DAY 23
婚姻
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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耶和華神使亞當沉睡，他就睡了；於是取下他的一條肋骨，又把肉合起來。
耶和華神就用那人身上所取的肋骨造成一個女人，領她到那人跟前。
亞當說：這是我骨中的骨，肉中的肉，可以稱她為「女人」，因為她是從「男人」身上取出來的。（創世記2:21-23）

上帝對祂所創造的東西中不盡人意的地方的補救措施是創造一個 "合適"的幫助者。這裡翻譯為 "合適"的希伯來語是neged（neh'-ghed），可以翻譯為 "相反的部分"或"對應物"。要成為一個幫手，女人需要與男人不同--不是與他衝突的不同，而是與他相稱的不同。她將擁有他所缺少的那部分。為了成為完整的人，他需要她，她也需要他。模糊男人和女人之間的區別，欺騙他們認為他們不需要對方，這一直是敵人的主要策略。

男人一看到女人，心就悸動，他知道她就是那人！男人看著女人並受到有感覺，但夏娃似乎沒有。男性比女性更容易受到視覺的刺激。只看夏娃就足以說服亞當，但只看亞當可能對夏娃沒有多大幫助。不過，亞當說的話，對她來說，大概是有意義。

上帝創造了浪漫和性愛，兩者都是男人和女人之間美妙而親密的愛的表達。然而，祂創造的人是身體、魂和靈。浪漫被創造為比性更重要。它應該是靈、魂和身體的結合，按照這個順序。如果順序顛倒，使身體的結合首先受到尊重，那麼就不可能發生靈和魂的結合，孤獨就會繼續。

這就是為什麼主創造了婚姻制度，並認可婚外性行為是悖逆上帝的一種罪。這是對上帝所創造的人的本性的一種罪。人被創造為具有崇高智慧和靈性的生物。他們也是 "受造奇妙 "的肉體生物。主希望祂創造的冠冕在所有三個層面上都是完整的，並得到滿足，如果人開始把肉體看得高於其他方面，就會發生他們本性的基本變態。因此，性應該是靈和魂的愛與結合的表達。只有當它是這種愛和結合的表達時，它才會真正得到滿足，並保持它本來的高尚表達。通過靈和魂的愛與結合，可以釋放出一種屬靈的性感，這是肉體上的性感所無法比擬的。

在亞當和夏娃的第一次見面中，亞當立即相信他們是適合彼此的。看起來夏娃可能需要更多的說服力。她是不同的，可能需要在她的魂和靈得到更多的感動，才能完全被說服。上帝讓女人變成這樣，是為了呼召男人獲得更高層次的經驗。女性確實傾向於更多的靈性導向，而且常常被解釋為更多的情感，因為她們傾向於更多地接觸她們的精神感官。

自墮落以來，婦女一直受到指責，因為夏娃被欺騙並將禁果獻給了亞當。然而，這意味著亞當沒有被欺騙，即使他知道自己在做什麼，也犯了罪。這就更陰險了。為什麼亞當要那樣跟隨夏娃呢？可能是因為她被創造出來是為了幫助呼召亞當進入更高的屬靈境界，而亞當已經學會了在這方面跟隨她。魔鬼的基本策略是將我們的長處變成短處，利用它們來對付我們。牠試圖阻止別人做他們被呼召的事情。牠一開始就知道，在他們身後，把他們推開，比較有效。

我們以後會更深入地研究這些問題，但瞭解我們本性的基礎、誘惑和本性的扭曲，對我們理解救贖和恢復的過程很重要。當我們完全恢復時，人與上帝、男人與女人、男人與女人與被造物之間的關係都將再次成為榮耀的天堂的一部分。

DAY 23
Marriage
Rick Joyner

So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept;
then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.
And the LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
And the man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Genesis 2:21-23).

God's remedy for the one thing about His creation that was not good was to make a helper that was "suitable" to man. The Hebrew word that is translated "suitable" here is neged (neh'-ghed), which could have been translated "opposite part" or a "counterpart." To be a helpmate, the woman needed to be different from the man—not a difference that conflicted with him, but rather one that complimented him. She would have the part that he was missing. To be whole he needed her, and she needed him. It has been a primary strategy of the enemy to blur the distinctions between men and women and deceive them into thinking they do not need each other.

As soon as the man saw the woman, his heart leapt and he knew she was the one! The man looked at the woman and was charged, but it did not appear to have done the same for Eve. Men tend to be stimulated more by sight than women. Just looking at Eve was enough to convince Adam, but just looking at Adam probably did not do much for Eve. However, the words that Adam spoke probably did mean something to her.

God created romance and sex, and both are to be a wonderful and intimate expression of love between a man and woman. However, He created mankind to be body, soul, and spirit. Romance was created to be more than sex. It was to be a union of spirit, soul, and body, in that order. If the order is reversed so that the union of bodies is esteemed first, then it is unlikely that the union of spirit and soul will take place, and the loneliness will continue.

This is why the Lord created the institution of marriage, and sanctioned that sex outside of marriage is a sin against Him. It is a sin against the very nature of man that God created. Mankind was created to be creatures of lofty intelligence and spirituality. They were also physical creatures who were "wonderfully made." The Lord wanted the crown of His creation to be whole and fulfilled on all three levels, and if mankind started esteeming the physical above the others, a basic perversion of their nature would occur. Therefore, sex was to be an expression of the love and union of spirit and soul. Only as it was this expression of love and union, would it truly be fulfilling, and remain the high and lofty expression that it was intended to be. There is a spiritual sensuality that can be released through the love and union of spirit and soul that physical sensuality can never compare with.

In the first meeting of Adam and Eve, Adam was immediately convinced that they were right for each other. It appears that Eve may have taken a little more convincing. She was different, and probably needed to be touched more in her soul and spirit before she could be fully convinced. God made women this way to call men to higher levels of experience. Women do tend to be more spiritually oriented, and often interpreted as more emotional, because they tend to be more in touch with their spiritual senses.

Since the Fall, women have been blamed because Eve was deceived and offered the forbidden fruit to Adam. However, this implies that Adam was not deceived, and sinned even though he knew what he was doing. That is far more sinister. Why did Adam follow Eve that way? It was probably because she had been created to help call Adam to the higher realms of spirituality, and Adam had already learned to follow her in this. It is basic to the devil's strategy to turn our strengths into weaknesses, and use them against us. He seldom tries to stop someone from doing what they are called to do. He learned in the beginning that it is far more effective to get behind them and push them too far.

We will examine these issues in more depth later, but understanding the foundations of our nature, temptation, and the perversion of that nature is important for us to understand redemption and the process of restoration. When we are fully restored, the relationship between men and God, men and women, and men and women with the creation, will all be part of a glorious paradise again.