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This One At Last! . Naked Spirituality Genesis 2. Two Creation Accounts. 1 2. Cosmic centred. Human centred. God creates. God Fashions / Builds / Breathes. Whole Universe. Fertile Garden. Speech. Hands & Breath. Elohim. Yahweh Elohim. “The LORD GOD”.
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This One At Last! • Naked Spirituality • Genesis 2
Two Creation Accounts 1 2 • Cosmic centred. • Human centred. • God creates. • God Fashions / Builds / Breathes. • Whole Universe. • Fertile Garden. • Speech. • Hands & Breath. • Elohim. • Yahweh Elohim.
Two Creation Accounts • Creator God. • Connected God. Intimacy
The Garden of Eden • Beautiful trees • Delicious fruit • Pleasure & Delight • “Intensely rich and lavish” • “Overflowing with goodness” • Everything a human might delight in.
“A Fitting Helper” • ‘ezer kenegdo • kenegdo - alongside, opposite, a counterpart to • ‘ezer - active intervention on behalf of someone • Psalm 121 - “my ‘ezer comes from the Lord...” • Not demeaning.
God did not make the woman… “out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” ~ Matthew Henry • “One of His Ribs”
Bone of my Bone... Called Woman • ‘ishah • ‘ish • In naming her, he names himself. • Discovers himself when in community with her. • From the same substance / essence. • They fit together.
Cling... One Flesh • Physical - one flesh • Spiritual - cling • Sex is never just about sex.
Jesus & the Church • Ephesians 5: • 25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church… • 31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” 32 This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.