Sunday Study

Of note:  The word Cleave stuck in my mind with 2 distinct references.

 

1. Abraham 5:18: Then shall a man leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh.  (the word UNTO means until)

 

2. Zachariah 14:4: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

 

The word cleave has two meanings.

1. To join

2. To divide

Thus making the visualization all the more powerful. 

In this context, a man must (divide or cut) out the world or other priorities in order to (join as one) with his wife.  Cleave is appropriate in both uses.