Marriage in the Garden

Genesis 2:18-25

Luther makes his comment he says, “Human beings can err but the word of God is the very wisdom of God and the absolute infallible truth.”  

Francis Schaeffer said 50 years ago,  “if you want to know where the church is going to be in 20 years look at the world now the church is usually 20 years behind.” “Rather than squandering his most precious gift on someone who is unappreciative, God waits until Adam is prepared to appreciate the gift of the women.” -Bruce Walkey

“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”

― Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible 18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; nI will make him a helper fit for1 him.” 19 oNow out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam3 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man hemade4 into a woman and brought her to the man.

 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is rbone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called Woman,

because she was staken out of Man.”5

24 tTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.