"So
God created man in His own image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them. Then
God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and
multiply....'" Genesis1:27-28
"And of
every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of
every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they
shall be male and female. Of the birds after
their kind, of animals after their kind, and of
every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of
every kind will come to you to keep them alive. And
you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and
you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for
you and for them. Thus Noah did; according to all that God
commanded him, so he did." Genesis16:19-22
"Jesus answered and said to them, 'Because of the hardness
of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the
beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’;
so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore
what God has joined together, let not man separate." Mark
10:5-9
The last Scripture deals
with a different topic. The issue is the oneness we have
in Christ, not whether we are male or female. In other
words, it doesn't negate the reality of gender or
religious differences. Instead it tells us that no
matter what gender or history, when we put our faith in
Jesus Christ (as He has revealed Himself in His Word),
we become one in Him.
"...you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put
on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are
Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise." Galatians 3:26-29
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