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.
2 Samuel 12:8 .
Tractorman: In post#3 of 1 Chronicle 14:3 (vbvbc)
You said: David DID take on MORE wives - but do you EVER read where this ended up ‘happily ever after’? I don’t read ANYWHERE in scripture where this was the case - all I ever see is COMPROMISE and JEALOUSY…
My comment: If polygamy read(polygyny) is not a sin against God and some of the families of those practicing it did not end up “happily ever after”, what does that make polygyny? Would that make it then a sin?
If the families of those practicing monogamy ended up in divorce or in a disaster would that make monogamy a sin?
What am driving at is this, let us not declare what is not sin in God’s sight as a sin, lest we be found as liars! And our Father in heaven does not tell lies…it is only the father of lies that is a liar. So acknowledge God in all your ways and lean not on your understanding…
You said: Please let me know where polygamy is COMMANDED, MANDATED or ENCOURAGED either in the Gospels or the Epistles… and especially with regards to GENTILE-believers to follow suit !!!
My comment: God is silent on the matter. God had allowed us the freedom of the life we want whether we remain single, married to one wife or married to several wives. When men makes laws to force everyone to have no wife-that is blaspheming God; when they make laws to force everyone to have many wives-that is blaspheming God; and when they make laws forcing everyone to have only one wife-THAT IS BLASPHEMING GOD! It is setting themselves up higher than their creator.
And the forcing of everyone to have only one wife-had already been done and is still on going today. Our Lord Jesus has this to say:
Mark 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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