Instead of answering yes or no, why does Jesus say “the two will hecome one flesh”?
Jesus gives His answer, siding with the school of “Shammai,” but He appeals not to a technicality of the law of Moses, but to God’s original design for marriage. Jesus goes on to describe such a perfect marriage: male and female vfrgins marry, and establish a new home. They live so intimately and harmoniously that they are “one flesh.” They no longer live as two people with separate dreams and separate lifestyles, doing “my own thing.” Rather, they are transformed into one person. God’s ideal for marriage flies in the face of everyone, even the “religious ~ants.” Everyone thinks up an excuse for their marital problems. Men beat their wives and claim it’s because of “pressure at work.” Women divorce men because “he verbally abuses me.” Young people have sex before marriage saying, “we were going to get married anyways.” The list is endless. Jesus, on the other hand, wants us to stop deluding ourselves, and face up to the fact: that our marriages (even our dating life), because of our si
