I got to be a groomsmen in a wedding this weekend, and when the minister was reading from Genesis chapter 2, I had a fresh breath of revelation. It says that "in all of creation there was no suitable helper found for Adam." And so God fashioned a help-mate for Adam, and "brought the woman to him." (Gen 2:22) She was given the name woman since she was taken out of man, and the two were married.
Who was Eve's "father"? Given that Eve had no earthly father, the only logical choice is that God was Eve's father. And here is God the Father bringing Eve "down the aisle" to be married to Adam ("brought the woman to him"(!!). He was literally escorting her to the place of the wedding and "giving her away" to Adam, putting her into his care and under the banner of his protection and love!
Whenever the bride's father symbolically takes the hands of the groom and bride and fastens them together (and then himself removes himself from the altar and sits down), it's a symbol that he is no longer her primary protector and defender. There is a symbolic "passing of the torch" moment whereby the father says "husband-to-be, you are now the primary force of protection for my beloved daughter."
It's neat that this has been going on since the 1st marriage in human history. =)
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