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POLYGAMY! POLYGAMY!! POLYGAMY!!!

You will all agree with me that one of the most controversial word in Christiandom today is POLYGAMY

Are you a religious scholar? a Pastor? a Theologian? a born again Christian?.......?

Please, feel free to constructively contribute, castigate, correct, admonishe, advice, preach........in accordance with the provisions of the Holy Bible (the word of God)

Before I go further, I will like you to have the following questions at the back of your minds.

1). Who was the first person to engage in the act of POLYGAMY according to the Bible?

2). Is POLYGAMY a sin in the Bible?

3). Did God in the Bible condemn POLYGAMY?

4). Those that according to the Bible engaged in POLYGAMY, are they in Hell?

5). What is the fate of the polygamous Children according to the Bible?

6). Is marriage a traditional act or religious act?

7). Why do Christians condemn POLYGAMY?

8. What are the effects of POLYGAMY in Christiandom?

9). Has God changed?

GEAR 1
Lamech was the first man to marry more than one wife, Gen 4:19

GEAR 2
Godly/Holy persons that engaged in POLYGAMY according to the Bible included Abdon, Judges 12:13-14; Abijah, 2 Chronicles 13-21; Abraham, Gen 16-1-3, Gen 25:1; Ahab, 1 kings 20:1-3;
Ahaseurus, Esther 1:9,
Ashur, 1 Chronicles 4:5,
Belshazzar, Daniel 5:2,
Ben-Hadad (who married Ahab's wives), Caleb, 1 Chronicles 2:18-19, David (had 8wives), 1 Samuel 18:27, 25:39, 25:42, 2 Samuel 3:5, 5:13, 12:7-8, 12:24.
Eliphaz, Gen 36:11-12.
Elkanah, 1 Samuel 1:1-2
Esau, Gen 26:34
Ezra, 4:17-18;
Gideon, Judges 8:30....and many more.

We had not fewer than 40 Godly and ungodly men that engaged in POLYGAMY from the Bible. Also, we had not less than 43 POLYGAMY cases from the Bible.

GEAR 3
Had God condemned POLYGAMY?
No! God NEVER did In all the POLYGAMY cases mentioned in the Bible, God did not condemn any axcept David who snatched Uriah's wife. God said to David ' in 2 Samuel 12:8; I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more." Why did God himself say so to David?

GEAR 4
Is POLYGAMY a sin?
Those that engage in POLYGAMY are they in hell?
Is Abraham in hell? (Luke 16:19-31)
Is Jacob in hell?
Is David, Solomon, Elkanah, Ezra.....@all, in hell?

GEAR 5
Does God permit POLYGAMY? The answer of course is Yes! In Genesis 21:10, God said If he (man) marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. In 2 Samuel 12:8. God Himself said to David ,"...I gave you your master Wives,. if you need more, I would have given you"

GEAR 6
What is the fate of the polygamous children? Condemned or
Favoured?
Why was Joseph, Samuel, Solomon.... Highly favoured?

GEAR 7
Before religion there was marriage.
Gen 1:26-28, Gen 2:18-25

The issue of Monogamy was purely the tradition of the western world whom were our religious colonial masters. In the land of the White, traditionally, rivalry is a taboo. But the Jews (Israelites) and the Edomites (the blacks) shares the same tradition. A widow is not allowed to be seen in the Street, but be remarried to their husbands relatives or friends, Gen 38.

GEAR 8
Why do Christians and the west now condemn the act of POLYGAMY?
The new testament may completely be the reason as it has responded almost seamlessly on POLYGAMY matters. The new testament talks about every aspect of Christian living except POLYGAMY. Mathew 19:3-9, Jesus spoke about God initial plan for man. He actually condemned divorce but did not mention POLYGAMY. Paul admonishment to Timothy on the act and how to elect Church leadership, just like the case of levites of old (Moses...), 1 Timothy 3. The point of contention here is, If there were no men with more than a wife in the Church, Paul Won't have mentioned it. Also in 1 Corinthians 7:39.

GEAR 9
Effects of POLYGAMY:
POLYGAMY has it merits and demerits in the society and Christiandom at large.

1). In the Society, the imMortality rate is high in the female folks compared to men. The number of girls birth rate is higher than that of men, and the number of men dead rate is higher than that of women. The number of widows keep increasing geometry adding up to the number of single women in the society.
This leads to increase of infidelity, adultery, fornication in the society compared to the days of our forefathers. So pathetic nowadays to see young single girls fighting with widows and women old to be their mum for the ownerships of a guy.

2). MONOGAMY has caused reduction in the population in the Christiandom. God says in Gen 1:28 'God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground'. But what do we have today? Christians going into family planning. The Israelites lived 430yrs only in Egypt, but Pharaoh became scared because of their rapid growth in population. I can't imagine that would happen if they were practicing Family planning Monogamy

3). There's increase in population of the youth. Very soon Our children, particularly daughters (that we are trying to protect today) will be used as sex slaves because monogamy would have denied them an opportunity to marry.
C.) There are millions of stranded women in the South and, may not likely get an husband forever because of argument against polygamy; whereas hardly can a women be stranded in the North; thanks to polygamy..

GEAR 10
Has God Changed?
God of Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, .....the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the beginning and the end, the Alfa and Omega, He is the same yesterday, today and for ever; has not changed.

CONCLUSION
What is the way out?
Christians don't be "Paul when he was Saul'

Pastors, be careful what you preach on the pulpit about POLYGAMY as what you preach, instead of becoming light, rather, it is destroying Christianity

Hosea 4:6, 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

"Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

May the lord add blessing to this teaching... AMEN

It is always good to understand the Bible.
Frontpage material.

Kobojunkie, the man who believes marriage is cursed, I'm waiting for you here on this thread, and the quoted link below:

https://www.nairaland.com/7521225/it-sin-man-sex-together/5#119984363

All dead humans are in Hell now because Hell (Grave) is the end of all sinners {Psalms 9:17} and since all humans have sinned and fallen short of God's glory {Romans 3:23} anyone dead in the past are all in Hell! Ecclesiastes 9:5-10

The one and only human who died was buried and returned from Hell is Jesus of Nazareth, he is now alive and forever will he continue to be alive! Act 2:31

Whoever wants to live forever after resurrection must seize the opportunity to make Jesus his/her role model {John 3:16} that is the one and only human approved from God to teach us how we can gain everlasting life! Matthew 17:5


Though Jesus never got married so what has Jesus got to do with this case as our role model? 1Peter 2:21

Jesus referred all his listeners to the standard God set in the beginning regarding marriage {Matthew 19:4} God's standard in the beginning is ONE Adam= ONE Eve! Genesis 2:24

[quote author=MaxInDHouse post=120021312]All dead humans are in Hell now because Hell (Grave) is the end of all sinners {Psalms 9:17} and since all humans have sinned and fallen short of God's glory {Romans 3:23} anyone dead in the past are all in Hell! Ecclesiastes 9:5-10

The one and only human who died was buried and returned from Hell is Jesus of Nazareth, he is now alive and forever will he continue to be alive! Act 2:31

Whoever wants to live forever after resurrection must seize the opportunity to make Jesus his/her role model {John 3:16} that is the one and only human approved from God to teach us how we can gain everlasting life! Matthew 17:5


Though Jesus never got married so what has Jesus got to do with this case as our role model? 1Peter 2:21

Jesus referred all his listeners to the standard God set in the beginning regarding marriage {Matthew 19:4} God's standard in the beginning is ONE Adam= ONE Eve! Genesis 2:24
[/Yes, you are right Jesus didn't married when he came to the world and in your own point of view that everyone that married more than a wife is a sinner?
Come think of it Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Solomon etc are sinners and they are in hell as you have said?]

Criminals are always trying to defend themselves even before they are arrested and charged in Court. Judgment Day go shock una!

As Christ Said, let the sinner continue to sin and justify their sins and let the righteous continue in righteousness.

losak9111:

Yes, you are right Jesus didn't married when he came to the world and in your own point of view that everyone that married more than a wife is a sinner?
Come think of it Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Solomon etc are sinners and they are in hell as you have said?

Those people all lived by conscience and some by the laws given to the Israelites but God told the Israelites that another prophet will be sent to teach them what they must do to gain everlasting life! Deuteronomy 18:18-19

Now before Jesus most of these people died so they will be resurrected as RIGHTEOUS men because they were anticipating the coming of Christ who will teach them how to gain eternal life. So after their resurrection they will be taught what the Christ (whom they've longed to see throughout their lifetime) taught while they're dead. That's what 1,000 years reign of Christ means, they will all learn how to apply what Jesus taught when Satan and his agents are no longer around to mislead anyone! Revelations 20:1-3

After resurrected their former marriages has been dissolved by death so they will all become youths again {Job 33:25} then they can start afresh to marry one wife just as Jesus said we should revert to the standard God set in the beginning:
ONE Adam=ONE Eve!

MaxInDHouse:


After resurrected their former marriages has been dissolved by death so they will all become youths again {Job 33:25} then they can start afresh to marry one wife just as Jesus said we should revert to the standard God set in the beginning:
ONE Adam=ONE Eve!

Satan, you already know It is written there is no marriage in the new world to come! But you just must come lie.

Polygamy is not sin and will never be sin, so far you do it in right way sir

MaxInDHouse:


Those people all lived by conscience and some by the laws given to the Israelites but God told the Israelites that another prophet will be sent to teach them what they must do to gain everlasting life! Deuteronomy 18:18-19

Now before Jesus most of these people died so they will be resurrected as RIGHTEOUS men because they were anticipating the coming of Christ who will teach them how to gain eternal life. So after their resurrection they will be taught what the Christ (whom they've longed to see throughout their lifetime) taught while they're dead. That's what 1,000 years reign of Christ means, they will all learn how to apply what Jesus taught when Satan and his agents are no longer around to mislead anyone! Revelations 20:1-3

After resurrected their former marriages has been dissolved by death so they will all become youths again {Job 33:25} then they can start afresh to marry one wife just as Jesus said we should revert to the standard God set in the beginning:
ONE Adam=ONE Eve!

Please when i'm chatting with interested ones stop this your madness of coming to interrupt without something tangible to offer.

Jesus wasn't talking about those that will live on planet earth rather he was referring to the BORN AGAIN Christians who will be transformed into spirit beings (angels) they don't have fleshy bodies so there's no gender difference among them that's why they can't marry.
But as for those that will live on earth God has arranged it in the beginning for a man to be married to a woman.
This is what Jesus meant when he said:

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of HEAVEN. Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the EARTH. Matthew 5:5

So there are two categories of believers who will inherit everlasting life, those going to rule with Jesus in HEAVEN as spirit beings and those who will worship God forever on planet EARTH!

Dtruthspeaker:

Satan, you already know It is written there is no marriage in the new world to come! But you just must come lie.

losak9111:

Polygamy is not sin and will never be sin, so far you do it in right way sir

Jesus has settled the matter, so everyone is free to choose whether we are in tune with what God arranged for everlasting life or turn against what God's Son said.
Thanks Sir!

MaxInDHouse:


Jesus has settled the matter, so everyone is free to choose whether we are in tune with what God arranged for everlasting life or turn against what God's Son said.
Thanks Sir!

Jesus didn't talk much about marriage, so far you are doing it in the right way. Our culture accept even other people culture

losak9111:
Jesus didn't talk much about marriage, so far you are doing it in the right way. Our culture accept even other people culture

If you want to talk about cultures there are many different cultures around the world.

So anyone is free to follow whatever culture that suits their thinking but in Paradise it's going to be ONE Adam ONE Eve!

Each of the biblical men had their own weaknesses and made their own mistakes because no man is perfect. It is left for us to learn from such mistakes rather than do same. 2nd Timothy 3:16.

Bible says a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and in the beginning, God showed the clear example when he gave Adam one wife, "Eve".

As far as I'm concerned, polygamy is as a result of lack of self control or contentment. Polygamy is "lust". Though some went into polygamy due to childlessness.

Many of the things you wrote sound very pathetic, you seem to forget that Bible never said that marriage is compulsory. Is it the same marriage that many are divorcing...huh!

losak9111:
Come think of it Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Solomon etc are sinners and they are in hell as you have said?

They are not all in Hell. Instead, Abraham, and Isaac, we are informed are instead in their graves awaiting the resurrection.

MaxInDHouse:

So there are two categories of believers who will inherit everlasting life, those going to rule with Jesus in HEAVEN as spirit beings and those who will worship God forever on planet EARTH!

Wrong! God expressly declared that "man is made for the earth".

Then heaven and earth are always together.

Then Revelation even shows us that God Himself comes to stay with us on the new heaven and earth He makes.

So you see, you are far from The Truth!

So you see you

losak9111:
Polygamy is not sin and will never be sin, so far you do it in right way sir

Polygamy is sin.

Christ Said "male and female created He them" not male and females or males and female or males and females.

The only reason I won't marry more than 6 women will be space and time management.

Why should any right-thinking person be scared of hell?

Mtcheeew

Nonsense without ingredients.

Abraham had several wives
Moses had many wives
Isaac had many wives
Jacob had many wives
David had many wives
Solomon had many wives

Those are some of the people that the Bible reported that God loved so much. Up till today, we all still pray in the name of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Are the listed people in Hell Fire? I think you are working very hard to end up in Hell Fire

The answer is NO

losak9111:
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POLYGAMY! POLYGAMY!! POLYGAMY!!!

You will all agree with me that one of the most controversial word in Christiandom today is POLYGAMY

Are you a religious scholar? a Pastor? a Theologian? a born again Christian?.......?

Please, feel free to constructively contribute, castigate, correct, admonishe, advice, preach........in accordance with the provisions of the Holy Bible (the word of God)

Before I go further, I will like you to have the following questions at the back of your minds.

1). Who was the first person to engage in the act of POLYGAMY according to the Bible?

2). Is POLYGAMY a sin in the Bible?

3). Did God in the Bible condemn POLYGAMY?

4). Those that according to the Bible engaged in POLYGAMY, are they in Hell?

5). What is the fate of the polygamous Children according to the Bible?

6). Is marriage a traditional act or religious act?

7). Why do Christians condemn POLYGAMY?

8. What are the effects of POLYGAMY in Christiandom?

9). Has God changed?

GEAR 1
Lamech was the first man to marry more than one wife, Gen 4:19

GEAR 2
Godly/Holy persons that engaged in POLYGAMY according to the Bible included Abdon, Judges 12:13-14; Abijah, 2 Chronicles 13-21; Abraham, Gen 16-1-3, Gen 25:1; Ahab, 1 kings 20:1-3;
Ahaseurus, Esther 1:9,
Ashur, 1 Chronicles 4:5,
Belshazzar, Daniel 5:2,
Ben-Hadad (who married Ahab's wives), Caleb, 1 Chronicles 2:18-19, David (had 8wives), 1 Samuel 18:27, 25:39, 25:42, 2 Samuel 3:5, 5:13, 12:7-8, 12:24.
Eliphaz, Gen 36:11-12.
Elkanah, 1 Samuel 1:1-2
Esau, Gen 26:34
Ezra, 4:17-18;
Gideon, Judges 8:30....and many more.

We had not fewer than 40 Godly and ungodly men that engaged in POLYGAMY from the Bible. Also, we had not less than 43 POLYGAMY cases from the Bible.

GEAR 3
Had God condemned POLYGAMY?
No! God NEVER did In all the POLYGAMY cases mentioned in the Bible, God did not condemn any axcept David who snatched Uriah's wife. God said to David ' in 2 Samuel 12:8; I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more." Why did God himself say so to David?

GEAR 4
Is POLYGAMY a sin?
Those that engage in POLYGAMY are they in hell?
Is Abraham in hell? (Luke 16:19-31)
Is Jacob in hell?
Is David, Solomon, Elkanah, Ezra.....@all, in hell?

GEAR 5
Does God permit POLYGAMY? The answer of course is Yes! In Genesis 21:10, God said If he (man) marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. In 2 Samuel 12:8. God Himself said to David ,"...I gave you your master Wives,. if you need more, I would have given you"

GEAR 6
What is the fate of the polygamous children? Condemned or
Favoured?
Why was Joseph, Samuel, Solomon.... Highly favoured?

GEAR 7
Before religion there was marriage.
Gen 1:26-28, Gen 2:18-25

The issue of Monogamy was purely the tradition of the western world whom were our religious colonial masters. In the land of the White, traditionally, rivalry is a taboo. But the Jews (Israelites) and the Edomites (the blacks) shares the same tradition. A widow is not allowed to be seen in the Street, but be remarried to their husbands relatives or friends, Gen 38.

GEAR 8
Why do Christians and the west now condemn the act of POLYGAMY?
The new testament may completely be the reason as it has responded almost seamlessly on POLYGAMY matters. The new testament talks about every aspect of Christian living except POLYGAMY. Mathew 19:3-9, Jesus spoke about God initial plan for man. He actually condemned divorce but did not mention POLYGAMY. Paul admonishment to Timothy on the act and how to elect Church leadership, just like the case of levites of old (Moses...), 1 Timothy 3. The point of contention here is, If there were no men with more than a wife in the Church, Paul Won't have mentioned it. Also in 1 Corinthians 7:39.

GEAR 9
Effects of POLYGAMY:
POLYGAMY has it merits and demerits in the society and Christiandom at large.

1). In the Society, the imMortality rate is high in the female folks compared to men. The number of girls birth rate is higher than that of men, and the number of men dead rate is higher than that of women. The number of widows keep increasing geometry adding up to the number of single women in the society.
This leads to increase of infidelity, adultery, fornication in the society compared to the days of our forefathers. So pathetic nowadays to see young single girls fighting with widows and women old to be their mum for the ownerships of a guy.

2). MONOGAMY has caused reduction in the population in the Christiandom. God says in Gen 1:28 'God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground'. But what do we have today? Christians going into family planning. The Israelites lived 430yrs only in Egypt, but Pharaoh became scared because of their rapid growth in population. I can't imagine that would happen if they were practicing Family planning Monogamy

3). There's increase in population of the youth. Very soon Our children, particularly daughters (that we are trying to protect today) will be used as sex slaves because monogamy would have denied them an opportunity to marry.
C.) There are millions of stranded women in the South and, may not likely get an husband forever because of argument against polygamy; whereas hardly can a women be stranded in the North; thanks to polygamy..

GEAR 10
Has God Changed?
God of Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, .....the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the beginning and the end, the Alfa and Omega, He is the same yesterday, today and for ever; has not changed.

CONCLUSION
What is the way out?
Christians don't be "Paul when he was Saul'

Pastors, be careful what you preach on the pulpit about POLYGAMY as what you preach, instead of becoming light, rather, it is destroying Christianity

Hosea 4:6, 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

"Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

May the lord add blessing to this teaching... AMEN

YOU CAN DIE FIRST THEN YOU CHECK IF PAPA ABRAHAM, DAVID AND SOLOMON ARE IN HEAVEN OR HELL.

Polygamy wasn't God's plan from the beginning. God gave a wife to Adam not wives it was sin that brought in Polygamy.

Genesis 2:24
[24]Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

They shall become one and not two or three or five so polygamy is against God's plan for man.

Ask our Muslim brotherhood oooooo

I'll be back

Marriage is not something you dabbled into. It is instituted by God and must be respected as such.

The issue of one man one wife is also from the beginning and should be respected as such.

Not everyone will marry, but if you wish to, then be ready, pray and prepared for it, don't leave it to chance. Because even with the way the world is going now only 6 out of 10 females may have the opportunity to marry, and even out of that 6, the possibility of 3 divorcing is higher.

May the Good Lord help us all, Amen🙏♥️😌

What do men benefit from polygamy?
What do the wives benefit from the polygamous setting?
What do the children benefit from the polygamous setting?

Well Solomon married plenty wives

All polygamists will burn in hell.

Polygamy is a sure way to heaven if done well!

"If a man have two wives..." Deuteronomy 21:15

The passage of Deuteronomy 21:15-17 is a specific instruction in the Law Itself to any man with "two wives". If polygamy was a sin, then it would not be possible for a "man to have two wives" in the Law.

"If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, 16when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him"
Deuteronomy 21:15-17.

Secondly, God said If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights.
Exodus 21:10

Yahweh makes laws protecting the First wife & previous wives here.
Note that this verse comes only 22 verses AFTER the 7th Commandment ("Thou shalt not commit adultery" in Exodus 20:14.

Moses wrote all these yet he still married two wives.

And Moses had a high holy Spirit level in Numbers 11:25

May God bless me to be able to marry more wives!

According to Gnostic Christians,




Sin means "To Miss The Mark"


Which means when something has a Purpose
and you Deviate from that purpose, that is sin.


So the real question should be:




"What is the Purpose of Marriage?"


And use the answer to infer if the people practicing Polygamy are missing the point.