T-Bone, that is a hard act to follow! So while Rocky was looking things up and answering his own question (good job ) and T-Bone was composing his very witty reply to Rocky's question (good job too ), I was busy comparing Gen 2 and Eph 5 (with a little help from John 12) because they each had the same verse which I found very interesting
How so, you must be wondering . This is how so .
Genesis 2:18,21-24
John 12:24
Ephesians 5:28-31
The first Adam
Jesus Christ the second Adam
- And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
- John 12:23,24 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone:…
(the corn of wheat = Jesus)
- And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
- and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
but if it die,…
- And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
(woman + man = fruit/children)
- it brings forth much fruit.
- And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
(Adam calls Eve of his bones and of his flesh)
- So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.
- For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it,
(Men are to love their wives as their own bodies from which Eve/women came)
- even as the Lord (nourishes and cherishes) the church: For we are members of his (Jesus Christ's) body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
(We, the church, are the firstfruits of Jesus' death mentioned in John 12:24 above. We are also of Jesus' body, flesh and bones as Eve was of Adam's)
- therefore shall a man leave his father & his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh
- for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh
In case anyone is by the chart, it all boils down to how Genesis and Ephesians are aligned with each other (with John's help of course). The first Adam plus Eve in Genesis are connected not only to the husbands and wives in Ephesians but also to the second Adam and his church. If you already knew all this then I hope you enjoyed how colorful and organized everything was !