![]() ![]() This statement is the Bible’s foundational affirmation that God instituted marriage as a union (“one flesh”) of a man and a woman, and as creating a distinct family unit (“shall leave his father and his mother”). This passage gives an account of God making the first woman from the rib of the first man, concluding that “a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (v. In this passage, God makes human beings, both male and female, “in his own image,” and instructed them to “be fruitful and multiply.” This passage says nothing at all about marriage per se, although it does reveal that the union of a man and a woman by which children are born is God’s created intention for humanity. Let us examine these texts to see what they actually say of relevance to the subject. In sum, what can fairly be learned from these texts is that God ordained or instituted marriage, that marriage is a covenant relationship, and that God intends marriage to last until death. These biblical texts do not teach that marriage is or can be for eternity, and they certainly do not even hint at the idea of temple marriages-the LDS claim that only some marriages, those performed in temples for worthy couples, will endure beyond the grave and forever. However, the end of the chapter lists three texts from the Bible as additional support (223), and these and a few other biblical texts are cited in support in the LDS Church’s official Topical Guide under “ Marriage, Celestial” (Genesis 1:26-28 2:21-24 Ecclesiastes 3:14 Matthew 16:19 18:18 19:3-8 Mark 10:9 1 Corinthians 11:11 Ephesians 5:31 1 Peter 3:7). "And Jesus said to them, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.'" Luke 20:34-35Ĭhapter 38 of Gospel Principles bases its exposition of eternal marriage on Doctrine and Covenants 131 and 132 (see pp. ![]()
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