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Genesis 2:18 And the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make him a companion to help him." In the garden of Eden, God shows us His perfect plan. He didn't create multiple wives for Adam, He merely gave Adam one, Eve. Marriage is a symbolic, earthly manifestation of Christ and His church. He does not have multiple churches, but simply one love; His chosen remnant. That is why when we worship idols or earthly things, God refers to us as adulterers, for we have cheated on Him. One man....one woman.....God's perfect plan.
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"But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband."
1 Corinthians 7:2
It is also not good to cheat on your wife or husband.
Having more than 1 wife would be cheating.
& Yes in the old testament solomon had many wifes im not exactly sure of why it was okay or why he did so i will not speak on that.
IM happy if God picks only one man for me who believes in God =D who i can spend many years or my life with =D
I believe Polygomy Is wrong.
1 Corinthians 7:2
It is also not good to cheat on your wife or husband.
Having more than 1 wife would be cheating.
& Yes in the old testament solomon had many wifes im not exactly sure of why it was okay or why he did so i will not speak on that.
IM happy if God picks only one man for me who believes in God =D who i can spend many years or my life with =D
I believe Polygomy Is wrong.
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It was never allowed in the old testament either, however many of the people in did so anyhow. God created Eve for Adam. One man, one woman. There were not two women. The bible says we are to cleave unto our wife, NOT wives. It also says we are not to covet another mans wife, or commit adultary, these I consider at best to be dissaproving of polygamy.
That is just how I feel and what I conclude from my reading of the bible.
That is just how I feel and what I conclude from my reading of the bible.
As did his children and theirs. As a result of that the kingdom was split in two, Israel was destroyed and Judah soon after. Subjugated by foriegn heathen kings who had no knowledge, understanding or care for God. The jews have been scattered to the wind ever since. and don't get me started on the modern country of Israel. That has been nothing but trouble and they've had to fight for their very existence right from the start. Mostly because it was forced on the Arabs by people who should have had no say in the matter whatsoever. If the western world wanted to create a jewish state they should have given up some of their own territory instead of giving them someone elses land.
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I think it's pretty clear in the New Testament and yes Jesus did address it with the woman at the well.
Ephesians 5:31
31(A)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
John 4:7-19
7Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink-- 8For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food--
9The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that [a]You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?--For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans--
10Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
11She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]
12Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?
13Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
14But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
15The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw.
16At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.
17The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.
18For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
19The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.
Ephesians 5:31
31(A)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
John 4:7-19
7Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink-- 8For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food--
9The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that [a]You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?--For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans--
10Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
11She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]
12Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?
13Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
14But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
15The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw.
16At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.
17The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.
18For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
19The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.
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Polygyny (more than one wife) was most certainly allowed and it could be argued proposed in the bible.
"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach."
Isaiah 4:1.
"If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish." Exodus 21:10.
"If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his." Deuteronomy 21:15-17.
The biblical sin of adultry only applied to women, primarily because it was the only way to ensure that the partriarchal line was legitimate. "ADULTERY" --- na`aph (pronounced: naw-af') in the Hebrew means, "WOMAN that breaketh wedlock". This applies to the Matthew 19:9 verse.
Paraphrasing here but Exodus 21:10 basically says that a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.
"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach."
Isaiah 4:1.
"If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish." Exodus 21:10.
"If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his." Deuteronomy 21:15-17.
The biblical sin of adultry only applied to women, primarily because it was the only way to ensure that the partriarchal line was legitimate. "ADULTERY" --- na`aph (pronounced: naw-af') in the Hebrew means, "WOMAN that breaketh wedlock". This applies to the Matthew 19:9 verse.
Paraphrasing here but Exodus 21:10 basically says that a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.
2 Samuel 12:8
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
God is telling David that he could have requested more wives if he wanted, so long as they didn't belong to another man (Uriah). This definitely was permissible in the Old Testament, and no-where in the new does it say it's forbidden (as best I know).
Don't get mad at me ladies, I'm not saying I agree with it.
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And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
God is telling David that he could have requested more wives if he wanted, so long as they didn't belong to another man (Uriah). This definitely was permissible in the Old Testament, and no-where in the new does it say it's forbidden (as best I know).
Don't get mad at me ladies, I'm not saying I agree with it. QuakerTime
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Scripture on Divorce
Matthew 19:7-9
7They said to Him, "(A)Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?"
8He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.
9"And I say to you, (B)whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
Matthew 19:7-9
7They said to Him, "(A)Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?"
8He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.
9"And I say to you, (B)whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."