Metaphor of marriage system

 

Metaphor of marriage system

 

In Mark 10:6-9, “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.” For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.』

Here, 『from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female』 In Greek, ἀπὸ δὲ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς Here, ἀπὸ (apo: from) δὲ (de: conjunction) ἀρχῆς (arche: first) κτίσεως (kriteos: of creation). If we translate this again, it should be, “male and female he made them”. The first creation is Adam (human). Since both man and human are named Adam, there can be errors in translation. In other words, God created man first and separated female (rib) from the man (Adam), so the man (Adam) became male (Adam). Therefore, the first man was a man before he became male and female.

In Genesis 2:21-23, “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead of it; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man(Adam), made him a woman(Isha), and brought her unto the man(Adam). And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

In verses 21, 22, and 23 of chapter 2, Adam should be translated as man (Adam), not Adam by name. It should be translated as “God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man,” and “according to the rib that God had taken from the man.”

『 flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.』 Looking at the Hebrew for this part, it is Isha (woman), Ki (~i.e.) Meish (to man), Rukaha (was taken), Zot (this woman). So if we translate this part again, it would be, 『This (woman) will be called Woman because she was taken out of Man.』 Grammatically analyzing Meish, Me is an abbreviated form of the preposition Min (meaning direction).

So it emphasizes the separation of man and woman in man. Man symbolizes God as the first man. And male (Christ) and female (spirit of the fallen angel) mean those who are separated from man. That is, female means the spirit of the fallen angel separated from God. It is saying that they were imprisoned in the world for opposing God, but they must repent and return to God. So this is said in Genesis 2:24, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife (isha), and they shall become one flesh." Here, the parent is God. The man is translated as Christ, and the wife is isha (woman). The woman means the fallen spirit that left God.

This is also emphasized in the same sense in the New Testament book of Ephesians. In Ephesians 5:31-32, it says, "For this reason a man (anthropos: ἄνθρωπος) will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife (guinaika: γυναῖκα), and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery, but I am talking about Christ and the church." Andropos means man or person. It would be appropriate to translate it as man here. Guinaika (basic form: guine) means woman or wife. Likewise, it would be appropriate to translate it as woman here. In this way, it becomes the same as the meaning of Genesis 2:24. In the relationship between Christ and the church, the church does not mean a building, but the saints. It emphasizes that the saints were originally those who left God (beings whose spirits were combined with dust), but became one after meeting Christ.

“What God has joined together, let not man separate.” It is impossible for a believer to leave God, repent, meet Christ, become one, and then deny and leave Christ again. It is impossible for a believer to be in the law, realize that salvation cannot be obtained through the law, discover Christ (the gospel) through the sacrificial offering in the law, believe in Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection, become one in Christ, and then leave Christ and return to the law. It is absurd to say that God has now accepted those who are in the gospel, so how can humans reject this gospel and return to their previous state? If there is anyone who returns to the law, then they must not know the meaning of the gospel. They believe that they have accepted the gospel, but they only believe in words without knowing its meaning.

In Mark 10:2-5, “And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.” The certificate of divorce that Moses wrote signifies the law. This is because spiritual divorce is to leave the gospel of God and enter back into the law. Those who enter into the law are those whose hearts are hardened. This means that even today, there are those who hear the gospel, unite with Christ, and say that they have achieved heaven, but still follow the law.

The Apostle Paul said in Galatians 5:1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Following the law is taking up the yoke of slavery again. Matthew 7:6, "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." When expressing it as a dog, it refers to the nature of a dog. Proverbs 26:11, "As a dog returns to its own vomit, so a fool returns to his folly." This applies to those who were given freedom from the law, but are now bound by the law.

Philippians 3:2 says, "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision." The harm to the body refers to circumcision of the flesh according to the law. Dogs, evildoers, and those who are circumcised in the flesh refer to those who believe in Jesus Christ and are saved, but still cannot escape legalism. Jesus was crucified under the law, and those who are in Christ also died to the law. If we try to apply the law again, we become like dogs in the eyes of God who ignore what Jesus accomplished.

“Do not throw your pearls before swine.” Pearl refers to the church that Jesus Christ sold everything and bought with a price. Those who have received forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ and have been freed from the law, but still try to follow the law and fall into sin, are called dogs and pigs. Although all sins have been forgiven in Christ, if you try to become a holy person by judging whether or not you sin again based on the law, you become a dog or a pig before God.

So, “Be careful lest they trample it underfoot and turn and tear you to pieces.” Dogs and pigs are harming the church (the saints of the gospel). Those who believe in the law are trampling and harming the saints in Christ. In the early church, legalists tried to persuade the saints in the church to return to Judaism. They persecuted and persuaded the saints and tormented them.

There are many cases of regressing to legalism in today's church. They are doing things like making tithing mandatory, deceiving people by calling church buildings temples, insisting on the observance of the Sabbath, or creating new holidays to observe. This is because they do not know the gospel well.

In Mark 10:11-12, “And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.” In other words, the act of marrying and being given in marriage means returning to the law, leaving the gospel behind. This is called a half-gospel. This is because the half-gospel focuses only on the issue of sin. This is because it looks at the flesh that cannot help but sin in the present. They only see the death of the cross and believe in the resurrection, but while they are alive, they regard it as someone else’s business.

This is because they mistakenly think that only the death and blood of Jesus on the cross are applicable while they are alive, and that the resurrection is applicable when the body dies. In order to enter into Christ, one must be united with Jesus who died on the cross and with the resurrected Christ. This is the present death and resurrection of the cross. It is not something that happened in the past or the future, but something that happens now.

In Romans 6:3-5, “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:』