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Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/17/05 02:25 AM
09/17/05 02:25 AM
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Mike Lowe (Mountain Man) posted the following in a different topic that prompted me to create this topic: quote:
You’re right, having more than one wife, not realizing it violates the law, is not a sin. But, polygamy isn’t a part of the list, is it? God commanded the married brother-in-law of a childless widow to take her to wife and to raise seed unto his brother.
Does the Bible call "Polygamy" a sin?
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 06:01 PM
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The Spirit of Prophesy comments: quote:
Polygamy was practiced at an early date. It was one of the sins that brought the wrath of God upon the antediluvian world. . . . It was Satan's studied effort to pervert the marriage institution, to weaken its obligations and lessen its sacredness; for in no surer way could he deface the image of God in man and open the door to misery and vice.(Conflict and Courage 36)
Jesus said:
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4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?(Matt. 19:4, 5)
Deut. 17:17 says,
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17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
which might be taken as addressing polygamy.
The instructions for elders seems to be an indication against polygamy.
I think the Scripture quoted by Jesus is the clearest statement which shows polygamy is not according to God's will. God only created one wife for Adam, and the two of them were to cleave and become "one flesh". If they are "one flesh", that wouldn't seem to leave room for others to creep in.
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 06:39 PM
09/16/05 06:39 PM
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I am not disagreeing with what has been posted here, however, doesn't it seem that God winked his eye so to speak at polygamy after The Flood?
What about David and his wives and Solomon and his many wives?
Why didn't the prophets rebuke David in the number of wives as was done in how he obtained another wife, namely Bathsheba?
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 08:09 PM
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Yes, I mentioned God winking His eye. God is very gracious, and He did that a lot (and still does; that is, God is still as gracious as He ever was and He winks where there is ignorance). This is a point I tried to make in the flood thread.
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 09:04 PM
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God is merciful indeed, but David and Solomon were not ignorant of the 10 commandments.
Tom provided Scripture that refers to having 1 wife (singular), but these men according to Scripture had many. These incidents were not out of ignorance, so I am confused as to why God did not let them know the error they were committing?
God Bless,
Will
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 09:07 PM
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There were other things God was more concerned about.
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 09:26 PM
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Could it be simmilar today? God being more conserned about different things than us?
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/16/05 11:27 PM
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David had the law and was well aware that he was violating it. The fact that this was a common practice of other kings around Israel was no excuse for his violation of the law; besides the 10 Commandments, he had the warning of Deut. 17:17, as Tom pointed out. The problem is that David was excusing his own sinful course to himself.
His sin of polygamy led him to the sin of adultery and murder.
It would probably have been useless for God to have sent a prophet before this point, for David was resisting the Spirit of God and probably would have despised the reproof and turned against the prophet. Why is it that often human beings must hit the bottom of the barrel before God can reach them?
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/17/05 12:32 AM
09/17/05 12:32 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by västergötland:
Could it be simmilar today? God being more conserned about different things than us?
Seeing how there was not much comment about these kings for this issue, I would say that the people of the time did not seem all that conserned about it either.
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Re: Is "Polygamy" a Sin?
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09/17/05 02:17 AM
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quote:
Could it be simmilar today? God being more conserned about different things than us?
This has always been the case.
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6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:6-8)
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