Konstruksi Pernikahan Kristiani dalam Perspektif Kejadian 2:24

Abstract

Abstract Marriage is an irreplaceable and core institution of human society. Marriage created by God before the fall of Adam and Eve. Marriage communicates deep spiritual truth, including speaking to the human race about the relationship of God to his people, pointing to the marriage between Christ and his Church at the end of history. In it, one man and one woman freely and publicly enter into the marital covenant, through solemn vows, to accept and fulfill all the obligations of marriage, including an exclusive sexual relationship. When talking about the marriage principle we will certainly be faced with a variety of different views and attitudes. This literature study describes the Christian marriage principle in the Genesis 2:24. To explain this, the author gives various information from library sources related to the research topic. This research is a qualitative research with exegetical methods. From the research carried out, the Christian marriage principle taught by the word of God is little different from the marriage principle in general. The research result suggest that the principles of marriage contained in Genesis 2:24 are as follows; shall leave father and mother, shall cleave to spouse and shall become one flesh.