PreMartial Marriage Consumation
Many people are confused today as to what constitutes Marriage in the eyes of God. Others seem to be confused as to what is defined by sex. I will be using the next couple of short posts to illustrate these issues.
PreMarital Sex is generally defined as sexual relations before or outside of the covenant of Marriage. But the Marriage covenant is consummated by sexual intercourse. Therefore, if two people have sexual intercourse they are married in the eyes of the LORD. When Abraham went into the tent of Hagar and went into her or knew her, this was their wedding celebration or when they become husband and wife. Likewise, when Isaac takes Rebekah into his mother's tent and enters her they are married.
Sexual intercourse is what defines the two uniting into one flesh. This gets to be complicated then when you talk about PreMarital Sex, if sex establishes a marriage covenant or status in the eyes of God, then how can you have sex before it.
PreMarital Sex is rather Marriage before you have been legally married. For someone to enter into a marriage relationship with someone without permission of the governing authorities. In some cases this can be the parents, but for most cases in our modern context it is entering into a Marriage that has not been legalized.
Pre Marital Marriage is thus a better way of speaking. PreMarital Marriage is when a man and a woman have proper sexual relations which is a marriage, without having that marriage recognized publicly before they enter into it. Thus, even a couple that gets married privately without the public knowing has engaged in such PreMarital Marriage. Thank you.
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