AFTER THE FIRST HUMAN, ADAM, IS CREATED, HE IS PLACED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THE SPECIAL, SPIRITUALLY PROTECTED HAVEN ON THE EARTH, WHERE ISRAEL IS NOW LOCATED.
GOD, THEN CREATES A BRIDE, NAMED EVE, OUT OF ADAM'S BODY. WE HAVE THE FIRST WEDDING IN THE BIBLE AND THE FIRST PICTURE OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST. MANY SAY THAT THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS THE "HUPPAH" FOR THE WEDDING OF ADAM AND EVE. MANY OF THE JEWISH WEDDING TRADITIONS, SUCH AS THE "HUPPAH" ARE SYMBOLIC OF MANY BIBLICAL TRUTHS. THE "HUPPAH" OR WEDDING CANOPY IS ALWAYS AT THE FRONT OF A JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY. IT REPRESENTS A HOME THAT THE GROOM AND THE BRIDE WILL BUILD TOGETHER.
THE HOME BELONGS TO THE GROOM AND THE CEREMONY MARKS THE TRANSFER OF THE WOMAN FROM HER FATHER'S HOUSE TO THAT OF HER HUSBAND. THE GROOM IS IN THE "HUPPAH" AND THEN STEPS OUT TO MEET HIS BRIDE AND THEN SHE MUST INVITE THE GROOM TO ENTER BACK INTO HIS "HUPPAH".
IN THE FIRST BIBLICAL MARRIAGE, WE HAVE THE GARDEN OF EDEN AS THE "HUPPAH", THE WEDDING CANOPY OR THE HOME THAT ADAM AND EVE WILL BUILD TOGETHER. ADAM IS PLACED IN THE "HUPPAH" FIRST AND THEN GOD BRINGS HIS BRIDE, EVE TO HIM AND THEY ARE UNITED TOGETHER AS ONE BODY.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:
"FOR THIS REASON A MAN WILL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLESH." GEN 2:24
WHEN THE PHARISEES ASK YESHUA, JESUS ABOUT DIVORCE, HE POINTS TO THE WEDDING OF ADAM AND EVE AS BEING THE ULTIMATE BIBLICAL MODEL OF WHAT A MARRIAGE SHOULD BE. HE SAYS:
"HAVEN'T YOU READ THAT IN THE BEGINNING THE CREATOR MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, AND SAID, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN WILL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH? SO THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE. THEREFORE WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET MAN NOT SEPARATE." MATTHEW 19: 4,5
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