
08-06-2008, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Wisconsin
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Re: Polygamy in the Bible
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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
That's quite a stretch there. The New Testament never sanctions polygamy, in fact, quite the opposite.
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Amen! I agree!!
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Originally Posted by Aquila
Can you give a specific Scripture where polygamy is condemned? Yes, the virtues of monogamy are assailed...but polygamy isn't strictly condemned from what I can find.
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I already gave scriptural examples....
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Originally Posted by TK Burk
Polygamy is not condoned in the Bible. The hermeneutic law of ‘First Mention’ establishes one man (Adam) being married to one woman (Eve). That first couple is a type of the one bride (the Church) being married to one husband (One God). Genesis 2:24 has “a man” leaving his father and mother so as to become “one flesh” with “his wife.” Such wording indicates a monogamous relationship rather than polygamous. In the past God did ignore certain things due to men’s ignorance, but because of the New Covenant, He now calls all men to repentance (See Acts 14:16, Acts 17:30; Mark 10:5). To help make this marital issue clearer, you might want to look at these: Mat. 19:5, 29; Eph. 5:31, 33; 1Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6.
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