Intimacy

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Close relationships are part of God’s will for human life. Scripture speaks of intimate relationships between Jesus Christ and the Father, between God and his people, and between various individuals.

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Jesus Christ’s intimate relationship with his Father

Matthew 11:27 KJV 1900
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
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God’s intimate relationship with his people

“know” speaks of close personal relationship rather than theoretical or academic knowledge.
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Images of God’s desire for intimacy with his people

God as a father

Jeremiah 31:9 KJV 1900
They shall come with weeping, And with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters In a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is my firstborn.
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God as a husband

Isaiah 62:5 KJV 1900
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, So shall thy sons marry thee: And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, So shall thy God rejoice over thee.
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Intimate relationships between men and women

As God’s good purpose

Genesis 2:18 KJV 1900
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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Examples of such close relationships

Jacob and Rachel:

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Boaz and Ruth

Elkanah and Hannah:

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Xerxes and Esther; Solomon and his beloved

Intimacy in other relationships

Close friendships commended

Proverbs 18:24 KJV 1900
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Examples of close friendships

David and Jonathan:

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Elijah and Elisha:

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Paul and Onesiphorus

Examples of intimate family relationships

Jacob and his son Joseph; Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi; David and his son Absalom
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