Symbols are a divine language that say so much while pointing to eternal truth. Some people choose to believe in flawed human philosophies such as a right or wrong companion in marriage, but if this was a valid eternal truth, what would such a person suggestion to Adam and Eve? Perhaps that God had taken away their agency? What if Eve, believed that marrying Adam was a mistake, desired to divorce and remarry, to find the right one? How would she apply that flawed human philosophy in her day? The irony of the Adam and Eve story is that it required a symbolic piece of Adams body to create a body for Eve. And, in order to procreate, it requires a symbolic piece of Adams body to cause Eve to conceive and create a body for offspring. So, is it even possible for a woman to have children with a man who is her wrong eternal companion? Was Eve actually created from Adam’s rib? The taking of the rib out of Adam’s side is only symbolic of the everlasting covenant between Adam and Eve and also for all mankind who are married into the everlasting covenant. ~ Milton R. Hunter, Pearl of Great Price Commentary, pp. 145-146 Eve coming from the rib of Adam is considered symbolic of her role as a companion to the man. She is to stand at the side of man to be the joint-inheritor with him in receiving a celestial reward. ~ Victor L. Ludlow, Unlocking the Old Testament, p. 7 Then in each of the accounts (Moses and Abraham), the story of the creation of Eve, which is symbolic of marriage, is presented. The church looks upon the story of the creation of woman as symbolizing the unity of man and woman under the holy covenant of celestial marriage. The man was appointed by the Lord and foreordained to be the head of ; hence the symbolism in the creating Eve from Adam’s rib and his flesh. ~ Milton R. Hunter, Pearl of Great Price Commentary, pp. 145-146
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