Author	Thread: Biblical Polygamy
Veggie View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 9 Feb, 2010 12:26 PM While it is generally accepted now by most, at least in the US, that polygamy is not biblical, I wish to address old testament times prior to the Exodus of God's people from Egypt. Did you think that God ever intended it? I would like your biblical basis for why you believe as you believe. So that I don't influence you, any, with my opinion or beliefs; I will come at a later time and address my own question :excited: God Bless Post Reply
stormcountry33 View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 9 Feb, 2010 01:05 PM I don't think God really was in favor of it. I look at Adam, as far as we know the only wife he had was Eve. Abraham had is another good example. Abraham only had Sarah as his wife until she insisted on him having a child for her through her maid Hagar. And if you remember right, or if I do...haha, God blessed both Ishmael and Issac but let it be know that His promise to Abraham would come through Issac, the one born to his first wife. Also I don't think that Jacob would of had more than one wife if not lied to by Laban. So, I don't think that God is in favor of it but that doesn't mean that God can still work through someone or something of that situation. Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 9 Feb, 2010 08:01 PM Yeah, I don't think it was in God's plan...in the requirements for elders and deacons, they have to be husbands of only one wife. Kinda implies that having more than one spouse is frowned upon. God intended for a man and a woman to be "one flesh", not "many fleshes". :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 10 Feb, 2010 07:22 AM Here's some advice from a wise man who had many wives... Pro 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Pro 5:16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Pro 5:17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Pro 5:18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife � Pro 5:19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her bre_sts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. Pro 5:20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 10 Feb, 2010 09:49 AM And how do you get more than one wife? Wouldn't you be committing adultery with your new wife, either in your heart or literally? :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 15 Feb, 2010 06:43 AM Polygamy was not wrong for them then, as God had not commanded that they abstain. In fact, at times he even commanded that men did marry more than one wife! God commanded a man to take unto be his wife the wife of a brother who had died, so that she might have children of his name. But in the NT we read, "each man should have his own wife (SINGULAR) and each woman her own husband (SINGULAR)" (1 Cor. 7:2). Sorry I have to put 'singular' in caps, but some people just don't seem to understand, in Christ we are to have but one wife, as Christ has one bride, one church. He DOES NOT accept muslims, hindu's or ANY outside his church. He has one church, and one church only. Likewise, men are to have one wife, and one wife only. They are to love their wives, "as Christ loved the church", which means rejecting all others, as Christ rejects all who are not of the church. It has always been a sin for women to have more than one husband. But now a righteousness from God has been revealed, and so for men also, polygamy is a sin, "each man should have his own WIFE". Amen. Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 15 Feb, 2010 11:35 AM Does it specify that the brother taking his brother's wife was already married though? Just curious...too lazy to find it on my own, lol... :peace::peace: Post Reply
lovejoypeace777 View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 16 Feb, 2010 12:11 PM Polygamy was never a sin in the eyes of GOD and neither is it sinful in the eyes of GOD today. But if you allow the fear of man to rule your life, you cannot receive the Truth concerning Bigamy/Polygamy. GOD Never Participates in sin, yet GOD gave David more than one wife and never charged David with Adultery until he (David) took the wife of another man (which is the definition of adultery). 2 Samuel 12:8 And I (GOD) gave you (David) thy master's house, and thy master's wives (Plural) 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. That's just one Old Testament Example...I could list more but only one is needed. Now for the New Testament, Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, used this example as a picture of HIS return for HIS Church which is One Church, made up of Many Members. CHRIST would not have used such an example of HIMSELF if Polygamy was sinful. In the example we see One Groom with 10 brides to be. Also, just because a word is used in it's "Singular" form, we cannot Justly use that to say that something is sinful without understanding the context of the Scripture. When the Apostle Paul spoke of a man having his own "wife" he was speaking of avoiding fornication by having sexual relations with your own wife so that you don't go outside of your marriage. The point was to avoid whoredom (sex outside of marriage), by using that which is allowed (sex inside of marriage) to fulfill your needs. In the Greek the word "have" mean "in touch" and not "to marry". So Paul was not telling all Saints to get married, but he was telling those who were already married to have sexual relations with their own spouse to avoid fornication. The same word "have" was used in chapter 5 of the same book, when he (Paul) spoke of a man having his father's wife. Now when it comes to selecting Bishops and Deacons, those who had more than one wife could not be put into these offices. Yet the argument is made even then (using the Greek text) that the text is referring to those who had been divorced. We must remember, GOD isn't scared of us. If something is sinful, GOD has not problem with letting us know it. GOD doesn't beat around the bush. Maybe if we accepted Polygamy as we should, there wouldn't be all the adultery and prostitution we see in our society. Also, we probably wouldn't see all the divorce and remarriage that we see, seeing that so many are divorced do to "cheating", (usually the man). Amen. Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 16 Feb, 2010 05:07 PM .............:ribbit: Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 16 Feb, 2010 05:10 PM Yeah...um...thats kinda stretchy... :ribbit::ribbit: Post Reply
View Profile History	Biblical Polygamy Posted : 18 Feb, 2010 09:31 AM lovejoypeace777, I agree that polygamy was not wrong in the OT. As I said before, God even commanded it at times. However, I think that Christ used the example you mentioned, of the many virgins, not to show that Christ has many brides, but rather, as you pointed out, that the bride is made up of many members. The members of Christ's church are what each of the virgins represent. But Christ only has ONE bride, only ONE church. This was simply a story to illustrate the fact that his church is made up only of those people who perseveer to the end and are not slow in keeping God's commands. It does not tell us that Christ has many churches, or many brides. Man and Woman (she wasn't called Eve until the fall) living in the garden of Eden, were a type of Christ and the church. The man and woman in the Song of Songs were also a type of Christ and the church. And in both cases, there was only man and woman, not man and women. Paul says, "each man should have his own wife" not "each man should have his own wives" (1 Cor. 7:2). Thus we see here a very clear command of God, that now Christ has come, Christian men are to have a "wife", to show that Christ has a single universal church. If this isn't enough, lets look at the elders of a local church: they are commanded to be the "husband of ONE wife" not the husband of many wives. You might say, "this is only a qualification for elders, and not for the common man" but lets look at the other qualifications for elders, they must not be, "arrogant", or "quick-tempered" or "a drunkard" or "violent" or "greedy for gain" but rather "above reproach" and "hospitable" and "a lover of good" and "self-controlled" and "upright and "disciplined" and "holy". Certainly an elder must be all these things (Titus 1:5-9) but ALL people must be all these things. It is not just for elders to be self-controlled, or for elder only to be above reproach or holy. God said, "be holy, for I am holy". Jesus said, in the sermon on the mount, said, "You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." So, these commands for elders are truely the commands for all Christians, but he singles out elders particulally, because they will be judged more seveerly, as the scripture says, and because at that point in his letter, Paul was emphasising to Timothy the importance of these attributes with relation to elders. Thus, the singling out of elders was not to exclude non-elders from the commands, but to emphasise the particular importance of these attributes in the leadership, so that those not in the leadership had a righteous example to look up to in their local church. Therefore, I think the whole of scripture, both Old and New testaments, shows us that men in Christ are to have one bride, one wife, and thats a command of God. Post Reply

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