Father and Husband
After have a tough go the last few weeks I have been thinking about the different roles and offices that God imposes on a man.
One, He calls a man to be a father. This office is a shadow God the Father. As God raises and guides us, so should he.
Two. A man and his wife participate in bearing the Image of God when they join in marriage and bear children. Each on their own are not able to bear children, revealing the selfishness of saying, “I want to have children.” Each man and woman, one in flesh, partake of the office by procreating.
Three. When a man takes a wife he taking on the role of Christ towards the Church. It is for her he is crushed.
In theory when a man asks a Christian woman to be his wife, all of these roles should keep the process of generation working smoothly. The groom and the Father-in-law are probably both very aware that they have demanding offices imposed upon them. This must contribute to things not going as smoothly as they should.