MARRIAGE

The first institution on earth was the Institution of Marriage. Please take down a very important note, marriage is not the summit of man's purpose, but a means to an end for fulfilling it! So throw away the Hollywood movie ending (and the music industry's songs) of a love interest secured to live happily ever after. One can live happily ever after, but only if one submits to the original purpose of marriage.

Also, according to the New Covenant books of Mat. 22:30; Mar. 12:25; and Luk. 20:36, there is no need for marriage in Heaven. Those passages are preceded by the question "...whose woman will she be in the resurrection?" Part of Yeshua's response was that in the resurrection, should we make it, we will be like the messengers (angels) in heaven.

So, if we forfeit the sole purpose and function of marriage, which we now know is limited to this three dimensional plane of our existence, and we don't want to be a eunuch to serve in YHWH's kingdom, let's make sure we understand this first institution of man and not be perpetrators of its defilement.

Marriage is a covenant consummated with the shedding of blood! When Adam came in unto his woman, her blood flowed over his pro-creator putting them into a covenant relationship. It is not a contract!

Beriyt is the classical Hebrew word for covenant, meaning separate out parts as in an animal is cut in half with the two pieces laid down apart from each other. The individuals agreeing to a covenant pass between the pieces with its blood (In Beginnings (Gen.) 15:10,17; Jere. 34:18-20) indicating the total death to themselves for the life in their covenant partner. If one individual fails to hold up their side of the agreement, then what was done to the animal was to be done to them. Contract? I think not.

When the Powers built a woman out of Adam, she was Yahweh's "Magnum Opus", the completion of His intent for Adam, complementing perfection. Adam was to share with her his experience, knowledge, and understanding of the Creator about their purpose for existence.

By the way, the ideal scenario was one man to one woman for life, there was no death. But, after the woman responded to the initiator (satan), and Adam followed her in rebelling against YHWH's command instead of admonishing her and interceding on her behalf, he sinned! As a consequence, death has been brought upon mankind.

Although there are many factors that unleash the messenger of death, there is one specific act that Yahweh says He Himself will respond to in Names (Exo.) 22:22-24. Hmm! Could that be why the ratio of men to women is lopsided? Okay, back to the roots of marriage.

With marriage, a woman rises to the husband's station in life while not falling from hers. A woman was seen as being of high value, and was to be carefully looked after. Early nomadic communities practiced a form of marriage in which a woman would have a tent of her own, within which she retained complete privacy from her husband.

This principle existed in parts of early Yisra'eilite society, as some early passages of the classical Hebrew writings record, certain women each owning a tent i.e. Sarah (In Beginnings (Gen.) 24:67), and Jacob's 4 women (In Beginnings (Gen.) 31:33). In the case of wealthy husbands, the classical Hebrew writings describe their women as having each been given an entire house (1 Ki. 7:8; Song of Sol. 8:2).

As a polygynous society, the writings of the Hebrews order men who take on another woman, not to diminish her of food (the Hebrew word here is "sha'ar" meaning "meat", a luxury to the commoner. Only men of means would take on other women), of clothing, nor of her interest (Names (Exo.) 21:10,11). If the husband does not do these things, she is to be set free, without cost to her. He is also commanded not to show partiality if one is loved above the other (The Words (Deut.) 21:15). Hebrew brothers were commanded by Yahweh to be polygynous under certain circum-stances (The Words (Deut.) 25:5-10).

This point brings me to the original understanding of the word love. In the original language of man ahav is the word for love meaning devote completely to another, it's a decision! It has nothing to do with feelings or emotions. Please do not get angry with the information on this page because it may go against present ideology, I'm only striving to expose and remove the demonization of mankinds beginnings and its Hebrew cultural practice of polygyny in recounting history.

By the way, na'aph is the Hebrew word for adultery, meaning turn from one to another. Yeshua admonished the Yisraelites to not send or put away their women, He did not say they could not add in other women for covenanting to increase the family. Actually, polygyny would be the only answer in our time if men are to satisfy the original command of being fruitful and multiplying to fill the earth. We are commanded to fill the earth, not depopulate it. While every man did not engage in polygyny, which was based upon one's ability to provide for each woman equally, it was the root of Yisra'eil's multiplying exponentially (1 Chron. 7:4).

Polygyny would also be the solution in redeeming most of the first world's influence upon the sex culture; devaluing covenant intimacy into a recreational pastime leading to perversion. The purpose for intercourse was to pro-create, we are surrogates for the Creator of heaven and earth. We need to give thanks that He provided a pleasurable experience, axiomatic with intercourse, as an incentive to carry out His will. The pursuit for the pleasurable experience should not be at the expense of "pro-creating."

In my experience in East Africa, I've learned that before the encroachment of colonialism's legistlation of monogamy (to control population growth), and its Euro-Western ideologies, there was no reigning perversion, no prostitutes, no single parented homes, no street children, or homeless individuals. Morality was a highly valued principle stemming from a healthy fear of the Creator, and held to account by the community.

I found that polygyny was and is legal in most countries of South America, Islands of the Sea, Africa, and the Middle East. But it has taken a back seat to the legislation of monogamy (population control), given the onslaught of Euro-Western influence. This legislation has resulted in societies with all the above dysfunctions that did not exist before.

"And Powers created all that is in relationship to the man in His image; in an image of Powers He created him; male and female He created them" (In Beginnings (Gen.) 1:27).

Male - Zakar: remembering; bearer of tradition; pass down family history
Female - Niqeivah: perforate; set firmly; deciding; designated one
Image - Tsalam: covering outer form; shadow of an original; stately appearance

The institution of marriage is not an entity of itself; it is the relationship between a male and a female in a blood covenant that holds each responsible to their function; the man to cover and serve his woman, or women, that she become the excellence of his perfection in Yahweh; the woman to receive and respond in a manner for him to reach that perfection. Ultimately, to bring forth and raise up seeds of powers (children) (Mal 2:15), to reflect an image and likeness that brings content and value to Yahweh of Powers, our Creator, while continuing the pro-creative mandate in each generation until the earth is filled/subdued. We are His surrogates!

For men, Proverbs 24:27 is in the imperative state, a command: "Establish in the outside, your work, and make it ready in the field (productive) for you, and afterward, you will build your house." Animals, plants, vegetables, and trees do not reproduce until they are mature!

Hebrew men had some maturity at the point of fulfilling that imperative between 30 and 40 years of age. Actually, 40 years marks the emotional and physically mature male. By that age he should have been molded and shaped to reflect his Creator, then he can be entrusted with a prudent woman of YHWH (Pro. 19:14). By providing spiritual cover and service to her, he ensures that she will become the excellence of his reflection of YHWH.

A young virgin becomes a woman when she begins ovulating; she is now ready to conceive (12-15 yrs); at which time she would be given in marriage. Having been raised domestically to be a home-maker, it crowns her intrinsic ability to mother (amam - be dependent; giving physical and spiritual life; tribe; people). She moves from being a reflection of her father’s identity/cover, and transitions to reflect that of her husband; there is no point in her life where she is to be left uncovered. Women who are not covered (having no male authority or voice in their life) are considered widows. YHWH commands throughout all of scripture that widows and orphans be taken care of, as in, be re-absorbed into family life.

In the marriage covenant the young virgin would not only find a satisfying of her awakening desires, but also identity, purpose, security, and the highest fulfillment of humanity; the love of a man and a woman. As she continues to grow and develop, the man would enjoy her blossoming and maturation, all the while partnering with YHWH’s process of molding and shaping her to become eishet chayil, a woman of virtue, concentrating her resources to enable him in his calling i.e. being fruitful and multiplying; filling the earth and subduing it.

OBSERVATION: Creation confirms our purpose! Our reproductive cycles reflect the sun and moon resulting in the stars.

Man is likened to the sun, the greater light, which comes back around every 24hrs. His reproductive cycle returns to potency 24hrs after depositing his seed into his woman, every day of his life.

Woman is likened to the moon, the lesser light but greater than the stars, which is full every 28-30 days. One day of each month it is none-existent. The woman's body yearns to receive seed every month once she begins to ovulate, for reproductive purposes, for about 45yrs. After that, her reproductive capability becomes non-existent.

Children are likened to the stars, myriads of little lights that contribute to breaking up the darkness of the night. We are commanded to fill the earth and subdue it by having as many children as the stars in multitude. Stars move together annually around the face of the earth in a fixed position. Women can only birth once a year, if you take a picture of the star pattern the night of a child's birth, upon celebrating the child's birthday a year later, you will see the same star pattern in the night sky.

This begs the question, since a man has been designed to reproduce until his death and a woman not so, what is he to do based upon his purpose of design?

The answer is an obvious one according to the Scripture. And the next question would be whether he is willing to obey.

Shalom

MARRIAGE

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