Assertion: betrothal's marriage | /r/HasProperty | covenanted
Facets:
value: earlier
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: There in the privacy of that place they would enter into physical union for the first time, thereby consummating the marriage that had been covenanted earlier.14
text: As marriage is a covenant witnessed and ordained by God (Malachi 2:14, Proverbs 2:16-17, Matthew 19:6) and binding in every respect, betrothal is a binding commitment before marriage.
text: Parallel to the custom of the Jewish groom and bride entering into physical union after their arrival at the groom's father's house, thereby consummating the marriage that had been covenanted earlier, Christ and the Church will experience spiritual union after their arrival at His Father's house in heaven, thereby consummating their relationship that had been covenanted earlier.