Thursday, 23 April 2026
and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? Matthew 19:5
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“And He said, ‘For this, he will leave, a man, the father and the mother, and he will be glued to his wife, and they will become, the two, into one flesh.’” (CG)
In the previous verse, Jesus noted that from the commencement, God created humans male and female. Having said that, the narrative continues, “And He said, ‘For this, he will leave, a man, the father and the mother.’” Jesus cites Genesis 2:24 –
“Upon thus, he will leave, man, his father and his mother, and he impinged in his wife. And they were to flesh – one.” (CG)
The unstated force behind the thought is that a child is derived from a man and a woman. There is no other way for it to occur, something already seen in the Genesis 1 account, where everything breeds after its own kind. In the case of humans, the offspring are the issue of a union between a man and a woman.
Also, within that thought is the idea that a properly functioning home is where there is a father and a mother who are together as the child grows. These are logical deductions that can be made from thinking about these early words of Genesis, which are repeated by Jesus. Understanding these things, Jesus continues, saying, “and he will be glued to his wife.”
A new word is seen here. In some texts, it is rendered as kollaó, to glue. In other texts, it is similar but with more force, proskollaó, to glue to. The word proskollaó will be used in the comparable passage found in Mark 10:7, and also in Paul’s citation of this Genesis account in Ephesians 5:31.
The model in many parts of the world, and that which is being pressed upon many “nuclear family” nations today, is that it is ok for children to be raised by one parent, usually the mother, who gets pregnant by whoever comes around. From there, the child is brought up in an environment lacking both parents.
Rather, there is to be an indissoluble union between the man and the woman who produce a child. That continues, and is confirmed, in the words, “and they will become, the two, into one flesh.”
The Hebrew word translated as “one” is ekhad. It can signify a plurality within a unity. For example, a cluster of grapes is one, and yet it has many grapes. The Godhead is one, and yet there are three Persons within it. These two humans have become one in flesh. From them issues a child. The bond of unity remains after the child is born.
There is nothing stated elsewhere in Scripture until the Law of Moses that qualifies this. Jesus will explain in a few verses why a provision ending such a union was set forth in the law. The explanation, however, will be seen to merely accommodate the people. However, accommodation does not necessarily equate to what is actually proper.
Life application: In the Western world, where the standard has been that a man marries a woman, has children, and remains with his wife throughout their lives, it was the bulwark upon which the society was established. Everything in the family, the community, and the society at large extended from that basic unit.
In order to undermine Western society, this concept has been under constant and increasing attack by those with left-leaning ideologies. The increasing attack is not merely in the number of voices, but in what the voices proclaim. First, the idea of divorce was brought into societal thinking.
Once that became acceptable, an increase in deviation was seen. It soon became acceptable for a woman to have a child without ever getting married. From there, other sexual perversions have entered what is considered a “family,” such as two men raising a child or two women raising a child.
After that, the idea of multiple partners all living together and raising a child was introduced. During all of this time, the idea of abortion has been introduced and pushed as a way of alleviating the burdens of these dysfunctional scenarios. With each next step of mental perversion being worked out in people’s lives, increasing harm has come upon once well-established societies.
The force behind this is not “love,” as if that is the driving motivator. Rather, the force behind it is hate. There is a hate of God, a hate of accountability to God, a hate of moral discipline, etc. In order to push God out of the society, it first begins by pushing God out of the family.
The more families that take this step, leads to more districts accepting the premise. The more districts that accept it, leads to states or provinces accepting it. Soon, it becomes a national force. What is intolerable to God is what is praised. Those who refuse this “tolerant” lifestyle are, ironically, no longer considered tolerable. They must be dealt with accordingly.
Anyone who cannot see this logical progression going on in the world simply does not want to see it. After the rapture of the church, this mental degradation will rise to such an extent that the world will, literally, destroy itself. Religions, ethnicities, and nations will have no basis for moral governance.
The idea of “tolerance” is the death knell of a society. What is intolerable to God should not be tolerated. When it is, God – and what He expects – becomes what is intolerable.
Lord God, help us to faithfully endure this world of ever-increasing immorality, never waffling on our stand that Your word is right and that it is to be always upheld, in its proper context. May we be people morally grounded in Your word. Amen.