ONENESS

 

I have always had an unspotted interest in science. I honestly can't remember how I found my way to arts class o. Lol. Anyway, one of those days when I had a ton on scientific questions, I decided to surf the net for answers. One thing let to another and I came across this transparent sea creature called the Siphonophore. It is a creature (colony) made up of creatures. There is this long explanation of how it works but the short part of the story is this: The creature (colony) is made up of independently attached creatures called Zooids. Now each Zooid is highly specialized such that while there are nectophores that propel the colony forward but lack the ability to feed, there are also the feeding polyps that allow the other creatures to feed but not swim. So each organism lacks the individual ability to do both and relies on the other(s) to do what it cannot do...

 

I am sure someone just rechecked the blog name to see if they were still in the right place....lol....please stay with me.

 

The thing is after reading that post, I understood the concept or principle or if you like, the science of Oneness as prescribed by God, for marriage. I cannot remember how I got there, but it must have been one of those moments when God uses the known to gist you about the unknown, in this case it was the literality of the oneness/ one flesh concept . To be one in marriage means that after marriage, the individuals actually cease to exist as separate entities with distinct needs but as the same individual with the same need. So the couples remain in their individual bodies yeah, but are so much in sync,  that they are literally one flesh like the Colony above.. The individual couple like the Zooids, exist for the sole purpose of ensuring that they compliment one another where each lacks the ability to function.  Therefore, even though the nectophores prides itself in its propelling abilities, it surely needs the feeding polyps to feed and vice ver sa. Its simply amazing!

 

This is why Genesis 2:24 talks about leaving to cleave. The funny thing I just discovered is that the word "cleave" is in itself, its opposite. It means to severe, and be pulled apart, and the same word means to adhere and be joined together (very interesting). But in the context of marriage it means leaving parents and everything else and be united (in the literal sense of the word) to your spouse. This means that if I beat, insult, get angry at, lie to on one hand, or bless, respect, honor, and pray for my spouse on the other hand, I am doing it to myself. 

 

The advantages of being one are too numerous. But one particular benefit that gets me excited is the fact that according to God's arithmetic, even though 1+1=1, one will chase a thousand but two will chase ten thousand. It is a straight forward arithmetic mystery that does not require you to find x or y (heheheh). But the implication is that there's no limit, boundary or foe a united couple cannot not exceed, cross or conquer.  Furthermore, in Mal 2:13-16, God made it clear that to defy the vow to be one in  marriage is to put a seal over your prayers. Wow! right? Yeah, that deep!

 

Now imagine that you and your spouse (or intended spouse) were fused into one body, the woman is the left and the man is the right part of the body. With the way you treat each other, will you share the same complexion, charm, and camaraderie or will one part of the body be worn, withered and weary. #Selah...