Should Humans Live According To The Original Marriage Standard?
By Isaac Aluochier
All scriptural quotations are from the World English Bible published at http://www.ebible.org/bible/WEB/.
CONTENTS
Appreciation
Prophetic Word
Gilbert's Teachings
The Coming Of The Messenger Of The Covenant (Malachi 3)
The Time Setting Of The Book Of Malachi
An Example Of The Profaneness Of The Sons Of Levi (Malachi 2:13-16)
Yahweh Does Not Change (Malachi 3:6)
Do You Accept The Present Applicability Of The Whole Of The Book Of Malachi?
Are Christ's Followers Prohibited From Living In Polygyny? (Matthew 19)
Should We Add To Yahweh's Words Or Omit Therefrom? (Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 12:32)
Does Christ Have Laws Different From Those Of Yahweh?
Christ's Works Were By The Father's Authority (John 10:25-38)
Is A Messenger's Word Superior To That Of His Sender?
Christ And The Father Are One
Christ Performed The Father's Works
Christ Is In The Father And The Father Is In Him (John 14:5-14)
The Words Of Christ And Those Of The Father Are One And The Same
Christ's Words Were Not Different From Those Yahweh Spoke In The Days Of Old
Christ's Words On Marriage Were Not Different From Those Of Yahweh Spoken In The Days Of Old
Is It Lawful For A Man To Divorce His Wife For Any Reason? (Matthew 19:3-9)
Christ's Words On Divorce Are The Same As Yahweh's Words On Divorce Spoken In The Days Of Old (Deuteronomy 24:1-2)
Why Divorce Is Allowed
Hardness Of Heart Exists Where Divorce Is Allowed (Ezekiel 36:16-32)
Did Christ's Words In Matthew 19:4-6 Exclude Polygyny?
What Does "The Two Shall Become One Flesh" Mean? (1 Corinthians 6:15-20)
"The Two Shall Become One Flesh" Means Sexual Union Is To Take Place
Yahweh's Words Quoted In Matthew 19:4-6 Neither Affirm Nor Deny Polygyny
Physical Limitations
Do Christ's Words In Matthew 19:8 Mean That A Man Should Not Have More Than One Wife?
Yahweh's Original Dietary Word For Humans (Genesis 1:26-30)
Yahweh's Dietary Word For Humans In Noah's Day (Genesis 9:1-6)
Returning To The Original Dietary Standard For Humans Demands Vegetarianism
Yahweh Ate Flesh In Abraham's Day (Genesis 18:1-8)
Christ Gave People Flesh For Food (Mark 6:34-44)
Christ Did Not Teach That It Is Sin To Depart From The Original Human Standard
Christ Ate Flesh After His Resurrection (Luke 24:36-44)
Christ Did Not Teach His Followers To Live Life As Originally Lived By The First Human Parents
Teaching That Christ's Followers Should Live Life As Originally Lived By The First Human Parents Is Adding To Christ's Words
Relying On Matthew 19 To Forbid Polygyny Is Speaking One's Own Words Devoid Of Christ's Authority
Yahweh's Word On Polygyny (Exodus 21:7-11)
Yahweh Allows Israelite Men To Marry More Than One Wife (Deuteronomy 21:15-17)
Christ Presumably Permits Israelite Men To Marry More Than One Wife
Yahweh Gave David Several Wives (2 Samuel 12:7-12)
The Several Wives Yahweh Gave David Were Good Gifts (Matthew 7:7-11)
David's Evils Distinguished From His Good Polygyny
It Is Evil To Take Another Man's Wife As Your Own
Yahweh's Nature At A Point In Time Is His Nature For All Time
Yahweh's Marriage To Two Sisters - Israel And Judah (Jeremiah 3)
Yahweh Is A Polygynist
Yahweh Created Humans With Polygynous Capacity
Polygyny, An Attribute Of Yahweh, Is Not Evil (Matthew 19:16-17)
Yahweh Divorced Israel On Account Of Israel's Repeated Adultery
Israel's Hard Heart Led To Yahweh Divorcing Her
It Is Appropriate To Divorce An Adulterous, Faithless, Treacherous And Idolatrous Wife
There Is Both Physical Sexual Immorality And Spiritual Sexual Immorality
Yahweh's Word On Polygyny Did Not Change With Christ's Coming
Don't Think That Christ Came To Destroy The Law And The Prophets (Matthew 5:17-19)
Did Christ's Fulfilment Of The Law And The Prophets Remove The Requirement To Observe The Law?
The Fulfilled Matters Are Those Concerning Christ's Suffering And Resurrection (Luke 24:36-49)
It Is Wrong To Conclude That Christ's Ministry Removed The Requirement To Observe Yahweh's Law
The Prophet Like Moses Whose Spoken Words Were To Be Heeded (Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Acts 3:17-26)
Yahweh's Words In Revelation 21 Confirm Christ's Words In Matthew 5:17-18 (Revelation 21:1-8)
Nothing Has Yet Passed From The Law
Does The New Covenant Facilitate Breaking The Lesser Commands Of The Law?
Who Is Our Authority - Yahweh Or A Human Being?
Love Yahweh With Your Entire Being (Matthew 22:35-40)
Believe Yahweh And Yah'shuah's Clear Words Rather Than Contrary Words
Where Misunderstandings And Errors Arise
Israelite Believers Continued To Observe Circumcision And The Law Of Moses (Acts 15:1-35)
Non-Israelite Believers Did Not Observe Circumcision And The Law Of Moses
Is Observing Circumcision And The Law Of Moses Necessary For Salvation?
The Holy Spirit Does Not Come Upon One On Account Of Observing Circumcision And The Law Of Moses
The Holy Spirit Does Not Require Non-Israelites To Observe Circumcision And The Law Of Moses
Israelites And Non-Israelites Are United In Matters Pertaining To Salvation But Divided In Matters Not Pertaining To Salvation
Yahweh's Household Accommodates Diversity In Matters Not Pertaining To Salvation
It Is Troubling A Person To Impose Upon Him A Requirement That Yahweh Does Not Impose Upon Him
Israelite Believers Remained Zealous For The Law Of Moses Despite It Not Being A Matter Pertaining To Salvation (Acts 21:15-29)
Israelite Believers Were Opposed To Anyone Teaching Israelites To Forsake The Law Of Moses
Distinctions In The Contexts Of Acts 15 And Acts 21
Is It The Case That If Something Is Not Necessary For Salvation Purposes It Should Not Be Done?
Not All Of Yahweh's Word To Human Beings Is Essential For Salvation Purposes
Israelite Believers Rightly Opposed Teachings That Israelites Should Forsake The Law Of Moses
Israelite Believing Elders At Jerusalem Did Not Believe That Paul Taught Israelites To Forsake The Law Of Moses
Paul Affirmed That He Was Not Teaching Israelites To Forsake The Law Of Moses
Then Who Was Spreading Apparently False Reports That Paul Was Teaching Israelites Living Among Gentiles To Forsake The Law Of Moses?
A Summation Of Yahweh's Dealing With Human Beings
Non-Israelites Have Never Been Required To Observe The Law Of Moses
Israelites Are Presently, And Will In Future Be, Required To Observe The Law Of Moses
There Is No Conflict Between The Old And New Covenants
All Are Required To Observe Yahweh's Word Irrespective Of Whether Or Not It Is Essential For Salvation Purposes
Even Though Yahweh Created Humans Capable Of Polygyny, He Does Not Require Polygyny Of All Humans
Even Though Yahweh Created Humans Capable Of Marriage, He Does Not Require Marriage Of All Humans (Matthew 19:10-12)
Marriage And Polygyny Are Not Essential For Salvation Purposes
How Can Polygyny Benefit Yahweh's People?
A Man Should Not Spend His Time Alone But With A Helper Suitable For Him (Genesis 2:18-24)
Yahweh's Forsaken Wife Of Youth (Isaiah 54:1-8)
A Woman Cast Off From Her Husband Is Effectively A Widow
Yahweh Says That It Is A Reproach For A Woman To Be Without A Husband
The Haughty Daughters Of Zion (Isaiah 3:16-4:6)
The Daughters Of Zion Understand That It Is A Reproach For Them To Be Without A Husband
The Reproach Of Unmarried Women Is Taken Away By Their Being Married
Many Women In The Body Of Christ Are Presently In Reproach
Believing Women In Reproach Should Be Willing To Become Additional Wives To Believing Men
Marriage Is An Appropriate Solution For Both Men And Women
Where Women Outnumber Men They Both Should Apply The Lessons Of Isaiah 4:1
A Blessing For Yahweh's People
Response To A Reader Of The Text Above
The Essence Of The Reader's Comments
The Author's Response
Is The Practice Of Polygyny Equated With Faithlessness?
Areas Of Agreement And Disagreement
The Basis Of The Author's Disputed Comments (Isaiah 4:1-6)
Key Matters Isaiah Speaks About
The Seven Women And Their One Husband Are All Holy
Why Should One Call Faithless Those Whom Yahweh Calls Holy?
Is It The Case That Christian Women Do Not Practice Polygyny?
Reader Rejects Author's Comments On The Continuing Applicability Of Yahweh's Law
What Is The Basis Of The Reader's Belief?
Reader Inconsistent In Usage Of Yahweh's Word Alleged No Longer To Apply To Humans
Yahweh's Judgement Against Those Who Reject His Law And Despise His Word (Isaiah 5:24-25)
Author's Prayer For The Reader
Application Of Yahweh's Word To The Reader's Life
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