Posts with the tag: polygamy

Q&A on Solomon’s SONG OF SONGS

  This article mines the Song of Songs and related resources for insights by addressing myriad key questions concerning this unique book of the Bible. Whenever the answer is uncertain, the best possible ones are supplied. What is the Song of Songs? The Song of Songs is a poetic book… Read More

Does the Bible support Monogamy or Polygamy?

While the LORD allowed Hebrew men to marry multiple wives for a couple reasons, polygamy is not God’s best for marriage, as clearly detailed in the beginning (Matthew 19:4-6). Polygamous marriages chronicled in Scripture suffered contention with the inevitable rivalry of the wives (e.g. 1 Samuel 1:1-8). Meanwhile Solomon’s myriad wives… Read More

What IS Marriage? (and Related Topics)

Marriage was defined by our Creator at the very beginning of physical creation: That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Christ confirmed this definition of marriage: “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the… Read More