In last week’s episode, we examined verses 4-17 of Genesis 2 to see what life was like before sin. One of the key takeaways from Genesis 2 is this. Some things that were before the fall, remain after the fall. However, now they have been distorted from God’s original design for them. Last week, we saw how that work before the fall was satisfying. Now, this week, we’re going to see how God originally designed for relationships to be as a whole and the marriage covenant specifically.

Almost everything we see about relationships following Genesis 2 is a distortion of God’s original design. Do you think that murder, deception, adultery, and the like were in God’s original design? Of course not! God’s original design for human beings was not that they would be at odds with one another, but in communion with one another.