Polygamy in the Bible?
Yes! Always a divine permission.
Yesterday, today and forever.
Our heavenly Father is not morally ambiguous, hopping from one foot of permission & blessing to the other of prohibition & condemnation.
If a man was permitted to have more than one wife in the Old Testament, it remained in the New. As Josephus recorded, (Ant.17.2 [12], "an ancient practice among us" when the Lord ministered in Israel.
Christian marriage includes
monogamy or polygamy
The Lord himself has two wives in a figure, Ez.23, and in the prophesy of the New Covenant, Jeremiah 31, he spoke of being a husband to them. If the Lord had no hesitation referring to his wives, and accusing them of spiritual adultery, then we can discount the widespread refutation that the creation of one woman for Adam demands monogamy.
And Nathan said to David
Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives 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. 2Sa 12:7-8
King David, was a polygamist
How many wives did David have BEFORE he took Bathsheba, his neighbor's wife?
The Lord did not condemn David for having
multiple wives.
in fact, He gave them to him.
If David wanted more wives all he had to do was ask.
Inconvenient truth is rarely heard from the pulpit
The Word of God does not contain inconvenient truth.
How many years have you attended the church(s) of your choice?
Have you been told that David had multiple wives because God gave them to him?
Have you been told that Abraham had multiple concubines?
Have you been told why Tamar was more righteous then Judah?
Have you been given the Bible's definition of adultery?
Have you been told about the two sisters who committed adultery against Jehovah?
In what relationship way is Boaz, Ruth, Rachel, Leah, Pharez, Tamar and Judah linked?
How can one wife for Adam imply monogamy, when years later,
God gave multiple wives to his friend David, and had two wives Himself?
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Joshua and Caleb were two men of faith. How many women in Caleb's family? At least three. 1Chronicles:42-49.
Gideon had 70 sons by many wives, Judges 8:29-32
Jacob had two wives and two concubines - the twelve sons and tribes resulted
Abimelech had wives and the Lord agreed that taking another woman was "integrity of ..heart, and innocency of .. hands," except Sarah was married.
More Inconvenient truth you may not have heard
The prophet Isaiah foretells of polygamy in the future Kingdom?
Was polygamy OK in the Old Testament, not OK in the New, but will be OK again when the Lord reigns in the future?
Ruth was told Boaz was near kin by Naomi, why was this important and why was their son given to Naomi?
Do we think, or were we told Boaz had no other wives when he took Ruth?
Why did the Lord strike Onan dead?
When John the Baptist told Herod Antipas it was unlawful for him to have Herodias, his (half) brother Philip's wife, what Law was John referring to?
If John the Baptist was referring to an Old Testament Law relating to polygamy, why would he reference it if the New Testament bans it?
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Joshua and Caleb were two men of faith. How many women in Caleb's family? At least three. 1Chronicles:42-49.
Gideon had 70 sons by many wives, Judges 8:29-32
Jacob had two wives and two concubines - the twelve sons and tribes resulted
Boaz heard the people in the gate wish that Ruth would be like Rachel and Leah, and that his house would be like that of Pharez, son of Tamar and Judah.
All these people have polygamy impacting their lives in a positive way.
The truth does not make us uncomfortable
we are uncomfortable if our Christian tradition does not harmonize with the Word of God
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75% of the cultures of the world are polygamous
Abraham was polygamous - a friend of God
Gideon was polygamous - a soldier for God
Hannah was polygamous - the mother of Samuel
David was polygamist - a father of Christ
Leah, Rachel,
Bilhah and Zilpah were polygamous - 12 tribes of Israel