God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, a paradise beyond anything imaginable, where they had a perfect relationship with Him. Adam was given the task of naming the animals, but something was missing in his life - a someone. God created woman from Adam's rib, and they became one flesh. Marriage begins with leaving other relationships and cleaving to one another, with intimacy, closeness, and friendship. A successful marriage requires a man and woman to be joined together, with the husband loving his wife as Christ loves the church, and the wife submitting to her husband as unto the Lord.
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