Monday, December 24, 2007

The inescapable covenant realities of life

Here are two pictures in support of demonstrating that covenant theology is Hebraic, and thus the most biblical way to view theology and the world:

Marriage--marriage is one of the last covenant rituals that the culture still practices...Think about it..Two individuals say a few words to eachother and someone else says a few words at them, and then blammo! We have two covenant bound, and deeply connected people before God in which it would take a major upheavel ( to the Bible's definition) to divorce them. Consummating the marriage is the complete act that seals the deal.

Sex--You cannot shake an illicit fornication (pornea in the Greek). You can't, as the movie (devil wears prada) lies and suggests, become one with a woman and then think you can go on your merry way. What is this one connection? Have you ever found that odd? "Well sure, it's intimate alright, but what makes you one with that person not just in the act but in the covenant type connection you end up having with that person for the rest of your life. It's a mystery, but then so is marriage, and so is the relationship with Christ and the Church--Eph. 5

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