Jesus was pierced in His side to symbolize the last Adam bringing forth life for His bride. He was willing to die for her! You know, the dreamy sought after prince on a white horse that would lay down his life for the woman he loves...eh eh ehm...that's Jesus!!! Only death couldn't hold Him down! He rose again, and went to His bride, beginning with the disciples.
John 20:22 And with that He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
With the releasing of the Holy Spirit into the disciples, through the breath of life, the two had again become one! These faithful men wanted all that the Lord had to give them, and they received Him!
Now it's our turn! Your Bridegroom has been relentlessly pursuing intimacy with you since before you were even born! Will you stop running, and allow Him to become one with you? Will you receive the breath of life that He has for you? The life that only He can give! The choice is yours...
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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.
For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
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