Log in. Those of you finding the figures shocking can input your own personal data into a new internet calculator that aims to help people understand the risks of unprotected sex. The average is based on people having 7. These figures are even more alarming when we factor in the spiritual significance of sex. God loves sex but He is particular about the context in which it is practised, primarily because sex is not just a physical act. There is much more to it than meets the eye. Three spiritual events are encapsulated in the sex act β knowing, joining and becoming.
Sex is a revelation; a total uncovering of who you are to another human being. Revealing your body is a very minute part of what happens when you have sex with someone. Sex reveals your soul. It opens up your spirit, the inner recesses of your being, to that person. No human being has the right to know you to that degree unless they are committed to loving you for the full extent of your life here on earth, because there is no greater rejection than to be spurned by a person who knows all that there is to know about you.
This is why sexual abuse of any kind is so heart-wrenching. It violates the personhood of the victim to a greater degree than any other crime.
When does the joining of a man and woman in matrimony actually occur? Is it at the altar when they are pronounced man and wife? In reality, this moment is only symbolic of the joining that will later take place when the couple comes together in the act of sexual intimacy. Even the law recognises this which is why a marriage that has not been consummated can be annulled or declared null and void, as though it had never taken place, while a marriage that has been consummated even once is considered valid by law.
You become joined to whoever you have sex with. This is a spiritual law and is one reason why some people have dysfunctional marriages β prior to marriage they have fragmented their personhood by being joined to so many other people along the way.
