LET US MAKE MAN
Read: Genesis 1:26-2:3.
God created man in the beginning to rule the earth. And following man’s creation, with a view to this rule, God put the man to sleep, opened his side, and took a rib from his side; and from this rib God made “an helpmeat” for the man, whom he called ‘woman,’ because ‘she was taken out of man.’ The woman was ‘bone of man’s bones’ and ‘flesh of man’s flesh;’ and when she was presented back to the man, he was then complete (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:21-24).
Note that the man and the woman were to rule together (Gen. 1:26) – the man as king and the woman as consort queen. This forms an unchangeable principle which God established at this time. The man could not rule alone. Rather, he must rule as a complete being.
Christ, the Second Man, the Last Adam, will one day take the scepter and rule the earth. Be sure to note that God’s established principle for man’s rule cannot be violated. Christ, at the time He rules the earth, must have a wife to rule with Him.
The Son though, does not presently posses a wife, but that is about to change. An entire dispensation, lasting 2000 years, has been set aside; and God has sent His Holy Spirit into the world to acquire a bride for His Son (seen typically in Gen. 24).
Once the Spirit’s mission is completed, the bride will be removed from the earth and presented to the Son (also typical in Gen. 24). Only then can the Second Man, the Last Adam, take the scepter and rule the earth, in complete accord with God’s original intention for man, revealed at the time of his creation (Gen. 1:26, 28).
The Father already has His wife – Israel – acquired during the past dispensation, which allowed a theocracy to exist during the Old Testament times. And for the Son to rule within the future theocracy, He, as well, must possess a wife – one removed from His body, who will be bone of His bones, and flesh of His flesh, one who will rule as consort queen with the King of kings and the Lord of lords (cf. Rev. 19:7-9, 16).
The basic teachings surrounding the Son possessing a wife to rule as consort queen with Him are set forth at the very beginning of Scripture, in the Book of Genesis. The various things pertaining to the Son’s wife are set forth Genesis as well.
Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife Rev. 21:19
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
Read: Genesis 1:26-2:3.
God created man in the beginning to rule the earth. And following man’s creation, with a view to this rule, God put the man to sleep, opened his side, and took a rib from his side; and from this rib God made “an helpmeat” for the man, whom he called ‘woman,’ because ‘she was taken out of man.’ The woman was ‘bone of man’s bones’ and ‘flesh of man’s flesh;’ and when she was presented back to the man, he was then complete (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:21-24).
Note that the man and the woman were to rule together (Gen. 1:26) – the man as king and the woman as consort queen. This forms an unchangeable principle which God established at this time. The man could not rule alone. Rather, he must rule as a complete being.
Christ, the Second Man, the Last Adam, will one day take the scepter and rule the earth. Be sure to note that God’s established principle for man’s rule cannot be violated. Christ, at the time He rules the earth, must have a wife to rule with Him.
The Son though, does not presently posses a wife, but that is about to change. An entire dispensation, lasting 2000 years, has been set aside; and God has sent His Holy Spirit into the world to acquire a bride for His Son (seen typically in Gen. 24).
Once the Spirit’s mission is completed, the bride will be removed from the earth and presented to the Son (also typical in Gen. 24). Only then can the Second Man, the Last Adam, take the scepter and rule the earth, in complete accord with God’s original intention for man, revealed at the time of his creation (Gen. 1:26, 28).
The Father already has His wife – Israel – acquired during the past dispensation, which allowed a theocracy to exist during the Old Testament times. And for the Son to rule within the future theocracy, He, as well, must possess a wife – one removed from His body, who will be bone of His bones, and flesh of His flesh, one who will rule as consort queen with the King of kings and the Lord of lords (cf. Rev. 19:7-9, 16).
The basic teachings surrounding the Son possessing a wife to rule as consort queen with Him are set forth at the very beginning of Scripture, in the Book of Genesis. The various things pertaining to the Son’s wife are set forth Genesis as well.
Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife Rev. 21:19
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
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