The Mystery of Two Becoming One Flesh

        “Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.”

(Genesis 2: 23, KJV).

 

This statement by Adam was quite profound. He did not say this of any animal in all of God’s creation; whether in the sky, or in the sea, or on the land. The phrase “bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh” is a very intimate phrase only used here once in the Bible. It is used in the context of Eve’s relationship to Adam. This also refers to all men and women and their marital relationship with one another (see 2: 24). There is five specific ways this unique group of words applies.

1. First it applies to Adam and Eve in the context that Eve came from Adam (see Gen. 2: 23-24).
2. Second, it applies to the marital union between man and a woman, “the two shall become one flesh” (2: 24).
3. Third, it applies to siblings (brothers and sisters), which is the result of the marriage union between a man and woman, “be fruitful and multiply” (see Gen. 1:  28).
4. Fourth, it applies to all people in their biological relationship to one another from a creative stand point. He “hath made of one blood all nations of men” (Acts 17: 26).
5. Fifth, and last of all, it applies to the Church, for by the blood of Christ we all became brothers and sisters in the Lord through our relationship with Christ.

Here's a poem written by an unknown author who beautifully captures in a small way the intimacy of a man and a woman.