Page 9 - The Marriage Covenant

God.
Every disease that resides in another person’s blood is transmitted through sexual
intimacy to their sexual partners. This is how HIV, herpes, and other sexually transmitted
diseases that are blood-borne gain access into the body of another. This transfer provides
evidence that there is a blood transfer. Diseases are in the blood, and so is the soul
(nephesh). The souls of other people gain entrance into our own body through the act of
sexual intercourse.
For those who have not studied this matter, it is no doubt a mystery. Yet it has great
bearing upon the marriage covenant and reveals the great need to remain sexually pure.
A further related subject is that of the Hebrew wedding customs as revealed in
Scriptures. The betrothal period, the absence of the bridegroom for a period of time, his
sudden and unannounced return, and his examination of his bride on the wedding night to
determine whether she has kept herself pure and chaste, all reveal precious truths about our
relationship to Christ as well as Yahweh’s intended relationship between a husband and
wife.
Some will immediately recognize that they have already failed in these areas.
Questions will arise concerning what must be done to make things right before God and
man. By the grace of God, these things, and others will be examined in this series of
teachings.
May you be blessed with peace and understanding in these days.