Bible Love Manual: Mono or Surround Sound? Biblical Polygamy | FEB 2024

Ever wondered why the Bible is filled with righteous polygamists? Are multiple wives the holy loophole we missed? Uncover the divine drama – because who says the Good Book can't have a sense of humor?

Explore the age-old debate on polygamy practiced by Godly men in the Bible. Join us as we delve into the scriptures that shatter popular modern theology that erroneously condemns polygamy as a sin. Discover the truth and dispel the 'one man, one woman' mottos as we explore many of the Bible's examples of Godly men that took multiple wives. Don't miss this eye-opening discussion that challenges modern doctrines that have been added to God's Law.

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1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop (superintendent, overseer) must give no grounds for accusation but must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, circumspect and temperate and self-controlled; [he must be] sensible and well behaved and dignified and lead an orderly (disciplined) life; [he must be] hospitable [showing love for and being a friend to the believers, especially strangers or foreigners, and be] a capable and qualified teacher,

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Which is directly taking it’s cue from:

Deuteronomy 17:17 (RULES FOR RULERS)
17 And he shall not multiply wives to himself, that his [mind and] heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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But for someone not overseeing many…

Deuteronomy 21:15-23
If a man has two wives, one loved and the other disliked, and they both have borne him children, and if the firstborn son is the son of the one who is disliked,
16 Then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he shall not put the firstborn of his loved wife in place of the [actual] firstborn of the disliked wife—her firstborn being older.
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the disliked as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the first issue of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

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