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

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

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