{"id":930,"date":"2014-07-30T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manual4life.org\/en\/?p=930"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T13:38:53","slug":"third-person-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/third-person-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"The third person in a marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

When God brought Eve to Adam, Adam said:<\/p>\n

\u2026 she shall be called \u2018woman\u2019 (ishshah)<\/strong>, for she was taken out of man<\/strong> (iysh).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (Genesis 2:23)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is splendid symbolism in the Hebrew words \u2018iysh (man)\u2019 and \u2018ishshah\u2019 (woman).<\/p>\n

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Here the Hebrew words for man and woman are written in such a way that the common letters appear under each other.<\/p>\n

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If the words man and woman are then placed on top of each other, so that the two common letters fall on top of each other, as an image of the unity in marriage, a \u2018third person\u2019 then appears to be present in the combination of letters.<\/p>\n

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The first and the third letters of these four letters in a row are the common letters for \u2018man\u2019 and \u2018woman\u2019.
\nThe second and the fourth letters, which are not shared, form God\u2019s Name, i.e. Yahh<\/strong>, which is translated as Lord.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Name (the second and the fourth letters) surround the shared third letter of \u2018man\u2019 and \u2018woman\u2019 in this combination. In this way God binds man and woman together in marriage as it were.<\/p>\n

A few texts with God\u2019s Name (Yahh):<\/span><\/h3>\n

The LORD (Yahh)<\/strong> is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God (El), and I will praise him, my father\u2019s God (Elohiym), and I will exalt him.\u00a0\u00a0 (Exodus 15:2)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sing to God (Elohiym), sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him – his name is the LORD<\/strong> (Yahh).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (Psalmen 68:4)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who is like you, LORD (Yehovah) God (Elohiym) Almighty? You, LORD (Yahh)<\/strong>, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.\u00a0\u00a0 (Psalmen 89:8)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Name \u2018Yahh\u2019 also appears in Hallelujah, which is the combination of two Hebrew words, \u2018halal\u2019 and \u2018Yahh\u2019, and that therefore means: Praise the Lord, therefore, as in (among other texts):<\/p>\n

Hallelujah (halal + Yahh).<\/strong> Praise the LORD. Praise (halal) the name of the LORD (Yehovah); praise (halal) him, you servants of the LORD (Yehovah) \u2026\u00a0\u00a0 (Psalmen 135:1)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A second symbol of the third person in marriage:<\/span><\/h3>\n

A second symbol of God as the third person in a marriage is found in the text in Ecclesiastes:<\/p>\n

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Ecclesiastes 4:12)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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See a separate study for the explanation of a cord of three strands<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

When a cord like this is pulled, internal tension is created and the strands are pressed against each other, because they are wound around each other.<\/p>\n

When there is tension in a marriage the three partners will be more strongly pressed against each other.<\/p>\n

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However, if one of the strands weakens, the cord risks breaking.
\nThe strand that weakens will automatically lose the intense contact with the other strands.
\nIf one of the partners in a marriage loses contact with God, his or her relationship with the other partner will suffer as a result.
\nA husband and wife who acts without love towards his or her partner will discover that his or her\u00a0personal relationship with God will weaken too.<\/p>\n

However God, \u2018as a strand\u2019 in the marriage cord, will never weaken.
\nHe always yearns for that \u2018cord\u2019, as a cord of three strands, to be in harmony, and, if there is tension between the partners in a marriage, for them to seek the solution with Him.<\/p>\n

See also the studies:<\/p>\n