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The Bible does have a lot to say about the significance of the family structure.
Family is the chief biblical metaphor to describe how God relates to us. God is our Father and we are His children. Jesus is husband and we are His Bride, the Church. "We are our Beloved's, and our Beloved is ours," says Solomon's Song.
The marriage between a man and a woman, in the purest sense, is a pointer to and picture of the love between Christ and the Church. In our shared union with Christ, we are also sisters and brothers to each other.
God established three structures to advance His Kingdom and support the flourishing of societies and persons: the Church, government and the nuclear family. As the family goes, so goes a society.
But like any good thing, when family becomes the main thing, it can cause more harm than good.
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