33 Charis,

You said:

Are you claiming that “one flesh union”= sex?

The “one flesh union” is not just sex at all but the emotional, spiritual and physical bonding make up that union. However if we take out the sexual component and say that Adam and Eve had a special union in the garden of Eden without sex, we destroy the language. Let’s take an example to clearly bring to light what I mean. Women are generally very relational people and easily bond on an emotional level. Let’s say that you have a good woman friend and you do everything together. Is it proper to say that you and your girl friend are a “one flesh union”? No, that isn’t proper because a “one flesh union” implies bonding that encompasses more than emotional and spiritual. It also touches the sexual part of us.

There is no doubt in my mind that Adam and Eve had the very best intimacy in their marriage as they bonded together on all levels. It is unnatural to see them relating as brother and sister instead of a fully one-flesh union as husband and wife.