The Trap

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I truly believe somewhere in the heart of man, the need for freedom remains.  The longing for a companion, a helpmeet is also placed in his heart by his Creator, but at some point in our culture, it became bondage that we as a society have avoided.  Sadly, we missed the real point and didn't honor the Instructions of our Creator.  So we've produced a culture of free sex, rather than a true sanctified marriage, which by virtue of separation of church and state, should not involve the government.

Marriage licenses just came about recently, historically speaking.  I now see spiritually what we did.  There is an absolute resolve in humanity to not surrender to an abuse or illegitimate authority, but we went the wrong way.  It makes perfect sense to not need a license or permit to engage in what our Creator ordained.   Marriage licenses and birth certificates are basically pretty new to the generation that brought the boomers.

My great grandpa didn't have a birth certificate, and my grandparents didn't need a marriage license.  There were witnesses and celebrations at events, not government certification.  Then there was the generation who made things "right" by lying their way through.  Many teenagers eloped with license in hand and lied about their age.  I have no idea how legal that is, in the long term, but I'm guessing social security gives them a bit of grief over it.  Then we got to the boomers.  The generation of divorce, remarriage, and never mind, we'll just see how it all works out.

We then raised a generation who goes ahead and makes babies, but will tell you, they don't want to "rush into marriage."  That has resulted in total government control over the couple and their child, and the couple doesn't even have the benefit of the license, or certificate.  In three generations, we've gone from being people because our Creator said we were, to being a commodity with permission to breathe and procreate, to simply being adult wards of the state caring for minor wards of the state.

Isaiah 42:8 tells us:  YHWH shares His glory with no one.  We traded the blessing of marriage and the heritage of children for permission to live in licensed containment.  Since marriage and procreation is our Creator's plan and idea, it's time to return to witnessing and celebrating weddings and births and simply writing the dates and names in the family Bible!