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In the Garden of Eden Adam looked for another that was like him, essentially he needed something that only God could provide through creation. Eve was made for Adam and was his bride. Eve was taken from the side of Adam, not the foot, not the head which could indicate one person being elevated higher than the other.

Eve was taken from the side indicating that Adam and Eve were equals, they were partners. When Eve was tempted Adam shared in her fate by disobeying God and participating in a work that would glorify themselves. The serpent said that they would be like God but the deception here was that they were already made in God’s image and God was able to meet all of their needs.

Flash forward to the birth of Jesus Christ where we have a supernatural conception where Jesus is born out of the woman. God gave us his son who became a man, flesh and bone. When God created Adam’s bride Eve she was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. 

By becoming like us, Jesus was able to take on the sins of the world and have his bones and flesh broken so that we can spend eternity with God in heaven. Through Jesus Christ we can get the gift of eternal life from him through no work on our part. In the garden Adam and Eve were already with God and had all they could want. But they were missing something they could not get themselves. Even though Adam looked for his mate he still did not have the savior.

In the spiritual equivalent, the body is the church, the bride and Christ is the bridegroom who will come for his bride and ultimately present the church to the Father just as the Father presented Eve to Adam and took her from his side Jesus will take the church by his side and present the church to the Father.

This is why marriage is a sacred institution to Christians. In the physical realm the bridegroom is playing a role as an earthly representation of Christ and the woman is his bride. In a traditional ceremony the Father of the bride presents the bride to the groom and the groom takes her as his bride.

The church is a gift to Jesus the son of God but at the very end Jesus will return that gift back to the Father so that he can be glorified and through that glorification the church spends eternity in heaven with God.

For now, Satan is against us but with God on our side we cannot lose. Romans 8:31