DISBELIEVE THIS
- to your peril!
On the surface, your view looks true; but let's get deeper.
By the LAW OF FIRST MENTION(I guess you know it), the first time the institution of marriage was mentioned in the Bible, the woman was presented to the man, while it was the man who had to make the proposal by declaring "Now, at last, this is the bone of My bones and the flesh of My flesh..!"
He affirmatively and assertively declared his interest; and that was "cool" by Eve and God.
The second instance is Isaac and Rebecca. The guy's father made the proposal for him - via his notable servant Eleazar. All the lady and her family did was accept, while the proposal came from the man's family. Genesis 24.
Next, Rachael and Jacob: it was the dude, Jacob that declared his interest(proposed); never was it the damsel!
Further, the book of Proverbs says "He who finds a wife..." It doesn't ever say "She who finds a husband..."
From these foundational instances we've garnered from the Bible, it becomes glaring to the point a stark blind bat can see that IT'S THE MAN THAT MAKES THE DECLARATION OF INTEREST and purpose(marriage proposal) to the woman; and never the other way round.
Conversely though, the instance of Boaz and Ruth which is NEITHER a first-mention case NOR a foundational concept looks a bit different. The Bible and God are deep and overly coded!
Ruth's case was an entirely different one. And, it's quite noteworthy to posit here that she didn't outrightly propose. She only showed a strong culture-permitted "GREEN LIGHT" to the man under the instructions of her mother in-law, Naomi in their bid to save their late husbands' lineage from extinction. Boaz had to be approached that way because that was a tall sacrifice on his part; the family he'd raise with Ruth wasn't going to be his; it was going to be for his deceased kinsman, Elimelech. The obvious sacrifice involved was that he had to more or less "forsake" his own family. The men of Israel used to dread and run away from such REDEMPTION OF FAMILIES OF THEIR DEAD KINSMEN because it is not their own marriage/family that they'd raise in the process. So you see, Mr. Boaz had to be "wooed" and somewhat begged to make such a sacrifice!
Finally, it is much more than an open secret that marriage is a TYPE AND SHADOW of the union between Christ and His bride, the Church.
Let's x-ray its anatomy:
It was Christ, the Groom who left heaven, came down on the earth, died for His to-be bride and saved her - even before she showed any interest in Him(while we were yet sinners, Christ loved us and gave His Life for us). This is how Christ proposed to the Church, His Wife. This is the reason any sinner could get born-again and saved today because the Groom has already made His marriage proposal and paid the price!
It wasn't the Church that went for Christ; it obviously was the other way round.
According to Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, the man is the FOUNDATION OF THE FAMILY. So, it is the foundation that decides and more or less goes for the particular kind and quality of fabrics to be built upon it; NOT the other way round.
No matter how shy, etc, a man is, once he sees the woman he really desires to marry, he'd find a way to make his intentions known/propose. Ladies see, if a man is too shy to propose to you(for whatsoever reason) he doesn't truly desire to marry you; you're not what he wants!
You'd be endangering your future and peace to go manipulate a man into marrying you talk more of outrightly proposing to him! THE MAN'S LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FOUNDATIONAL FACTOR IN MARRIAGE and families. One of the worst things that could happen to a woman is to marry a man who doesn't truly love/desire her!
This is foundational and vitally basic in God's plan for marriage, families and therefore mankind.
Conclusively, it's helpfully eye-opening to establish here that the devil, the chief anti-Christ understands all the above-mentioned and how the family and marriage affect Christ's final wedding of His Bride, the Church. He therefore, invented the warped reverse concept of a woman proposing marriage to a man, effectively sell the idea to unsuspecting Christians like you, and defeat Christ and His Church.
Never!
The devil understands that "IF THE FOUNDATION BE DESTROYED(disrupted), WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO?"
- to your peril!
On the surface, your view looks true; but let's get deeper.
By the LAW OF FIRST MENTION(I guess you know it), the first time the institution of marriage was mentioned in the Bible, the woman was presented to the man, while it was the man who had to make the proposal by declaring "Now, at last, this is the bone of My bones and the flesh of My flesh..!"
He affirmatively and assertively declared his interest; and that was "cool" by Eve and God.
The second instance is Isaac and Rebecca. The guy's father made the proposal for him - via his notable servant Eleazar. All the lady and her family did was accept, while the proposal came from the man's family. Genesis 24.
Next, Rachael and Jacob: it was the dude, Jacob that declared his interest(proposed); never was it the damsel!
Further, the book of Proverbs says "He who finds a wife..." It doesn't ever say "She who finds a husband..."
From these foundational instances we've garnered from the Bible, it becomes glaring to the point a stark blind bat can see that IT'S THE MAN THAT MAKES THE DECLARATION OF INTEREST and purpose(marriage proposal) to the woman; and never the other way round.
Conversely though, the instance of Boaz and Ruth which is NEITHER a first-mention case NOR a foundational concept looks a bit different. The Bible and God are deep and overly coded!
Ruth's case was an entirely different one. And, it's quite noteworthy to posit here that she didn't outrightly propose. She only showed a strong culture-permitted "GREEN LIGHT" to the man under the instructions of her mother in-law, Naomi in their bid to save their late husbands' lineage from extinction. Boaz had to be approached that way because that was a tall sacrifice on his part; the family he'd raise with Ruth wasn't going to be his; it was going to be for his deceased kinsman, Elimelech. The obvious sacrifice involved was that he had to more or less "forsake" his own family. The men of Israel used to dread and run away from such REDEMPTION OF FAMILIES OF THEIR DEAD KINSMEN because it is not their own marriage/family that they'd raise in the process. So you see, Mr. Boaz had to be "wooed" and somewhat begged to make such a sacrifice!
Finally, it is much more than an open secret that marriage is a TYPE AND SHADOW of the union between Christ and His bride, the Church.
Let's x-ray its anatomy:
It was Christ, the Groom who left heaven, came down on the earth, died for His to-be bride and saved her - even before she showed any interest in Him(while we were yet sinners, Christ loved us and gave His Life for us). This is how Christ proposed to the Church, His Wife. This is the reason any sinner could get born-again and saved today because the Groom has already made His marriage proposal and paid the price!
It wasn't the Church that went for Christ; it obviously was the other way round.
According to Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, the man is the FOUNDATION OF THE FAMILY. So, it is the foundation that decides and more or less goes for the particular kind and quality of fabrics to be built upon it; NOT the other way round.
No matter how shy, etc, a man is, once he sees the woman he really desires to marry, he'd find a way to make his intentions known/propose. Ladies see, if a man is too shy to propose to you(for whatsoever reason) he doesn't truly desire to marry you; you're not what he wants!
You'd be endangering your future and peace to go manipulate a man into marrying you talk more of outrightly proposing to him! THE MAN'S LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FOUNDATIONAL FACTOR IN MARRIAGE and families. One of the worst things that could happen to a woman is to marry a man who doesn't truly love/desire her!
This is foundational and vitally basic in God's plan for marriage, families and therefore mankind.
Conclusively, it's helpfully eye-opening to establish here that the devil, the chief anti-Christ understands all the above-mentioned and how the family and marriage affect Christ's final wedding of His Bride, the Church. He therefore, invented the warped reverse concept of a woman proposing marriage to a man, effectively sell the idea to unsuspecting Christians like you, and defeat Christ and His Church.
Never!
The devil understands that "IF THE FOUNDATION BE DESTROYED(disrupted), WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO?"
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