God’s Gift of Sex: Part 2
What are the Old Testament
Scripture Benefits of Sex?
Many people believe the God of the OT (Old Testament) is different and meaner than the God of the NT (New Testament). This is clearly a false understanding.
In both OT & NT, there are actions of divine favor and blessings for obedience to God’s Will, and also actions with divine judgment and curses being imposed on people for their disobedience and dishonor: To God; To his creation; To his family; To his children; and especially to those dishonor, defile, and defy good and perfect his will.
What is true for war and peace, is also true for romance and sexual intimacy: Walking in God’s Will is the only way to remain safe in God, though the whole world falls apart all around, you remain strong by abiding in Him.
John 15:4-7 (KJV) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
In this section, we will look at a variety of scriptures dedicated to explaining the blessing of the gift of sex given by God from the Old Testament.
What are the specific Old Testament KJV Scriptures that list the Benefits of Sex?
What are the specific Old Testament KJV Scriptures that list the Benefits of Sex?
Here are 4 Categories, supported by Old Testament Scriptures that relate to the benefits of sex within the context of marriage:
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Procreation and Family: Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth…”
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Intimacy and Bonding: Genesis 2:24, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Pleasure and Enjoyment: Proverbs 5:18-19, “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Covenant and Commitment: Malachi 2:14-15, “Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.”
Here’s a little deeper look into each of the 4 categories:
Procreation and Family
- Genesis 1:28 – “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth…”
- Genesis 9:1, 7 – “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth… And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.”
- Genesis 28:3 – “And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;”
- Genesis 35:11 – “And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;”
- Genesis 48:4 – “And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.”
- Exodus 1:7 – “And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.”
- Leviticus 26:9 – “For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.”
- Deuteronomy 7:13-14 – “And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine [cattle], and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.” [This was a purely faith based promosed, based on the fulfilling of the covenant requirements: “if you will keep the covenant I make with you …” says the LORD]
- Deuteronomy 28:4, 11 – “Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine [cattle], and the flocks of thy sheep… And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”
Intimacy and Bonding
- Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
- Genesis 29:20 – “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.”
- Proverbs 5:18-19 – “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.”
Pleasure and Enjoyment
- Proverbs 5:15-19 – “Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.”
- Song of Solomon 4:1-7, 10-16; 5:1-16; 6:4-12; 7:1-13 – This entire book is a poetic and symbolic expression of the joy and beauty of marital love.
We will devote the next segment to the Book of Song of Solomon.
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Marriage as a Covenant
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Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
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Malachi 2:14-15 – “Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”
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Proverbs 2:16-17 – “To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.”
Faithfulness and Loyalty
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Exodus 20:17 – “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”
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Leviticus 18:20 – “Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.”
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Deuteronomy 5:18 – “Neither shalt thou commit adultery.”
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Proverbs 5:15-20 – “Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well… Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
Consequences of Infidelity
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Leviticus 20:10 – “And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.”
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Deuteronomy 22:22 – “If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.”
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Proverbs 6:32-33 – “But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.”
Blessings of Faithfulness
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Psalm 128:1-6 – “Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways… Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.”
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Proverbs 18:22 – “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.”
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