I listened to the message of a respected man of God recently where he insinuates that woman was not in the original plan of God at creation. And that the Idea of a woman came up because God needed a companion for the Man.
That is not totally correct. Rather woman was only Separated not Created when there was need for companionship. Now let's read Genesis 1:27: ' so God created man in his own image...' who was Man here? Read further: '...in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them?' Of course, the 'man' referred to in Genesis 1: 27-31 is the male and the female.
How to understand this is to think of creatures that can reproduce without mating another kind. That means such creatures could fertilize self. That was the original plan of God for man. So the Man that God created originally was male and female in one. It was lone man.
But in Genesis chapter 2, God discovered that the lone man was not good ( Gen 2:18).
However, though man would now be twain, God still decided that his original plan could still work. That brought the institution of marriage: ' ... therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall be one flesh', according to the initial plan (Gen 2:24)
Therefore in Matthew 9:6, he warns, '... What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.'
Even if a man must divorce his wife, it must be at the point of engagement not after marital vows ( Matt 19:9).
Lastly this would also help feminists to understand that whenever God uses the word 'man' in the Bible, both male and female are referred to.
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