Marriage is the first institution created by God. God made the first man, Adam, but declared that it was not good for Adam to be alone. He then brought to Adam all the animals, which Adam named, but "no companion suitable for him" was found (Genesis 2:20, ). God was revealing to Adam his incomplete nature. God then created a woman, Eve, for Adam. He blessed them and their union and gave them the earth to rule over. (See Genesis 1:27-28.) The creation of marriage occurred prior to sin's entrance into the world. It was a part of God's perfect design for mankind.
Reasons for marriage :-
Companionship:- This is the topmost reason for marriage (genesis 2:20)
Procreation:- genesis 2:7-28
Production:- 1cor 7-9
These are the three major reasons for marriage and there's no particular age for marriage but there are criteria for marriage. There are models of martial choices which are:-
A. God's choice
B. Godly choice
C. Natural choice
D. Satanic choice
E. Satan choice
Environment affect the choice of spouse and love is not sufficient for marriage consideration.
Through the prophets, God emphasized three principles:
1.Marriage is sacred
2.God hates divorce
3.Marriage is designed to produce children of good character. (See Malachi 2:13-16)
Jesus underscored the importance and sacredness of lifelong marriage in His own teachings. (See Matthew 19:6.)
The apostle Paul further taught that the marital relationship is to be an ongoing demonstration of the sacrificial love that Christ showed His church. (See Ephesians 5:21-33. Before going enter into marriage we should understand marriage is a longlife contract and there is no how you can know you partner fully before marriage, entering into marriage means you have accept to endure, tolerate your partner imperfections but why marriages are break up today, what are the reasons behind divorce, God's opinion on divorce shall be discussed in our next topic.