[Shinchonji (SCJ) Open Bible] Physical Marriage and Spiritual Marriage

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[Shinchonji (SCJ) Open Bible]
Physical Marriage and Spiritual Marriage


What does the Bible say about marriage?
We should carefully consider the spiritual marriage
because it hides deep spiritual truth.

 

1. Physical Marriage

The marriage of Adam and Eve in Ge 2:20-24 is a marriage
between two bodies (flesh). God chose them and joined them together.
When Jesus mentioned marriage, he said that no one can separate
what God has joined together (Mt 19:6; Mk 10:9).
Anyone who causes them to separate must not believe God, Jesus, 
or their words.

 

2. Spiritual Marriage

God led the Israelites out of Egypt to the land of Canaan and said,
“They broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” (Jer 31:32).
This scripture shows us that God is the husband
and the Israelites were his bride.

God prophesied through Hosea when he said,
“I will betroth you to me forever.” (Hos 2:2-20)
That is why God came to Jesus and why Jesus said that
he and the father were one (Jn 10:30).
This is what Paul meant when he said,
“The Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.” (Gal 4:26)
Jerusalem here refers to Jesus.
Paul also referred to the unity of God’s spirit with our spirit as a marriage.

God was able to come to Jesus because Jesus had no sin.
God left men because of their sins (Ge 6:3). God cannot be with sinners. 
God sent Jesus to resolve the problem of sin by bearing the cross.
Thus, there are two reasons for bearing the cross:
to resolve the problem of the sin,
and to allow the Holy Spirit to unite with our flesh.
By resolving the problem of the sin, the Holy Spirit was able to come.
This means that the Spirit and flesh become one.    
These two things are promised in many places in the Bible
(e.g. Ro 8:9-11; Jn 14:20; Rev 3:20; Gal 4:6; Gal 2:20).
This is the spiritual marriage between the spirit and flesh in the New Testament.



Ro 8:9-11   You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature
                 but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. 
                 And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, 
                 he dose not belong to Christ. 
                 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, 
                 yet your spirit is alive because of rightousness. 
                 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 
                 is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life
                 to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. 
Rev 3:20     Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. 
                  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
                  I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
Gal 4:6        Because you are  sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son 
                  into our hearts, the Spirit who callls out, "Abba, Father." 
Gal 2:20      I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, 
                  but Christ lives in me.
                  The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,
                  who loved me and gave himself for me.

  



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