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9 Truths about Marriage (and Sex!) in the Beginning of the Bible

9 Truths about Marriage (and Sex!) in the Beginning of the Bible

March 2, 2018

Critics have sometimes claimed that marriage is not that important to God. But interestingly, the Bible both begins and ends with a marriage. In fact, marriage is the defining metaphor God uses to illustrate His love for the Church, His “bride.”

The natural place to begin an investigation into what God thinks about marriage (and sex) is in Genesis 1 and 2, where scripture describes God’s creation of the world and everything in it.

Here are nine truths about sex and marriage from the first two chapters in Genesis:

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