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My first response to this is to say that the mind of God
is far above the mind of man and therefore we cannot know the priorities
He has in mind for a specific marriage.
Having said that, the greatest priority of bringing people together in
relationship and/or marriage is to learn about Him. This is why He
created male and female. This is why He created the concepts of family
and marriage. This is why He created sexual intercourse. Each of these
teaches us something about God. We know that man represents Christ and
the woman, the church. The family is a model of the God Family. Marriage
is the bonding of Christ with the church. Sexual intercourse is the act
that has the male and female becoming one flesh. It is a living metaphor
of bonding spiritually; becoming one with the God Family in salvation.
This is the primary purpose of God bring two together in relationship
and, God willing, marriage.
This is all enhanced if the people in question are firstfruits and
possessing the Spirit of God in them. This is why I believe that if it
be God's will that a specific firstfruit be married that it would be His
will and desire that it be another firstfruit.
In serious relationships between man and woman and marriage, we learn
about love. Therefore, love is a priority in bringing people together.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things.
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
In marriage we learn about the role of husbands and wives
Ephesians 5:21-33
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head
of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be
to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth
his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be
joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even
as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
See the sermon, "Mystery,
He Wrote"
In marriage we learn about loyalty to our mate verses the evilness of
adultery.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge.
We learn about righteousness and peace.
Psalm 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed
each other.
The Priorities of God in Bringing Two People together.
1] To learn about Him, His plan and His ways.
2] To learn about love.
3] To become one flesh. To bond physically, mentally, emotionally, and
spiritually.
4] To experience the highest level of communication.
5] To create a family. To create Godly character in each individual in
the family.
6] To experience sexual bonding at all levels - physically, mentally,
emotionally, and spiritually.
7] To obtain favor of the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the
LORD.
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