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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
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The Bible allows polygamy in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus' parable allows polygamy between 1 man (the bridegroom) and 10 virgins
Some Christians believe that the Old Testament prohibited Polygamy. Read
Deuteronomy 17:17. Neither shall he multiply
wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
1 Kings 11:1-4 does not condemn polygamy!
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Polygamy in the Old Testament
Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry.
In
2 Samuel 5:13;
1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and numerous concubines.
In
1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
In
2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines.
In
Deuteronomy 21:15 "If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons...."
There are a lot more verses from the Old Testament that allow polygamy!
Also, when a man becomes a one flesh with his wife in
Matthew 19:5-6, this doesn't mean that the man can't be one flesh with another woman. He can be one flesh with his first wife, and one flesh with his second wife, and one flesh with his third wife and so on.
Matthew 22:23-32 "23. That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
24. "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.
25. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
26. The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
27. Finally, the woman died.
28. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"
29. Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
30. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
31. But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you,
32. `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
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Matthew 22:24-28, the Jews referred to
Deuteronomy 25:5 from the Old Testament where it states that if a woman's husband dies, and she didn't have any kids from him, then she must marry his brother regardless whether he had a wife or not. When the Jews brought this situation up to Jesus in
Matthew 22:24-28, Jesus did not prohibit at all for the childless widow to marry her husband's brother (even if he were married). Instead, Jesus replied to them by saying that we do not marry in heaven, and we will be like angels in heaven (
Matthew 22:30).
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