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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
THE SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS


This page was created on August 23, 2002
This page was last updated on May 17, 2005


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SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS
ON MARRAGE

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
--FRENCH PROVERB

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.
--ROBERT QUILLEN (1887–1948)

A man too good for the world is no good for his wife.
--JEWISH PROVERB

A successful marriage demands a divorce; a divorce from your own self-love.
--PAUL FROST (1938– )

And they lived happily ever after is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It is tragic because it tells a falsehood about life and has led countless generations of people to expect something from human existence that is not possible on this fragile, failing, imperfect earth.
--JOSHUA LOTH LIEBMAN (1907–1948)

Dogs are quick to show their affection. They never pout, they never bear a grudge. They never run away from home when mistreated. They never complain about their food. They never gripe about the way the house is kept. They are chivalrous and courageous, ready to protect their mistress at the risk of their lives. They love children, and no matter how noisy and boisterous they are, the dog loves every minute of it. In fact, a dog is still competition for a husband. Perhaps if we husbands imitated a few of our dog’s virtues, life with our family might be more amiable.
--BILLY GRAHAM (1918– )

BIBLICAL CONNECTIONS

In the Hebrew Scriptures marriage was instituted in Paradise when humans were in innocence (Genesis 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by the Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matthew 19:4-5). It is evident that monogamy was the original law of marriage (Matthew 19:5; 1 Cor. 6:16). This law was violated in after times, when corrupt usages began to be introduced (Genesis 4:19; Genesis 6:2). We meet with the prevalence of polygamy and concubinage in the patriarchal age (Genesis 16:1-4; Genesis 22:21-24; Genesis 28:8-9; Genesis 29:23-30, etc.). Polygamy was acknowledged in the Mosaic law and made the basis of legislation, and continued to be practised all down through the period of Jewish history to the Captivity, after which there is no instance of it on record.

It seems to have been the practice from the beginning for fathers to select wives for their sons (Genesis 24:3; Genesis 38:6). Sometimes also proposals were initiated by the father of the maiden (Exodus 2:21). The brothers of the maiden were also sometimes consulted (Genesis 24:51; Genesis 34:11), but her own consent was not required. The young man was bound to give a price to the father of the maiden (Genesis 31:15; Genesis 34:12; Exodus 22:16-17; 1 Samuel 18:23, 25; Ruth 4:10; Hosea 3:2) On these patriarchal customs the Mosaic law made no change.

In the pre-Mosaic times, when the proposals were accepted and the marriage price given, the bridegroom could come at once and take away his bride to his own house (Genesis 24:63-67). But in general the marriage was celebrated by a feast in the house of the bride's parents, to which all friends were invited (Genesis 29:22, 27); and on the day of the marriage the bride, concealed under a thick veil, was conducted to her future husband's home.
Our Lord corrected many false notions then existing on the subject of marriage (Matthew 22:23-30), and placed it as a divine institution on the highest grounds. The apostles state clearly and enforce the nuptial duties of husband and wife (Ephes. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18, 19; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Marriage is said to be “honourable” (Hebrews 13:4), and the prohibition of it is noted as one of the marks of degenerate times (1 Tim. 4:3).

The marital relationship is used to represent the union between God and his people (Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:1-14; Hosea 2:9, 20). In the New Testament the same figure is employed in representing the love of Christ to his saints (Ephes. 5:25-27). The Church of the redeemed is the “Bride, the Lamb's wife” (Rev. 19:7-9).


 

 

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