For This Reason - Genesis 2:24

 

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24

    With all the recent uproar over the insane concept of same-sex marriage I think it would be prudent to take another look at the very reason that marriage was originally intended to be between one man and one woman.
    God’s plan for man and woman was profoundly ordained from our very beginnings. Man and woman were specifically designed to complement one another as described in the Book of Genesis. It was, in fact, the first human institution.
    Now many opposing voices come forward and say, “Marriage isn’t a religious institution. If it were then why can a couple be married by a civil magistrate?” To those I would say that marriage held a uniquely religious status long before the civil magistrates were even thought of. In fact, it was John Calvin’s “Marriage Ordinance of Geneva” (1546) that first laid out the five requirements for marriage which included the state’s recognition of the marriage-
1.    Mutual Consent
2.    Parental Consent (when needed)
3.    Two Witnesses
4.    Civil Registration
5.    Church Consecration
    In England, “The Clandestine Marriage Act of 1753,” also known as Lord Hardwicke’s Act initiated statutory regulation in England and Wales, requiring a formal ceremony for marriage.
    So Calvin’s 16th Century and Lord Hardwicke’s 18th Century civil involvement in matrimony were the first forays of the State into the ordinance of marriage originally prescribed in Genesis 2. Prior to those initial “civil assaults,” marriage (for the most part) remained deeply rooted in religious observance. Even the apostle Paul reiterated - “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
 - Ephesians 5:31. Christ, Himself, repeated the ordinance from Genesis in Matthew 19:5!
    In point of fact, the very reason for the creation of woman was to be, as God put it, “a helper fit for him (the man).” Genesis 2:20. It was “for this reason” that woman was created - to be a companion for man! There was no other reason according to Genesis. God had created the world and everything in it, including all the beasts of the air, earth, and seas. There were certainly plenty of other forms of life that Adam had in his world but none that was a helper fit for him . . . so God created woman! For this reason! God didn’t create another man; he created a woman to complement man; to complete him, that through marriage, God’s ideal union of man and woman and the children that union produced, they would become “one flesh.” Same-sex marriage doesn’t accomplish that. It doesn’t even offer the possibility.
    Even if the union of man and woman didn’t produce children it was still God’s plan that man and woman join together in an inseparable union. One man and one woman - that was and IS God’s plan. That was and is God’s proclaimed will   
    Insofar as whom one may leave an inheritance to or whom one might make their legal car-giver or whom one might assign power of attorney to or whom might choose to insure those are all legal assignations that can be and should be relegated to the State for approval. The definition of marriage does not need to be redefined to ensure civil rights for anyone. Nor should it be. Marriage is, from its inception, an ordinance of God and should not be besmirched by the notion that it can somehow be redefined to include sinful liaisons between members of the same sex. One man and one woman - May the will of God be preserved and defended here on earth as it is in heaven.