How Does Marriage Symbolize?

'Marriage is a bond between two people that no one else understands. A partnership that gets each other through life when you need each other the most and share the most amazing experiences with. ' 'Marriage, to me, means choosing your team-mate, committing to them and working together for the rest of your lives.

What does marriage symbolize in religion?

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, marriage is treated as a Sacred Mystery (sacrament), and as an ordination. It serves to unite a woman and a man in eternal union before God. It refers to the 1st centuries of the church, where spiritual union of spouses in the first sacramental marriage was eternal.

What does marriage symbolize in the Bible?

Marriage is ordained of God

God instituted the husband-wife relationship as an equal partnership with Adam and Eve (see Genesis 2:24). Marriage is central to God's plan for our happiness during this life and our eternal happiness in the life hereafter.