From the book, the married covenant for your information the bulk not published yet i believe biblically sharing is biblically caring.

Subject: "One flesh": The phrase "one flesh" signifies a deep, holistic unity between a husband and wife, becoming a single entity in God's eyes some people think it’s no such thing as a perfect marriage i thought the same thing in the beginning, after being happily married for 26 years and together for 35 years, in spite of all of the ups and downs the perfect marriage is when the two people in the marriage want to be the type of Christ.

Wisdom speaks.

If we stay in our emotions or our feelings, we won’t stay in our marriages Satan will use those things to get us to sign the divorce papers married people don’t like each other all the time we need to learn how to do that. We love each other all the time knowing how to separate our emotions and feelings from what’s in the posture of our heart is imperative.

A need to know.

Men have emotions and feelings as well. We are human beings to we understand that we cannot be lead by our emotions or feelings please believe it. We have those things too. It’s nothing like allowing the Holy Spirit to teach us emotional and feelings intelligence.

Mark 10:8-9

and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Conclusion.

Divine story time.

A a confrontation where Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about the Mosaic law on divorce, which they were using to justify divorce for almost any reason. In response, Jesus takes the argument back to Genesis, citing God's original design for marriage as an inseparable, divine union between a man and a woman. He establishes that marriage is a sacred, God-ordained covenant of unity, not a social contract that can be easily broken.

Key context

The Pharisees' question: The Pharisees posed a question about divorce to "test" Jesus, using the Mosaic law to see if He would contradict it.

Mosaic law: In Jesus' time, Jewish law was debated, and different interpretations, like those from the schools of Hillel and Shammai, allowed for divorce based on various reasons. Jesus argued this law was a concession to human "hardness of heart," not God's original intent.

Hillel Shammai were two influential and contemporary Jewish rabbis who lived in the late first century BCE and early first century CE, leading the two major schools of thought (or "houses") in Jewish law: Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai. The main difference between them was that Hillel was more lenient and focused on the spirit of the law, while Shammai was stricter and more focused on its letter. This is famously summarized by the phrase "the house of Shammai binds, and the house of Hillel looses".

Jesus' answer: Jesus redirects the discussion to the beginning of creation, quoting Genesis 2:24 to show that God's plan for marriage was a permanent, unified bond.

"One flesh": The phrase "one flesh" signifies a deep, holistic unity between a husband and wife, becoming a single entity in God's eyes.

"Let no one separate": This is Jesus' final command, emphasizing the permanence of this divine joining and a direct challenge to the ease with which people were divorcing in his era.

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