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1 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Morant61 | 68479 | ||
Greetings Don! Thanks for your response! Allow me to respond to your points. 1) Ex. 21:10: This verse still has the same problem as your previous example. The verse deals with protecting the marital rights of women, but does not prescribe, nor condone multiple marriages. At best, your argument appears to be one of silence my friend. 2) 'Mia': You wrote: "The case being made here is that when one counts, starting from one through ten, the first number is not "mia"." Actually, this statement is not true. 'Mia' is simply the feminine form of 'heis', which is 'one'. It is not the case that it "can be" translated as 'one'. It is the case that it is usually translated as 'one'. Only rarely is it translated as 'first', and then only when it is used with an hour or day. Now, as you said, the passage is addressed to the leadership of the church. However, there is not a single verse which states that it is okay to have more than one wife. So, aren't you doing exactly what you object to others doing by reading into the silence of Scripture a point which is never actually made? ;-) 3) Bride of Christ: Rev. 21:2 and 21:9-10 are the only verses I could find which refer to the Bride of Christ, and each of these refers to the New Jerusalem. Well, I have to get some work done now! I'll chat with you later! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Swordman007 | 68541 | ||
Ex. 21:10 says, "If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish." Now, if one cannot observe that God obviously had no problem with a man having more than one wife, then He CERTAINLY would not have made governeing allowance that, as you said, ensured that the first wife would still be cared for. If God was against a man having more than one wife, then 1) this verse would either not exist at all, or 2) God would have condemned a man having plural wives in this verse without worrying about governing how the first was to be treated, AND He certainly would NEVER have given king David several more on top of what he already had. There is no reason to rehash the "mia" debate since it is a dead end street when all my comments concerning this issue are taken out of context or completely ignored. I did not see any mention of the new Jerusalem in the entire chapter of Revelation 19 when speaking of the Bride of Christ. Rev. 21:2 says, "...prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband..." There is not indication of this bride being the same as the Bride of Christ. However, verses 9-11 do make for a compelling case in your favor. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I had never really studied it before. One thing I will point out is that city STILL had FOUR walls, nit just one. ;) Thanks Don |
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3 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Morant61 | 68549 | ||
Greetings Don! Four walls! That's bad! :-) 1) Regarding laws: So, are you saying my friend that because something is legislated in the Old Testament that God approves of the legislated activity? How about Ex. 21:22? Since God legislated the action of hitting a pregnant woman, and didn't specifically say that we shouldn't do it, then God approves of it? :-) I say it respectfully, but I still say that you are doing exactly what you accuse others of doing - reading into the silence of Scripture what you what it to say. Where is the specific command and/or statement which says that a man can marry more than one woman? 2) 'Mia': In what way were your comments takend out of context or ignored? I simply made the point that 'mia' is the feminine form of 'one' and that 'one' is the usual translation, not 'first'. I'm just curious! :-) 3) New Jerusalem: Rev. 19 never identifies the Bride of the Lamb, but Rev. 21:9-10 specifically identifies the bride of the Lamb as being the city New Jerusalem. It is an interesting study. I have always heard of the Bride of Christ as being the Church, but was surprized to discover that the phrase never occurs in Scripture. 2 Cor. 11:2 is the closest I could find. Have a great day! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Reformer Joe | 68551 | ||
I think the "bride of Christ" idea finds its support in Ephesians 5, even though the term is not used. --Joe! |
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5 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Morant61 | 68555 | ||
Greetings Joe! I concur! I was just surprized that it wasn't used as much or as clearly as I thought it might be! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Reformer Joe | 68594 | ||
I just started looking more in-depth at this myself when my kooky mother-in-law came to me with her fanciful notion that the "bride of Christ" is a faithful subset of all Christians, and not the church itself. I was as surprised as you seem to be. Just goes to show what we can take for granted... --Joe! |
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