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The following descriptions are still under construction
and may include
thoughts that
are a little disjointed and
incomplete. (It is still in the process of re-write, so please check back weekly). Also, some
of thoughts may sound a little harsh depending on your circumstances, I
don�t mean them to be, but it�s my understanding of the Gospel of forgiveness.
Priest where forbidden to marry a person who was divorced (Lev 21:7) and the High
Priest was forbidden to marry someone who was a widow (Lev 21:13,14)
The Last (i.e. Lords) Supper
This is the blood of the New Covenant....acting unworthy (1 Cor 11:27-32; 12:3). He has
shown us the way...He is faithful to the end...
Saul Attacking David
he�ll fall by...I�m not going to touch him (i.e. do something negative). IMHO if a person is
still alive they have not been judged and there is always hope of a restoration of
relationships - unless God has told you otherwise. David waited for God to judge the
situation. He was God�s anointed, not a mistake. God put him there. David didn�t just
�move on� until there the first �covenanted partner� was ...Didn�t just �dump� him and set
up his own kingdom.. Ladies take note. Your husband is in authority over you. Be like
David. Also remember that there is always hope in God. (See 1 Peter whose advise on
winning over a partner without a word). Don�t judge situation by divorcing / remarrying.
If we judge God judge us. We can �leave� like David did (i.e. separate), but not
remarriage (click here for more on all this). Husband has authority over you. You don�t want the following type of thing
to happen to you, which can if one causes trouble in a covenant. (Compare these 3
verses... Genesis 31:19, 32, and 35:18 also see Sauls curse of Jonathan). When David left
Saul and fled to the wilderness that was permissible, but when he tried to do something
against Saul that caused trouble(See Philistines wanting to attack Saul and David
wanting to join with them! ) David lost everything.
Don�t violate your covenant. The issue is not whether God has really brought you
together. The issue is that you made a covenant with the person and it must be
respected. You are under your anointed. Your head covering.
In reference to Abigail / Nabal (first husband) and David (second husband) in 1 Sam 25.
She was married to someone who was not very good, so much so that his actions where
to bring death on her entire house. Abigail - by her actions - saved her household, but
she told her husband about what had happened (vs.37) and her husband died. She
became a kings wife after but one wonders if she would have been better off keeping her
mouth shut (she saved her household, why did she wait until after his numbness wore
off? was there a point? ) for she then married into a relationship with a man whom she
had to share with other people and... Baathsheba (sp), who came after...was Abigail�s
life any happier... she was already rich...could have had someone all to herself. I�m not so
sure she did the right thing.
A Man with More than One Wife
Final Thoughts - The Book of Hebrews says��Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.� (Hebrews 13:4). The definition of a fornicator is someone who has sex outside of a covenant (in other words there is nothing binding on anyone, and this is not such a good situation for a woman to be in if she gets pregnant). The definition of an adulterer is someone who is within a covenant (that is a closed or limited covenant), and they go outside the covenant for sexual relations. Brothers and Sisters, irregardless of the number of wives one has there are still parameters (or margins) one must operate within, especially in light of the warning in the above verse that marriage is to be held in honor among all. There must be a covenant if sexual relations are to take place. It�s not only honoring to God but to one another.
It has been argued that a �back door� existed (or exists), in regards to the concept of a concubine (or mistress). Let me say again that sex outside any covenant is wrong , and it�s wrong for a multitude of reasons (and not only for the potential of pregnancy). According to the judgment God spoke to David (when another mans wife went outside her covenant and had sex with him), the penalty was to have David�s WIVES given to someone else. If you read the story, it turned out that David�s concubines were the ones that were violated. In other words in God�s eyes David�s concubines (or mistresses), were indeed his wives, and again were though as such in the eyes of God.
If you want to know the difference between a wife and a concubine you�ll have to research it yourself. But, I think it may have had something to do with the mans estate and who got what when he passed on (off hand I think the concubines may have brought nothing into the marriage other than themselves therefore their children may have gotten �gifts� but not an inheritance).
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other words you can freely copy its pages and put them any server you wish. [If
you�re not sure what I�m talking about... just right click your mouse (if you have
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copied by right clicking your mouse and using the �Save Picture As...� feature].
Thus you can have your own web site [Angelfire
(Lycos ) offers free web pages as well as many
other sites Click here
and ask around].
Periodically I will update the links on these pages. Below you will find the dates of the
�last update� of a particular page. If you wish you can use the below �updates� as a guide
to update your own pages or you can update your own at you own discretion.
Feel free to improve on any of the pages you copy.
Also, feel free to use this entire sites content (Music, Theology,
Divorce and Remarriage etc.) in any way you wish (for example: if you wish to publish a
page in whole or in part in another medium (let�s say in tract or book
form), you have my permission to do so (and you don�t have to inform me or put my
name on the work).
You can also sell the work at a profit if you wish, just having these works circulating in
the world is reward enough for me).
Again, this is an open source web site. The code (as well as content) is
free to all. Feel free to tinker, dabble and fiddle around with both code and
content. God is a very creative Spirit. Who knows what kind of page(s) you will develop.
Also, who knows what kind of influential tracts or books you may write. (If you want
you can change the sentence structures around and put this sites content in your own
words. Then put your name on the book or tract and shop it around to some
publishers. Most of this sites content is desperately in need of rewrite so putting your
name on a rewritten work is probably a good idea, actually a
very good idea).
May God bless you in your efforts.
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own e-mail address on the pages so people will know whom to write if they have any
questions (you can also leave my e-mail address on them if you wish (i.e.
StevenMRyan@cs.com), but as of now I don�t have the time to answer everyone�s
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