Everything specifically related to Jewish marriage under the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, the commands against exogamy, and to be fruitful and multiply was intended to bring about the promised seed. The promised seed of the woman in His life death and resurrection has inaugurated the age to come, bringing believers into it as sons of …
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With natural revelation, the purpose for marriage was for man to have a helper in fulfilling the cultural mandate, and under the banner of common grace, this was further expressed that man with his wife was obligated to fill the fullness of earth with the human species.[1] Beginning with the Abrahamic covenant, a qualification was …
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Something unique happens in Genesis 24 where the story about the marriage of Isaac to Rebekah is recounted. While at its heart it is a beautiful love story, displaying God’s providence in the midst of his newly formed people, there is an apparent impetus driving the selection of a wife with Abraham’s desire to make …
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The only proper place to begin this study on marriage is in the garden. Marriage is not something which only belongs God-fearing Christians; it has been given as a gift to all of human creation. Romans 1:26-27 speaks of men and women who have exchanged natural relations for unnatural relations among the same sex. Although …
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This was orginally written in 2013 and redrafted in 2014 for as a student submission to a midwest regional ETS Meeting Marriage is the most significant commitment men and women make every day. Overshadowing even the purchase of a house; marriage is meant to last till death intervenes and separates the two. Recently the Supreme …
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Abstract The paper argues for the fact that πληρῶσαι in Matthew 5:17 should be interpreted as ‘to fulfill by doing’. This is established by looking at the larger story arc presented by Matthew spanning from the end of Chapter 4 thru end of chapter 10. It builds its case by first looking at the thematic …
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