This One At Last!This One At Last!Naked Spirituality

Genesis 2

Two Creation AccountsTwo Creation Accounts

God creates.

God Fashions / Builds / Breathes.Speech.

Hands & Breath.Elohim.

Yahweh Elohim.

Cosmic centred.

Human centred.Whole Universe.

Fertile Garden.

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““The LORD GOD”The LORD GOD”

Two Creation AccountsTwo Creation AccountsCreator God.

Intimacy

Connected God.

The Garden of The Garden of EdenEden

Beautiful trees

Delicious fruit

Pleasure & Delight

“Intensely rich and lavish”

“Overflowing with goodness”

Everything a human might delight in.

““It’s not GOOD...”It’s not GOOD...”

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““A Fitting Helper”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.

“One of His Ribs”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

““This One At Last!”This One At Last!”

Called Called WomanWoman

Bone of Bone of my my

Bone...Bone...From the same substance / essence.

They fit together.

‘ishah

‘ish

In naming her, he names himself.

Discovers himself when in community with her.

Cling... One FleshCling... One Flesh

Physical - one flesh

Spiritual - cling

Sex is never just about sex.

Jesus & the ChurchJesus & 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.