NKJV 365 / The Unity of the Couple, FAMILY.

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 163 of 365 The Unity of the Couple, FAMILY. "In the beginning" the Lord created the first couple in His image (1:1, 27) and described them as "one flesh." Their unity was to be so complete, that the Hebrew word for "one" ('echad; "one, unit, or unity") is the same word used to describe God in Deut. 6:4, "The LORD our God, the LORD is one!" It was not until the entrance of sin that their unity was broken (Gen. 3:12, 13), their relationship became contentious (vv. 15, 16), and they took on separate identities (v. 20). As believers in Christ Jesus, we are called to be conformed to His image (Rom. 8:29), as through Christ's redemptive work we become "heirs together" of His grace (1 Pet. 3:7). Taken from New Spirit-Filled Life Bible Genesis 2:24 NASB 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.