Question...

[daverain]

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-WHAT- pat of -Marriage-, is -Consumation-?

(I'll hear your replys, and then give you mine.)



Peace in Christ.


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[Southern Cross]

Why are you asking this?

 

[MERCY@GRACE]

Hopefully on the wedding night, but I'm not sure I understand your question

 

[Addicted2~Jesus]

I never understand your questions, ya really gonna have to stop being cryptic wit thins an jes spit em out.

 

[IceCrystalH2O]

Are you asking how important is sex in a marriage???

 

[babyangel]

Not sure if this relates, but let me reply. I have been going through christian counceling with the preacher at my church. Anyways he said before we can talk about divorce etc we need first discuss what marriage is. So he asked me what I think the bible says about marriage. I told him the wonderful friendship between a man and a woman and how respect trust communication and love are the most important things. This is what I felt marriage is about or should be. I am giving you the short version. I then tried to answer what I felt the bible said about it, and it didnt take much thought although the bible doesnt touch on really what I stated my personal feelings were. The bible says you must submit to one another, your body is not yours alone anymore. And from what I can see people married to avoid fornication, so did love have a big part of marriage way back when? I have been told when people marry they become one flesh, I believe it is the sex that makes them one flesh and not the marriage, because the bible refers to a man having sex with a prostitute and becoming one with her, although they are not married. Dont know if this related to your question, but I just felt I had to share, because bottom line is the bible does not say much about marriage, let alone divorce. As for your question about consumating a marriage. Is there such a thing I mean from what I read once you are married you are married, has nothing to do with consumating. Your marriage is consumated when you say I do and the preacher pronounces husband and wife.

 

[Living Stone]

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-WHAT- pat of -Marriage-, is -Consumation-?

(I'll hear your replys, and then give you mine.)



Peace in Christ.


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My ''wife'' and I have not had sex.
She has committed herself to me in marriage and is therefore my ''wife'' by biblical standards, but we have not yet consumated this union (nor will so for quite some time most likely due to personal/physical reasons that we have mutually agreed upon).

We are planning on getting the state license, but that will only be for legalities to make sure if something happens to one of us that the state keeps their filthy little hands out of our affairs and assets.

Having not yet come together, we are ''betrothed''.
In the bible that means we are promised to marry before God in His manner, but have no yet consumated the marraige by my taking her to my bed and becoming ''one flesh'' with her.

With us, we're trying to adhere to scripture as closely on the matter as possible.....giving GOD His authority in the matter in joining us.
We have promised ourselves to each other in a marriage covenant before God.
Consumation will be when we finalize the marriage by coming together as one flesh.( to answer the OPs question)

The difference with us compared to many is that in saying ''I will marry you'' we agree that this is a COVENANT PROMISE and not entered into lightly.
In the bible ''promised'' was binding...unlike the way our ''engaged'' is taken so trivially and lightly today.

Some today take being betrothed/engaged as lightly as they do having a marriage license from the state/govt.

God is VERY serious about oaths/covenants/promises and they are never to be taken lightly, state approved or not.

(sorry for ranting on, but not knowing what direction this thread was aimed, I wanted to cover the possible bases )

 

[GirlieGirl]

Sex.

Anyone else get weirded out by "Let me hear your answers and then I'll give you mine" questions? Why not just give your opinion first? I'm guessing he/she has a different prespective and wants to shock us out of our existing thinking.

 

[Living Stone]

Sex.

Anyone else get weirded out by "Let me hear your answers and then I'll give you mine" questions? Why not just give your opinion first? I'm guessing he/she has a different prespective and wants to shock us out of our existing thinking.

most likely

 

[Svt4Him]

Yup, have to agree. It's the sex part. Ok, now weird us out...