Marriage


The Marriage Covenant

The dual account of Creation in Genesis 1-2 can be explained by their apparent covenant orientation of the material, which resembles a 2nd millennium B.C. suzerainty treaty. The first covenant sign God designed for his creatures, to express their recognition of him as Creator, was the Sabbath--to which the six creative days of the first chapter point. Chapter 2, in turn, leads up to that most essential covenant relationship on earth, the marriage bond.

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Literature in Bible Times by Milton C. Fisher, Page 98-101.)