Throughout the entire Bible we see that marriage is important. The marriage covenant instituted by God in Gensis, is a vow, a promise before God and man. When a man and woman join in this holy ceremony it parallels the union between Christ and the church, his holy bride. Revelation talks about Jesus being the "bride groom" who will come to earth to claim his bride. As the marriage relationship between a man and a woman grows deeper, becoming more and more transparent, they grow deeper in relationship to God. We have seen that the end purpose of covenant is union. The purpose of the marriage covenant is to bring a man and a woman into union with God. In order to have this Godly relationship, each believer must be in personal covenent with God. The strength of a deep relation with God is the glue of a healthy, equally yoked marriage in which each believer is continually growing in knowledge and relationship with their spouse and God. Until we, as believers, have come into this unity, we have not fulfilled our covenant obligations—either to Christ or to one another.