Family of God: RE: [Church_of_Christ] Re: Questions on Marriage

Greetings,

Kent wrote:

> Well, I will have to agree to disagree with you on God's defination of
> marriage. Of course, it is between one man and one woman. No
> matter how many wives Lamech, Abraham, Jacob, etc had or for what
> reason God allowed it (which we don't have a clue why) ....marriage
> "was" instituted in the garden between one man and one woman and after
> all of the changes that God allowed it to go through with both the
> Patriarchs and the Israelites it found its way back to Christ and
> Christianity. The N.T. teaches us the same thing that God instituted
> in the begining.
>

Oh, I don't disagree that God defines marriage as one man with one
woman; I disagree that this has been made clear to us, and that instead
we have to "read between the lines" to conclude this.

Using the same sort of logic, one might conclude that since the command
to be fruitful and multiply was given prior to this "so-called"
definition of marriage, it takes precedence as being the original
Original Design, and men are therefore justified in spreading our seed
wherever and whenever the opportunity arises, including via multiple
wives and concubines.

Shawn writes: Great insight Kent.

Shalom,

Shawn

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