Great website detailing scriptural validity of polygyny

[Commander00McBragg]

Polygyny being defined as a man with two or more wives. Polygamy is actually the wrong term but most people use that term..

http://www.biblicalpolygamy.com/

Hope this is the right subforum to post this..

[wmfinck]

Actually, in Greek a γυνὴ (gune or gyne) is a woman, hence the -gyny suffix, and a γάμος (gamos) is a wedding, hence the -gamy suffix.
When the term "polygamy" was coined in English, divorce was generally forbidden, and the idea of multiple marriages inferred that they were concurrent (although a man could be a widow and have a second wedding).
With the circumstances of today, however, you are correct, polygyny would probably be a better and more accurate term.

[Commander00McBragg]

It is my understanding that polygamy is a broad term that can refer to any sort of plural marriage.. including two men with one wife, etc..however as we well know the only Yahweh-approved "poly" is a man with two or more wives..

Yes, possibly it's nit picking but I try to discern proper terms as often as I am able..so that my/our foundations are as solid as possible.. your thoughts, brother Bill?

[wmfinck]

Well, I only wanted to show the reasoning behind the use of each term.

Of course, with the rapid degeneration of our culture today, "polygamy" can even mean the marriage of a man to more than one HUSBAND, LOL. In that sense, "polygyny" can only be used for deviant females!



To look at the issue more seriously, while the New Testament does not condemn the marriage of a man to more than one woman, neither does it explicitly approve it. As Yahshua said, "male and female He created them". If Yahweh took more than one wife, Israel would have been disposed of long ago, and we would have no hope in this world!!!

[JamesTheJust]

If Yahweh took more than one wife, Israel would have been disposed of long ago, and we would have no hope in this world!!!

Well, that's a "wow" moment.

[Commander00McBragg]

Actually Yashua did take more than one wife in the new testament.. Matthew 25, where He marries 5 of the ten virgins ! Of course they are all Israelites.. but it is also (JMO) a strong possibility that the earth is not the only place where Yahweh has children.. the universe is a pretty big place..what are your thoughts on that possibility/conjecture?

We know for a fact that Yahweh had plural wives in the old testament.. Israel and Judah

[JamesTheJust]

Ahem...I think some men are engaging is wishful thinking...or is that fantasies?

[wmfinck]

I think it is far too easy for us to misinterpret some of the parables!!!

[PastorVisser]

Monogamy and the Bride of Christ

[Commander00McBragg]

I believe the site I linked completely answers and refutes your comments, Pastor Visser.. and you might want, in particular to read this page:
http://www.biblicalpolygamy.com/exegesi ... -to-marry/

Forbidding to Marry

1_Timothy 4:1-3a: the "Spirit speaketh expressly" and prophesied of the time of "forbidding to marry". Today's churches, (some unwittingly) "speaking lies in hypocrisy", would forbid the marriages of Abraham, Jacob/Israel, Moses, Gideon, and David ---not to mention forbidding how God described Himself in Polygamist terms in Jeremiah 3 and Ezekiel 23, and how Christ the perfect Savior did likewise when He referred to Himself as the Polygamous Bridegroom in the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25:1-13. Indeed, such churches would not even allow such holy ones in the Scriptures to bring their polygamous families into such present-day churches. And yet, clearly, the Spirit expressly foretold of this profoundly obvious (even though often unwitting) hypocrisy, in 1_Timothy 4:1-3a.

James said:

Ahem...I think some men are engaging is wishful thinking...or is that fantasies?

Did you bother to read the extensive site I linked?

William said:

I think it is far too easy for us to misinterpret some of the parables!!!

I believe I have interpreted it correctly.. Yashua is telling a parable of being betrothed to 10 virgins. 5 are wise and worthy and enter into the marriage with Him. Since Yashua would never describe Himself as a sinner, even symbolically, polygyny is not a sin