Main Thought
Genesis 1 poetically describes the creation of the world. In Genesis 1, God creates light. He creates the earth. He creates humanity. Then, alongside these other incredible things, God creates marriage. God’s purposes for marriage can be viewed simply yet are incredibly profound. His purpose includes reflection. Marriage is meant to mirror God and His Kingdom. God the Father wants us to be united in heart and purpose, like He is with the Son and the Holy Spirit. God’s purpose for marriage includes replication and multiplication. God’s purpose for marriage also includes rulership. Through marriage, God wants to empower us to act on His behalf in the world.
Main Passage
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:26-28 ESV
Discussion Questions
What stands out to you in the Main Thought or Main Passage above?
Do you think our society or culture believes that marriage has a purpose? If so, what does that purpose include?
How can marriage reflect God and His Kingdom?