GOD JOINS ALL MARRIAGES TOGETHER

Many people especially in the Christian folds, do not believe that all marriages are joined by God. They support their claim on what Paul said in 2 Corinthians 6 :14-15 which says, "Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil*? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?".

God's purpose was that two people come together as one and made one by an act of commitment followed by sexual union and should continue until death separate them. It is by the act of sexual union that a man and a woman are made one, joined together in the act by God. God's law of marriage applies to all men whether they are Christians or not, because all will stand before the judgement seat of Christ one day and give an account of the things the have done in the body as said in 2 cor.5:10,"For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body". 

When we look at the Bible teaching on marriage as mentioned by Jesus in Matt 19:5-6, "And he said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’* 6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together”. God joins marriages between man and a woman together. God said in gen 2:24, that when a man and woman leave their parents and are married for the first time it is acceptable to God. Once they are married, God has joined them together. no man can separate them. This is God's law of marriage. God emphasizes that this union is not made by man but by God. Does this refers only to a christian marriage? If that were true, then all non-Christian marriages would not be marriages, they would simply be a man and woman living together in an adulterous relationship. when two people are joined in a marriage and consummate that relationship in the marriage  bed, it is a union made by God. Even the marriage that was consummated as an act of rebellion against God is still a marriage which God has made into an indissoluble union. 

This does not make God guilty of sin because He cannot sin. Rather, in accomplishing His divine purpose, God utilizes the sinful desires of man. For example, God allowed the brothers of Joseph to commit the dastardly crime of selling their younger brother into slavery so that later, Joseph, as Prime Minister of Egypt, would be able to save them from starvation. Likewise, God can utilize a sinfully contracted marriage for His own purposes. God informs us that once a marriage is consummated, a union has come into being by the action of God. 

In 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, Paul urges believers to not form partnership with unbelievers because this might weaken their Christian commitment. It would be a mismatch. He wanted believers to be active in their witness for Christ to unbelievers but not lock themselves into personal or business relationship that could cause them to compromise their faith. Christians are not to marry unbelievers to avoid situations that could force them to divide their loyalties.

Therefore, the difference between Genesis 1:24 and 2 Corinthians 6: 14-15 is that the former is a union made by God between two people and it applies to all men, and the later is a relationship with God not to be compromised and it applies to all believers only.