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The King's Word is "Mt. 19:5 and said, For this reason a
man shall leave his father and mother and be united to
his wife, and the two shall be one’?> 6 Thus they are no
longer two, but ‘one’! What therefore God has joined
together, humans should not separate.” Separate? What
does He mean? Strong's shows us that He means
humans should not separate, divide, part, put asunder,
separate or depart from the one to whom they are united.
The fact that it is adultery to marry the wife put away for
fornication (sex sin)
clearly indicates that she is still bound to him maritally,
and he to her. So what is the purpose of his putting her
away? The purpose of his putting her away is to obey the
following Scriptures:
***1Cor 5:11* But what I meant was that you were not to
associate with any one bearing the name of “brother,” if
he does fornication . . . . With such a man you ought not
even to eat.
***2Thes 3:14* But if any one obey not our word by the
letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with
him, that he may be ashamed of himself; 15 and do not
esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
***Gen.3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was]
good for food. and that it was
pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make
wise, she took of its fruit, and ate.
She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 And
the eyes of both of them were
opened. And they knew that they [were] naked. And they
sewed fig leaves together and
made girdles for themselves. 8 And they heard the voice
of the LORD God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of
the LORD God in the middle of the trees of the garden. 9
And the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where
[are] you? 10 And he said, I heard Your voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I [am] naked, and I hid
myself. 11 And He said, Who told you that you [were]
naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded
you that you should not eat? 12 And the man said, The
woman whom You gave [to be] with me, she gave me of
the tree, and I ate. 13 And the LORD God said to the
woman, What [is] this you have done? And the woman
said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. 16 To the
woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and
your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your
desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule
over you.17 And to Adam He said, Because you have
listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the
tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat
[of] it! The ground [is] cursed for your sake. In pain shall
you eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It shall also bring
forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the
herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall
eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you
were taken. For dust you [are], and to dust you shall
return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because
she was the mother of all living. 21 And for Adam and his
wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed
them. 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man has
become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now,
lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life,
and eat, and live forever, 23 therefore the LORD God sent
him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from
which he had been taken. 24 And He drove out the man.
And He placed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden,
and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard
the way to the tree of life. 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his
wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she bore again, his
brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain
was a tiller of the ground.
ESAU'S POLYGYNY
***Genesis 26: 34 And Esau was forty years old when he
took to wife Judith the daughter
of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon
the Hittite; 35 who were a grief
of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
***Gen. 28: 8 and when Esau saw that the daughters of
Canaan did not please Isaac his
father; 9 then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath
the daughter of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to the wives
[which] he [had] for his wife .
***Gen.36: 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz,
Esau's son. And she bore to Eliphaz
Amalek.
[If polygyny is the sin that some say it is, why did God
intervene to help Leah conceive?
Why did God remember and bless Rachel when she
influenced Jacob to have a third wife?
Why did God listen to Leah's prayer after she influenced
Jacob to have a fourth wife? If
polygyny is unacceptable to God, then why did the Lord
speak to Jacob and promise to
bless him with His abiding presence?]
***Gen 32: 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels
of God met him . 2 And when
Jacob saw them he said, This [is] God's camp. And he
called the name of that place
Refuge. . . . . . .24 And Jacob was left alone. And a Man
wrestled there with him until the
breaking of the day. 25 And when He saw that He did not
prevail against him, He touched
the hollow of his thigh. And the hollow of Jacob's thigh
was out of joint as he wrestled
with Him. 26 And He said, Let Me go, for the day breaks.
And he said, I will not let You
go except You bless me. 27 And He said to him, What [is]
your name? And he said,
Jacob. 28 And He said, Your name shall no longer be
called Jacob, but Israel; for like
a prince you have power with God and with men, and
have prevailed. 29 And Jacob
asked and said, I pray You, reveal Your name. And He
said, Why do you ask after My
name? And He blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the
name of the place Peniel; for I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31
And as he passed over Penuel the
sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh.
LXX Deut 21:15 “And if a man has two wives, the one
loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the
hated should have born him children, and the son of the
hated should be firstborn;
TRANSLATED, REVISED AND EDITED BY PAUL W.
ESPOSITO
http://www.apostlesbible.com/books/deuteronomy.htm
LXX Deut 21:15 And if a man have two wives, the one
loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the
hated should have born him children, and the son of the
hated should be first-born;
http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/
15 If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the
other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son
of the wife he does not love,
New International Version (NIV)
Deut 21:15"If a man has two wives, the one loved and the
other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have
borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the
unloved, (See Gen 29:30, 33; 1 Sam 1:4, 5)
English Standard Version (ESV)
Deut 21: 15 "If a man has two wives, one loved and the
other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved bear
him sons, and if the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
****2 SAMUEL 7:4 And that night the word of the LORD
came to Nathan saying, 5 Go and
tell My servant David, So says the LORD, Shall you build
Me a house for My dwelling?
. . . . . . 8 And now so shall you say to My servant David,
So says the LORD of hosts: I
took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to
be ruler over My people, over
Israel. 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have
cut off all your enemies out of
your sight, and have made you a great name like the
name of the great ones in the earth. . .
. . . Also the LORD tells you that He will make you a
house. 12 And when your days
[are] fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will
set up your seed after you,
who shall come out of your bowels. And I will make his
kingdom sure. 13 He shall build a
house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his
kingdom forever. 14 I will be his
Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I
will chasten him with the rod of
men, and with the stripes of the sons of men. 15 But My
mercy shall not leave him, as I
took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 And
your house and your kingdom
shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne [shall
be] established forever.
>>>>>[If polygyny is a sin like adultery, why did
Jehovah confer such a great blessing,
reward and heritage on a man with six wives and
numerous concubines?]
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
LXX 2 Sam 12:8 I gave you the house of your master and
the wives of your master into your bosom
http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Kings%20II/index.htm
LXX 2 Sam 12:8 and I gave thee the house of thy lord,
and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom,
ESV 2 Sam 12:8 And I gave you your master’s house and
your master’s wives into your arms .
KING SOLOMON
***1 Kings 3:1 And Solomon made an alliance by
marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of
David until he finished building
his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall
around Jerusalem. . . . 3 And
Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David
his father. Only he sacrificed
and burnt incense in high places. . . . . . 5 In Gibeon the
LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God
said, Ask what I shall give you! 6 And Solomon said, . . . .
7 And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant
king instead of David my father. And I [am] a little child; I
do not know to go out or come in! 8 And Your servant [is]
in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a
numerous people who cannot be numbered nor counted
for multitude. 9 And give to Your servant an
understanding heart, to judge Your people, to discern
between good and bad. For who is able to judge this, Your
great people? 10 And the word
was good in the eyes of the LORD, that Solomon had
asked this thing. 11 And God said
to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not
asked for yourself long life, and
have not asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life
of your enemies, but have asked
for yourself understanding to judge justly, 12 behold, I
have done according to your
words. Lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding
heart, so that there was none like
you before you, and after you none shall arise like you.
13 And I also have given you that
which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that
there shall not be any among the
kings like you all your days. 14 And if you will walk in My
ways, to keep My statutes
and My commandments, as your father David walked,
then I will lengthen your days.
***2Ch 24: 2 And Joash did the right in the eyes of the
LORD all the days of Jehoiada the
priest. 3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he
fathered sons and daughters. . . . .
. . 20 And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of
Jehoiada the priest, who stood
above the people and said to them, So says God, Why do
you transgress the
commandments of the LORD so that you cannot be
blessed? Because you have forsaken
the LORD, He has also forsaken you. . . . . . 24 For the
army of the Syrians came with a
small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very
great army into their hand,
because they had forsaken the God of the fathers. And
they executed judgment against
Joash. 25 And when they had departed from him (for they
left him in great diseases), his
own servants conspired against him for the blood of the
sons of Jehoiada the priest, and
killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in
the city of David, but they did
not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
>>>[Joash's sins and the reason for his punishment are
clearly stated, right? Then where
is God's explicit and specific denunciation of his
polygyny?]
come together, for they will surely hear that you have
arrived. 23Therefore do just what we tell you. With us are
four men who have taken a vow upon themselves. 24Take
these men and purify yourself along with them and pay
their expenses [for the temple offering], so that they may
have their heads shaved. Thus everybody will know that
there is no truth in what they have been told about you,
but that you yourself walk in observance of the Law. 25But
with regard to the Gentiles who have believed (adhered
to, trusted in, and relied on Christ), we have sent them a
letter with our decision that they should keep themselves
free from anything that has been sacrificed to idols and
from [tasting] blood and [eating the meat of animals]
which have been strangled and from all impurity and
sexual immorality.
In fact, it is not until after Acts 22 that the Spirit has Paul
confirm in writing the confirmation of this Spirit led
decision of the Apostles by writing the following about the
uncircumcised GENTILES, those believers who are not
Jewish:
. . . .."let each man have his own wife, and let each wife
have her own husband"
is not an argument for monogamy as most Christian
leaders maintain>62 .
Whenever Abraham, David, Jacob, Joash or Gideon had
one of their own wives,
he was having his own wife/concubine; and each
wife/concubine of these
polygamists had her own polygamous husband. This is
also true of a man and his concubine with whom he has
maritally covenanted>22 honorably before God.
David had his own Abigail and Abigail had her own David.
David had his own Abigail and Bathsheeba, and
Bathsheeba and Abigail both
had their own David. The polygynist has his own wife, and
has each one of them
intimately and each one is his own wife. Each of the
polygynist's wives has her own
husband and has him intimately in their marriage. This
passage does not rebuke, demean or condemn polygyny.
The passage addresses marital faithfulness and excludes
adultery, which involves a husband having anothers wife
and a wife having one who is not her own husband. It
restricts sexual having to marriage with ones own mate.
[Footnotes:>.62 Please see THE INSTITUTES OF BIBLICAL
LAW, by R.
Rushdonney, p. 363.]
An elder/overseer/bishop/superintendent of a
church must be the husband of only one wife. Are we all
elders/overseers/bishops/
superintendents? Clearly not. The unmarried are not. The
married who have unruly
children are not. Husbands with disrespectful,
uncooperative and defiant wives are not.
The married and unmarried who are unable to teach are
not. All novices are not. Those
with a bad reputation, earned or unearned, among the
unsaved through slander or
misunderstandings are not. Those who dont want a
church leadership position are not.
That includes most of us, and most of us are not covered
by the injunction to be the
husband of only one wife.
Some say The same laws apply to both male and female.
This is an issue of nature, not
role. Therefore all are equal: male and female. Some
Bible interpreters are more zealous for unisex doctrines
and practices than the bleeding heart liberals who
encourage unisex restroom and coed dorms. God made
males and females very different for a reason, and we
miss the mark when we fail to recognize the differences
He made and instituted. Mary leave/divorces Elias. Some
say that this forsaken Elias commits adultery when he
marries
Sally but the Biblical definition of adultery>143 in Matt.
5:32 and 19:6-9; Mark 10:1-11;
Luke 16:18; 1 Thess. 4:4-6 and Romans 7:1-3>143 plainly
states the double standard in
the definition of adultery. There really are different
scriptural laws for men than for
women governing marriage and remarriage, and there
are different scriptural laws for men than for women
defining adultery.
Adultery for the woman:
1. "Whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits
adultery">144. The reason being that she is still bound to
him as wife.>145.
[Footnote: >144 Mat. 5:32; 19:9; Luke 16:18; except in
the cases of 1 Cor. 7:12-15,39; 1
Tim. 5:14. >145. 1 Cor. 7:10, 11, 39; Romans 7:1-3. ]
So for St. Augustine (4th century AD) ". . . good men were
united [to] a plurality of good
wives. . ." in a "feasible" form of polygyny that involved
"moderation", "dignity" and
"fecundity". Clearly he didn't label it sin and he didn't say
that the practice of polygyny
made these "good" people sinners. This is the position of
St. Augustine, a significant
post-Pentecost leader in the 4th Century AD church,
speaking in the era of the Church in
which we live today. Hear him again, in the following:
"But those who have not the virtues of temperance must
not be allowed to judge of the
conduct of holy men, any more than those in fever of the
sweetness and wholesomeness
of food. . . If our critics, then, wish to attain not a spurious
and affected, but a genuine
and sound moral health, let them find a cure in believing
the Scripture record, that the
honorable name of saint is given not without reason to
men who had several wives; and
that the reason is this, that the mind can exercise such
control over the flesh as not to
allow the appetite implanted in our nature by Providence
to go beyond the limits of
deliberate intention>. . . .the holy patriarchs in their
conjugal intercourse were actuated
not by the love of pleasure, but by the intelligent desire
for the continuance of their
family. . . .nor did the number of their wives make the
patriarchs licentious. But why
defend the husbands, to whose character the divine word
bears the highest testimony. . .
." >73
[Footnote: >.73 A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-
Nicene Fathers of The Christian
Church, Vol. iv; p.290]
What does St. Augustine (4th Century AD) say about the
practice of polygyny and
concubinage? Consider the following:
"The only reason of its being a crime now to do this, is
because custom and the laws
forbid it. Whoever despises these restraints, even though
he uses his wives only to get
children, still commits sin, and does an injury to human
society itself, for the sake of
which it is that the procreation of children is required. In
the present altered state of
customs and laws, men can have no pleasure in a
plurality of wives, except from an excess
of lust; and so the mistake arises of supposing that no
one could ever have had many
wives but from sensuality and the vehemence of sinful
desires. Unable to form an idea of
men whose force of mind is beyond their conception, they
compare themselves with
themselves, as the apostle says [2 Cor. x. 12], and so
make mistakes. Conscious that, in
their intercourse though with one wife only, they are
often influenced by mere animal
passion instead of an intelligent motive, they think it an
obvious inference that, if the
limits of moderation are not observed where there is only
one wife, the infirmity must be
aggravated where there are more than one.">.80
[Footnote: >80 A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-
Nicene Fathers of The Christian
Church, Vol. iv; pp.289ff.]
You cant run to this God of integrity and honor and say,
"OOPS! I'm so sorry I
repudiated (or etc.) my wife, Carlita, for Sonia and went
on and married Sonia. I know
you'll forgive me for divorcing my Carlita and breaking
my vows and promises to her so I
can be blessed by You with my Sonia!" Romans 13:7-14
and l Cor.11:27-33 shows that
God holds us responsible to do His right things with those
with whom we have to do, and
woe to us if we don't.
But Gorki may say, "What about my new mate, Lara, and
the children we have had since
I repudiated (or etc.) Slavania and married Lara?" God's
grace and love is big enough for
the whole world, as well as his legal but new mate-in-sin
Lara and his new children-in-
adultery. Gorki is still under God's command of Eph. 6
(etc.) to parent, love and provide
for them. But what about Lara?" You know this happens
with professing Christians
divorcing and remarrying professing Christians in America
today! Well, what about Lara?
If she is bound by God for life to Stanislavski, then just
like King David's Michal (who
was "legally" divorced and remarried), she has to return
to her Christian husband,
Stanislavski, to whom she is bound for life. Gorki may still
love Lara and he may have to
parent his own children, but Lara is bound to Stanislavski
as long as they both live>175 .
See the discussion "Can you go home again".
[Footnote: >175 (1 Cor. 7; Rom 7)]
Ezekiel 16:59 For thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will even
deal with you as you have
done, WHO HAVE DESPISED THE OATH, AND BROKEN THE
COVENANT. . . .
17: 15 But he rebelled against him . . . Shall he prosper?
shall he escape that does such
things? SHALL HE BREAK THE COVENANT, AND YET
ESCAPE? . . . 16 [As] I
live, says the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king
that made him king, WHOSE
OATH HE DESPISED, AND WHOSE COVENANT HE BROKE,
even with him, in the
midst of Babylon, shall he die. . . .18 HE DESPISED THE
OATH, AND BROKE THE
COVENANT; and behold, he had given his hand, yet has
he done all these things: he shall
not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: [As]
I live, verily, MINE OATH
WHICH HE HAS DESPISED, AND MY COVENANT WHICH HE
HAS BROKEN,
EVEN IT WILL I RECOMPENSE UPON HIS HEAD. 20 AND I
WILL SPREAD MY
NET UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL BE TAKEN IN MY SNARE; . .
.
Thank God for the originals so that we can see that the
Hebrew word used in Deut 23 is
the same as used in Deut. 24, and that it apparently
means anything deemed or decreed
by God to be unholy, a sin or an abomination. In Deut 23
that includes human feces and
excrement which God made know by law to His people
that it was unclean and defiling in
His eyes. Using the Word the way the Spirit used the
Word would enable us to
understand that whatever the husband found in the wife
that was "unseemly" or
"indecent", was something expressly and explicitly
declared by God to be unholy and
defiling in His Word. This included any of the bodily
ailments that resulted in an
unnatural excretion or flow of bodily fluids, things like
leprosy, running sores, and
figurative things that made you unholy like idolatry and
breaking the commandments of
God through Moses.
King David took his wife Michal back after she had been
given in marriage to another,
with Gods blessing>.196. Some might say that he took
her back but wasn't intimate with
her, as he did with the wives/concubines that his son
raped>197. That doesn't seem to be
the case with Michal because the Holy Spirit made a point
of the fact that He caused her
to be barren AFTER she had returned to David from her
other husband-in-adultery>.198
If he brought Michal back but was not intimate with her
there would have been no point
to God making her barren. So apparently David was being
intimate with Michal after her
adultery but God made sure she was barren after her sin.
[Footnote: >.196. 1 Sam. 25:44; 2 Sam. 3:13-16. >197. 2
Sam 16:21,22; 19:5; 20:3. >.198.
1 Sam 25; 2 Sam 6:16-23.]
King Saul's son, Jonathon, saw the need of the David for
safety and protection from Saul's intention to murder
him.
His father exercised his legal right, as king and father,
and
demanded that Johathon not assist David and turn David
over to him for execution. Johnathon did not obey his
father
and legitimate ruler, but disobeyed him in order to meet
the
survival needs of David. God and Johnathon saved
David's
life, and God and David blessed Johnathon. David was an
ancestor of Jesus Christ.
Women have no idea that the sex drive in that half of the
male who have mid to high
testosterone levels in their blood is as strong and
compelling as the hunger drive when the
stomach is growling and cramping for lack of food; or as
the thirst drive when the tongue,
throat and mouth are so dry it is even difficult to talk; as
the rest drive when it is
impossible to keep the eyes open or the body erect due
to utter exhaustion. These same
women would not normally ignore such hunger/thirst
signs, nor say that they would take
cold showers and exercise to overcome such
hunger/thirst signs. If they chose to fast, go
without food and drink, by the second day they would be
too weak to do their daily work
and chores, and by the third day they would be too weak
walk far or stand for long
periods of time. As one who has fasted and prayed three
days without food or drink, I
know.
The question such men have to deal with is, "How can I
have the testosterone release I
need so I can take care of daily business and be
acceptable to Jesus since my wife left me
and refuses reconciliation and intimacy with me?" The
obvious answer is marriage (1 Cor.
7:1,2,5,9 monogynous or polygynous) with a wife or
concubine who understands his
sexual needs and is committed to ministering to him in
his need in Christ, and as unto
Christ (Matt. 25:34,35,36), so that his physical need of
the release/ejaculation can be met
and they can get on with their lives. The closest the
female comes to this experience is in
her PMS where her mind is bombarded with hormones
etc. making many to be quite
distracted and temporarily not their normal selves. It is
extremely difficult for a woman to
understand that testosterone can make a godly man
REALLY NEED (not just want) the
physical marital love making of a godly wife. It is not just
a matter of the will and the
mind, just like the physical needs for food, drink and
sleep.
Most of the godliest men who had the closest and most
blessed relationship with God in
the Old Testament were polygynists at some point in their
lives. A Godly polygynist is
not an oxymoron. A Godly polygynist could be and could
have been God's man for that
moment in history since polygyny never excluded anyone
from God's miraculous blessing
and intervention. I believe St. Augustine (4th Century AD)
had a good word here for such
a man.
"But those who have not the virtues of temperance must
not be allowed to
judge of the conduct of holy men, any more than those in
fever of the
sweetness and wholesomeness of food. . . If our critics,
then, wish to attain
not a spurious and affected, but a genuine and sound
moral health, let them
find a cure in believing the Scripture record, that THE
HONORABLE NAME OF
SAINT IS GIVEN NOT WITHOUT REASON TO MEN WHO
HAD SEVERAL
WIVES; and that the reason is this, that the mind can
exercise such control over the flesh
as not to allow the appetite implanted in our nature by
Providence to go beyond the
limits of deliberate intention. . . .the holy patriarchs in
their conjugal intercourse were
actuated not by the love of pleasure, but by the
intelligent desire for the continuance of
their family. . . .NOR DID THE NUMBER OF THEIR WIVES
MAKE THE
PATRIARCHS LICENTIOUS. But why defend the husbands,
to whose character the
divine word bears the highest testimony. . . .">.n90
[Footnote: >n90 The CAPS are Tyler's. A Select Library of
the Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers of The Christian Church, Vol. iv; p.290. Yes it is
understood that some of the
patriarchs, in their conjugal intercourse, might have
actually been motivated by the
conjugal pleasure of Prov. 5:18,19; Song of Solomon;
Eccles. 9:9-------actually obeying
God's command.]
First + thing
(4413) prw~tov, — pro’-tos; contracted superlative of
(4253) (pro>);
foremost (in time, place, order or importance): — before,
beginning, best, chief (-est), first (of all), former.
1 Corinthians 15:3 = "I delivered unto you first of all
<1722> <4413>"
1 Corinthians 16:2 = "the first <3391> [day] of the week"
Ephesians 6:2 = "the first <4413> commandment"
Philippians 1:5 = "the first <4413> day"
1 Timothy 5:12 = "their first <4413> faith"
2 Timothy 4:16 = "my first <4413> answer"
Greek has no need for a word for "a" so 'the husband of
"a" wife' is not a possibility here. Notice that when "a"
appears in the translation below, there is no Greek word
for "a" in the Greek text. See
http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/NTpdf/1ti2.
pdf
6 Not A novice,
No Greek word for "A"
7And he must have A good reputation
No Greek word for the "A"
Here the widow is told to remarry in the Lord but she isn't
told who to marry in the Lord. 1 John 3:16,17 could apply
here with a Christian brother seeing her marital need and
marrying her to minister and serve her as husband (like
Ruth & Boaz). Are saints today capable of such mental
and Spiritual "self-control" and self denial? A Spirit filled
and Spirit led saint could rise to such a level>112 .
[Footnote: >112(Gal. 5 and Phil. 2:13 + 4:13).]
This does not mean that women are second class citizens
in the Kingdom of God, because the Word is clear>115,
that even now inthe spiritual realm - seated with Christ
now in the heavens- there is nodifference between males
and females in their rights, privileges andresponsibilities.
In terms of the spiritual warfare and influence seen in
Daniel 10 and Ephesians 6:10-20, females and males
have equal opportunities to be used of God mightily and
effectively.[Footnote: >115 in Galatians 3:26,27,28;
Ephesians 2:6,19-22 and Matthew 19:10-12 and 1 Peter
3:7.]
The bottom line for the child, being led by the Spirit who
works in him to will and do His
good pleasure>237 , is that celibacy, marriage or
polygamy is not really up to him if he
acknowledges Jesus as Lord. The Lord is the Lord and He
gives the gifts. Celibacy,
marriage, or polygamy are gifts from the Lord and the
obedient and loving child of God
waits on his Father and Lord to give His servant the
appropriate gift>238 . If he is called
to marriage, God will also call one of His daughters to
marry the blessed bloke, also giving
her the gift of marriage. If he is called to polygyny, if that
is his gift from his Father and
Lord, then his wives will also be called to polygyny. God's
grace will be sufficient if he is
called/saved in monogyny or in polygyny. He doesn't give
us impossible callings, since
nothing is impossible for Him as He works out His will in
us.
[Footnote: >237 (Rm.8:14; Ph 2:13). >238 (1 Cor.
7:7,8,9,17-27).]
Noah, Isaac, and Joseph had only one wife, and domestic
happiness in the Bible is always
connected with monogamy>.n129 (2 K 4, Ps 128, Pr 31,
Sir 25,,,). The marriage figure
applied to the union of God and Israel. . . .. implied
monogamy as the ideal state.
Polygamy is, in fact, always an unnatural development
from the point of view both to
religion and of anthropology; 'monogamy is by far the
most common form of human
marriage; it was so also amongst the ancient peoples of
whom we have any direct
knowledge' (Westermarck, Hum. Marr. p. 459). Being,
however, apparently legalized, and
having the advantage of precedent, it was long before
polygamy was formally forbidden in
Hebrew society >n130 , though practically it fell into
disuse; the feeling of the Rabbis
was strongly against it.>n131
[Footnotes:>.n129 Always? What about the divorce
statistics in our modern and
monogamous America? Also, Solomon and the Shulamite
seemed to have a great deal of
domestic happiness in their polygamy according to the
Song of Solomon 6. >.n130
"Polygamy was not definitely forbidden among the Jews
till the time of R. Gershom (c.
A.d. 1000), and then at first only for France and Germany.
In Spain, Italy,m and the East
it persisted for some time longer, as it does still among
the Jews in Mohammedan
counties". HASTINGS DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE; p.584.
>..n131 HASTINGS
DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE; pp. 583-587.]
***Eccles. 5:2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not
your heart be hasty to
utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and
you upon earth;
therefore let your words be few. 3 . . .and a fool's voice
through a multitude
of words. 4 ∫ When you vow a vow unto God, defer not
to pay it; for he has
no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed. 5
Better is it that you
should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. 6
Suffer not your
mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before
the angel, that it
was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at
your voice, and
destroy the work of your hands?
All of this is to say that if you and your mate have agreed
seriously to be faithful to each
other in and for marital/sexual intimacy as husband and
wife, then I believe that makes
you husband and wife. Even if you havent used the magic
words husband, wife, marriage,
if you two have agreed to be faithful marital/sexual
partners to each other, to me thats the
same thing as Ezekiel 16:14 where God shows that
marriage is by covenant. In Malachi 2
God shows again that a woman becomes a wife by
covenant, and to break that covenant is
to deal treacherously with you mate. Sexual intimacy>m
with anyone else besides your
mate is fornication, sexual sin. If you are maritally
committed to each other and then you
yourself --- but not your mate----- genuinely received
Jesus Christ as your Lord and Ruler
to be obeyed and as Savior to deliver you from the
penalty of your sins- - but your guy
hasn't, then I believe you find yourself in the situation
described in 1 Corinthians
7:12,13,14,15, the saved mate of an unsaved person.
[>.m see footnotes on breast pressing, petting,caressing
and/or genital contact (Ezekiel
23:3,8,21; Prov. 5.)]
Dear ###,
Thanks for taking the time to think about the subject and
address it
thoughtfully. This is a major issue in my understanding of
1 Corinth
7:9,36 so I really want to get it right. So if you have the
time, please go
down this trail a little further with me. If I'm wrong, I want
to be
right. Some people actually read my stuff and take it
seriously, and so I
don't want to mislead anyone or confuse or complicate
the issue for
anyone trying to understand God's Word. If you can,
please hear me
out.
***Ditto
But ###, look at 1 Corinth. 7:9 and 36 and you will see
that there
is no Greek word or basis for our English "let"
Strong's 5657
Tense - Aorist See 5777
1. to be self-controlled, continent
1a) to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self
temperately
1b) in a figure drawn from athletes, who in
preparing themselves for the games abstained from
unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence
1 CORINTHIANS 7:9A
NIV12 But if they cannot control themselves,
DBY13 But if they have not control over themselves,
NEB14 but if they cannot control themselves,
YLT15 and if they have not continence--
NKJV16 but if they cannot exercise self-control,
****17 But if they do not have self-control,
ASV18 But if they have not continency,
LP19 But if they cannot endure it,
AB20 But if they have not self-control (restraint of their
passions),
WNT21 But assuming that they are not able to exercise
self-
control in the realm of the continent life,
1 CORINTHIANS 7:9B
NIV they should marry....
DBY let them marry; --------So also ****, LP
NEB they should marry.
YLT --let them marry,
NKJV let them marry.
ASV let them marry...
AB they should marry.
WNT let them marry,.....
1 CORINTHIANS 7:9C
NIV for it is better to marry than to burn with
passion.
DBY for it is better to marry than to burn. So also
****, ASV
NEB Better be married than burn with vain desire.
YLT for it is better to marry than to burn;
NKJV For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
LP for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
AB For it is better to marry thanto be aflame (with
passion
and tortured continually with ungratified desire).
WNT for it is more advantageous to marry than to
continue to burn
[with the heat of sexual passion}
[5.] Those who are unsaved, who are not Loving and
obeying Jesus
******Malachi 2:1 ¶ And now, you all priests, this
commandment is for you. 2 If you all do not hear, and if
you all do not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my
name, says Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse
among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have
already cursed them, because you all do not lay [it] to
heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung
upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall
take you away with it. . . . 11 Judah has dealt unfaithfully,
and an abomination is committed in Israel and in
Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of
Jehovah which he loved, and has married the daughter
[child/disciple] of a strange .god. 12 Jehovah will cut off
from the tents of Jacob the man that does this,
*****2 Corinthians 6:14 Be not unequally yoked with
unbelievers; for what participation [is there] between
righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship of
light with darkness? 15 And what consent of Christ with
Beliar, or what part for a believer along with an
unbeliever? 16 And what agreement of God's temple with
idols? for all of you are [the] living God's temple;
according as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and
walk among [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall
be to me a people. 17 Wherefore come out from the
midst of them, and be separated," says [the] Lord, "and
touch not [what is] unclean, and I will receive you; 18 and
I will be to you for a Father, and you all shall be to me for
sons and daughters," says [the] Lord Almighty. 7:1 ¶
Having therefore these promises, beloved, we should
purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in God's fear.
*********2 John 7 For many deceivers are gone forth into
the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ
comes in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
. . . 9 Whosoever goes onward and abides not in the
teaching of Christ, has not God: he that abides in the
teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. 10 If
anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine [is
disloyal to what Jesus Christ taught], do not receive him
[do not accept him, do not welcome or admit him] into
[your] house or bid him Godspeed or give him any
encouragement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction P.1
1. Federal law and the practice of polygyny.
2. California law and the practice of polygyny.
3. The Biblical basis for diligent discretion in polygyny
4. Possible legal polygynous wedding covenants/contracts
INTRODUCTION
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AN AFFIRMATION AND COVENANT OF INTIMATE UNION
FOR LIFE
*********HIS PART*****************
Him TO HER
∆ Before God and all these witnesses I accept my
responsibility and declare my commitment,
∆ to Love you and cherish you as God's gift to me,
∆ to respect you and to accept our differences,
∆ to share my feelings and to forgive you,
∆ to pray for you and encourage you,
∆ to grow in loving God with you,
∆ to support you in serving God and supporting God's
purposes for you.
∆ I love you with all of my heart and I intend to Love
you all of my life.
∆ With God's working and willing in me I commit myself
to making our home a place of joy as long as we both
live.
∆ I accept the honor, privilege and joy to be having
you as my own wife, recognizing my solemn responsibility
to live ecstatically and joyfully with you, and recognizing
your intimate authority over and right to my heart, mind
and body.
∆ Calling on Father to enable us to avoid immorality I
trust Him to enable us to regularly be physically intimate
with each other, accepting each other's authority over
our bodies, being diligent to not deny each other physical
intimacy unless it be by mutual consent for a time of
fasting prayer, and after that time being careful to
resume our intimacy in order to avoid immorality. 1 Cor
7:2-5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>HIM TO
ALL<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
**************HER PART**********
HER TO HIM
>>>>>>>>>>>>HER TO ALL<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
=================OPTION #2
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>>>>>>The Man's Declarations To His Wife<<<<<<
==========Yet Another
Covenant============
In the Name of Jesus and for His sake [Her name], do you
subject yourself to [his
name/me] to obey him/me as Christ and His Word direct
and instruct
you, with all reverence and respect not only when he is [I
am] good
and forbearing, but even when he is [I am] sinning
because you know
that when you endure grief because of your conscience
towards God
and suffer wrongfully with patient endurance, He has
promised
to bless and reward you and He may use it to bring glory
to His
name. Do you know and accept that you are called to
this, even as Christ
was, so if you are reviled and verbally abused, like Jesus
you will
fearlessly give yourself up to Him who judges righteously
and
ask Him to work in you to not revile and abuse back. As
hard as it
is for me to think of this, I accept your right to separate
from me
chastely in celibacy if ever I revile or verbally abuse you
(1Cor7:11;
1 Cor 5:11).
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========================A FOURTH
OPTION================
A WEDDING AFFIRMATION******************************
To be written out in long hand, exchanged and read to
each other.
HIM TO HER
-------------------------------HER TO HIM--------------------------------
---------------------IN UNISON------------------
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The Couple's Signatures and Date
_________________________
A Witness's Signature and Date
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A Witness's Signature and Date
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[6] Covenants Between Godly People to do Right
Don't let your mouth make a fool of you and make God
angry at you!
Eccles 5: "2 Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before
God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.
INTRODUCTION