Ephesians 5:31
31 For [anti] this cause [toutou] shall [kataleipo] a man [anthropos] leave [kataleipo] his [autos] father [pater] and [kai] mother, [meter] and [kai] shall be joined [proskollao]
unto [pros] his [autos] wife, [gune] and [kai] they two [duo] shall be [esomai] one [eis] [mia] flesh. [sarx] KJV-Interlinear
31 For
this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife; and the two shall become one flesh. NASB
Leave, ‘kataleipo,’ means
to leave behind, to abandon.
Joined, ‘proskollao,’
means to glue, to adhere, to cleave.
Gen. 2:24 is quoted, that
the man should leave his parents and be joined to his wife.
For this cause, is a referral
to the previous verses, wherein Paul has been describing the relationship
between a man and his wife as they relate to the relationship between Christ
and the church. The church includes all
believers collectively from throughout all of human history.
When history is finally
completed, the numbers of believers will most likely be in the trillions of
people, and that makes you a member of the single largest nation and family, that
will ever exist.
God made but one man and
out of man he made but one female. Thus
the singleness of the marriage principle of one man and one woman are
entrenched in the fundamental principles of Christianity.
He likewise made one man,
namely humanity (not animals), and one truth, namely doctrine (not all
philosophies), and consequently each when combined with each other, become one
inseparable and united essence.
Man is united with his
wife, being separated out away from his parents, for parents merely promote the
biological aspects of perpetual biological life, while the marriage is the
intended destiny and ultimate future of the individual.
The picture of the
marriage is the symbolization of the spiritual principle of our relationship
with God.
Man was never intended to
remain in a biological relationship with his parents or the world, but he was
intended to become a member of a greater unit away from the parents, with
Christ.
Mans destiny in not of
this earth, but of heaven. And that
destiny requires a bonding, or marriage as it were, between God and man.
And that no man can put
asunder, further guarantees the eternal security of eternal life for man. No one not even your own self, can destroy
your eternal life.
Life in this world is
fallible and full of flaws. But life in the spiritual realm is infallible and
perfect.
The man is said to leave
his parents. The wife is not said to
leave her parents. For the man is born
to live independently from the world, and the wife is born to join with him of the
purpose of the completion of the two, which are now made into one person.
The marriage is intended
to demonstrate the oneness of the purpose of the life that was once two, but is
now one.
Likewise, the marriage between
God and man, which is processed by means of doctrine learned and entered into the
soul, which in turn forms the intimacy of the relationship between God and
man. That marriage of doctrine, or consummation
of doctrine in the soul becomes too, the permanency of unity that no man, and certainly
no created being can destroy or even separate.
Once salvation becomes a
part of your essence, namely the human spirit, then it becomes
inseparable. You cannot lose your
salvation.
Once doctrine enters your
soul, it becomes inseparable, and no one can remove that doctrine from you.
The union between Christ
and each believer is inseparable. The relationship between Christ and the
believer is one in which Christ, who is God, will treat the believer as he would
himself, namely with perfect and enduring love and security and wealth and all
of the possibilities that are even beyond our imagination.
The concept of marriage symbolizes
the perfect union that exists between God and man through salvation and through
doctrine. In truth, Gods purpose is
flawless and one, in its intent and design.
In marriage, the purpose
should likewise be one of a singleness in design and function. Only two people
working together can accomplish that.
When there is a conflict between the married couple, then that too
symbolizes the rebellion of man against Gods intended purpose, and disaster is
the only result.
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