The mystery of the man and of the woman
hardening of the hearts of those for whom this law was written , as the law is not written for those who work justly , but for those who work lawlessness ; as for those that are lawless it is a special law , that is more tolerant with the lawlessness so that the man may not lose up to the end , man .
I answered to the tempter , to the one that was from the flesh , to the stiff-necked , and said that it was not so from the beginning , and I told him that the law came during the time of the hardening of the man ’ s heart . I told him that from the beginning of the creation , God made male and female , and the two will be become one flesh , as it was in the beginning . First , there was one body , and after that it was made another one , and that one became male and female into a union as in the beginning . And what do you say that that tempter understood ? I tell you what he understood ; as he perceived the things in a fleshly way and not in a heavenly way , as the wisdom that comes from the flesh is the law upon the flesh , and the law condemns the spirit and draws it to the flesh and to the fleshly wisdom , and the tempter could not catch Me with this word , as he did not understand My speech from the beginning either . But the wisdom from the beginning has worked upon My disciples who were present and they understood My speaking in another way , in the good way from between the two ways of speaking upon two kinds of hearts . They understood how the work and the order in the beginning was and that the One , Who made the two one from the beginning , made them male and female , and they are not two but one , united with the Lord , and that is why what God has joined together , let no man separate .
The disciples understood the mystery from the beginning and said : « Lord , if this is the case of the man with his wife , it is no use for the man to marry ». And I answered them that not all men could receive this saying , but only those to whom it was given . And I explained them the work of the cleanness of the nature and body and I added to them that some receive a godly nature even from their mother ’ s womb , and are born with it and live by it in the middle of the people , and they are , as the word say , eunuchs even from their birth . But be careful My children , that within this category of eunuchs , only very few of them are born this way to be workers of the kingdom of the heavens , as was Paul , the apostle , and many other godly tools . Be careful , as within this category of eunuchs it is something else ; it is the work , which comes from the fleshly sins , sons . As far as the work of the eunuchs concerns , there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother ’ s womb , and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men ; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the love of the holiness of the nature and flesh , so that they may have the throne of the Kingdom of Heaven . The last are the true monks , according to the word that is interpreted in the church today , with a life of a eunuch 7 .
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The application of the term eunuch here can apply to both men and women as well . It is not necessary to place the word „ eunuch ” in our society only for someone who is unable to have a relation with a woman since he has been physically altered or was born so . The term „ eunuch ” here is applied to some people who do not marry and do not have the comfort of a wife for the sake of God ’ s kingdom . Those who decide to live a celibate life for the sake of God ’ s work are those who want to dedicate all their energy and time to His service and for the kingdom of God , by freely restraining themselves from the fleshly lusts though being tempted within their lives by these . Jesus was not married .
Likewise , some women prefer to remain single to give their total attention to the church . An example of a woman that dedicated herself to God would be Anna , in the temple , at the time of the birth of Jesus ( Luke : 2 / 36 ), who was a wife for seven years . If we assume she got married at the age of 18 and became single at the age of 25 . She was 84 years old at the time of Jesus ’ birth . Thus if the assumption is correct , she would have lived for service to God for 59 years serving Him in the temple , without the comfort of a husband . Another example would be Jephthah ’ s daughter ( Judges : 11 / 29-40 ). She lived her entire life , single , due to her father ’ s promise to God .
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