Genesis 2:18 - Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.'
Problem: Man was alone and that was NOT good.
In Hebrew, the word for alone means substantial deficiency. God found that man was substantially deficient without a partner.
Genesis 2:20 - So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
God gives a task to man to name his creations. God assigned the task to man to show his God-given authority and role as a caretaker for God's other creatures. God created male and female for every species except humans at this point, but he saw the problem. Why did he wait? Did he want man to notice the problem so he would appreciate the answer?
The Provision: God created the woman. He wanted a more special connection between man and woman so he connected them by making her out of him. All other creatures had been made just by God speaking, and man was made out of the dust of the ground with life breathed into him directly by God so that he had the breathe of God in Him. When God gave man a helper, he made her out of a part of the man's body so they would be forever linked together. God describes himself as our helper so being a helper is a higher calling. God is our constant help in times of trouble.
Genesis 2:24 - Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
The Pattern: God established marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman to be joined together as one. What God joins together, let no man put asunder are generally the words in most Christian vows of marriage.
Matthew 19:4 - Jesus replies to the Pharisees, saying: “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female.’”
Jesus answers about marriage and divorce by referring to Genesis definition of marriage. Marriage is meant to be permanent. Thus, the words "until death we do part" in marriage vows.
Ephesians 5:25-33 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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