Love matures through marriage. In Genesis 24:67: “Isaac brought her [Rebekah] into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her.” (Genesis 24:67) In arranged marriages, it was not uncommon for each partner to see each other for the first time on their wedding day. This was the case of Rebekah and Isaac. For Hebrew patriarchs, love came after marriage; it was not a matter of falling in love and then marrying. In the biblical world couples were expected to grow to love each other after marriage. In the West the emphasis is more on marrying the person that you love rather than learning to love the one that you marry. Though both dimensions of love are important for Christian marriage there is a decisive lack of emphasis in Christian preaching, teaching, and literature about the need for love to blossom after the marriage ceremony.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 23:01:03 +0000
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