It illustrates that a husband and wife become one in relation to the community. Through marriage, a new social unit emerges. When a man and woman separate themselves from their parents they form a new nucleus, and identify as one unit. T he New Testament clearly reconfirms this one-flesh concept. The writers of the gospel records and the epistles strongly emphasized the value of marriage and marital intimacy.
Marriage involves two persons coming together for the purpose of mutual love.
The Bible exalts marriage to the highest level, symbolizing the Lord Himself as a bridegroom and the believer as a bride. Love is the centerpiece of the relationship. In both cases He quotes the second chapter of Genesis and affirms the institution of marriage as well as the significance of the one-flesh doctrine. Because through their marriage, partners may serve one another, and through their lives, they may serve others. Thus, the crowning achievement of creation was the holy union of man and woman.