Claim. Love, especially unfallen conjugal love, is described as the most holy place where God can dwell.

Elaboration. SMM asks where God’s most holy place is and answers that it was to be the male and female organs “untainted by the Fall” (CSG 4.12 §2, 134-185, 1985.4.7). The section links the Fall to illicit love, sinful lineage, and the need to be born again through restoration. The blessing is presented as the means by which love’s holy place is newly created. The implication is that sexual ethics is not a side issue; it concerns the place where God intended love, life, and lineage to begin.

See also. fall, lineage, blessing