Konsep Poligami mulai di kenal di Amerika
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:08 pm
Tahukah anda, di FFI konsep poligami di hujah dan ditentang, tidak sadarkah anda bahwa di negara negara barat kehidupan Poligami justru merebak dan ada upaya dari beberapa organisasi gereja akan membawa masalah poligami ke dalam pernikahan gereja.
anggota yang tergabung dalam organisasi Christian Poligami ini menganggap adanya ketidak adilan di dalam pemerintahan, dimana kaum lesbi dan homo dilindungi undang undang, justru kehidupan poligami mendapat pertentangan di mana mana, padahal kehidupan seks bebas tanpa ikatan nikah malah tidak di atur dalam hukum.
mari kita lihat bersama konsep Poligami ala kristen
http://www.modernpolygamy.com/index.php?page=bible
http://www.truthbearer.org
What does the bible say about it?
You probably assume polygamy is some sort of sin, like I once thought before studying it. They avoid the subject in churches, other than those bible stories about men and their multiple wives. What about those guys? Here's some biblical polygamists for you:
Abdon, Abijah, Abraham, Ahab, Ahasuerus, Ashur, Belshazzar, Benhadad, Caleb, David, Eliphaz, Elkanah, Esau, Ezra, Gideon, Heman, Hosea, Ibzan, Issachar's tribe, Jacob, Jair, Jehoiachin, Jehoram, Jerahmeel, Joash, Lamech, Machir, Manasseh, Mered, Moses, Nahor, Rehoboam, Saul, Shaharaim, Shimei, Simeon, Solomon, Terah, Zedekiah, Ziba
You may recognize some of those. What do we tell our kids about these men in the bible? Well we can't just say they were bad men. Abraham, Jacob, and Moses were certainly righteous men in God's eyes. David was king of Isreal and a man "After God's own heart". Maybe you're thinking they just made some mistakes by taking other wives? A lapse in their judgement? Low point in their faith? Well that reasoning doesn't work either because God actually gave wives as a gift:
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 2 Samuel 12:8
This is God speaking to David through a prophet (Nathan). So not only is Polygamy not a sin, God approves and says he is the one who gives wives! It even says in that verse he would have given him more wives if David wanted them. This proves that polygamy is not a sin, but what about centuries later when Jesus was born and the Romans were in control?
Does the new testament change anything?
Jesus came into the world to make a new covenant. He came and simplified the law of Moses, and was the final sacrifice to atone for the sins of those who would believe in him. Did he change the rules on polygamy? Not at all. Polygamy isn't talked about much in the new testament, which isn't a big surprise since the Romans decided to make it illegal. The medieval laws were based on Roman laws later, and now you can see how it never became part of European or Western culture afterwards. Here are some specific new testament verses that may come up in a discussion on polygamy in the new testament:
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery. Matthew 19:9
Some people think this proves polygamy is forbidden, when the verse is simply talking about divorce. Divorce is what is forbidden (except in cases of unfaithfulness). If someone takes another wife without divorcing their first wife then that is fine. Otherwise they are causing their first wife to commit adultery, which is how adultery is actually translated: "WOMAN that breaketh wedlock".
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. 1 Corinthians 7:10
Here divorce is forbidden again, but what is interesting to note is that Paul says a wife who leaves her husband must remain unmarried. There is no such command to husbands to remain unmarried if they seperate from a wife, only that they must not divorce. This is another clear example that polygamy is allowed even in the new testament.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2
This is another great example. If you look up the original greek version of this verse you'll notice that the words for 'his own' and 'her own' are completely different. In the wife's case 'her own' means just that: her own husband. But in the husbands case 'his own' actually translates to mean 'he himself' as in 'every man have himself a wife'. Paul knows God's law intimately and makes sure to allow for plurality here.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 1 Timothy 3:12
Here it is talking to church leaders only. The greek word for 'one' here also means 'first', which makes more sense that it would say let deacons be the husbands of their first wife. Meaning they should not be divorced from their original wife.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh Genesis 2:24
This is an old testament verse referenced in the new testament in various places. Becoming 'one flesh' happens when a man and woman have intercourse. This can happen between man and wife, or man and prostitute. So it's not something that can only happen once, which means it can't be talking about monogamy in this verse.
anggota yang tergabung dalam organisasi Christian Poligami ini menganggap adanya ketidak adilan di dalam pemerintahan, dimana kaum lesbi dan homo dilindungi undang undang, justru kehidupan poligami mendapat pertentangan di mana mana, padahal kehidupan seks bebas tanpa ikatan nikah malah tidak di atur dalam hukum.
mari kita lihat bersama konsep Poligami ala kristen
http://www.modernpolygamy.com/index.php?page=bible
http://www.truthbearer.org
What does the bible say about it?
You probably assume polygamy is some sort of sin, like I once thought before studying it. They avoid the subject in churches, other than those bible stories about men and their multiple wives. What about those guys? Here's some biblical polygamists for you:
Abdon, Abijah, Abraham, Ahab, Ahasuerus, Ashur, Belshazzar, Benhadad, Caleb, David, Eliphaz, Elkanah, Esau, Ezra, Gideon, Heman, Hosea, Ibzan, Issachar's tribe, Jacob, Jair, Jehoiachin, Jehoram, Jerahmeel, Joash, Lamech, Machir, Manasseh, Mered, Moses, Nahor, Rehoboam, Saul, Shaharaim, Shimei, Simeon, Solomon, Terah, Zedekiah, Ziba
You may recognize some of those. What do we tell our kids about these men in the bible? Well we can't just say they were bad men. Abraham, Jacob, and Moses were certainly righteous men in God's eyes. David was king of Isreal and a man "After God's own heart". Maybe you're thinking they just made some mistakes by taking other wives? A lapse in their judgement? Low point in their faith? Well that reasoning doesn't work either because God actually gave wives as a gift:
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 2 Samuel 12:8
This is God speaking to David through a prophet (Nathan). So not only is Polygamy not a sin, God approves and says he is the one who gives wives! It even says in that verse he would have given him more wives if David wanted them. This proves that polygamy is not a sin, but what about centuries later when Jesus was born and the Romans were in control?
Does the new testament change anything?
Jesus came into the world to make a new covenant. He came and simplified the law of Moses, and was the final sacrifice to atone for the sins of those who would believe in him. Did he change the rules on polygamy? Not at all. Polygamy isn't talked about much in the new testament, which isn't a big surprise since the Romans decided to make it illegal. The medieval laws were based on Roman laws later, and now you can see how it never became part of European or Western culture afterwards. Here are some specific new testament verses that may come up in a discussion on polygamy in the new testament:
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery. Matthew 19:9
Some people think this proves polygamy is forbidden, when the verse is simply talking about divorce. Divorce is what is forbidden (except in cases of unfaithfulness). If someone takes another wife without divorcing their first wife then that is fine. Otherwise they are causing their first wife to commit adultery, which is how adultery is actually translated: "WOMAN that breaketh wedlock".
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. 1 Corinthians 7:10
Here divorce is forbidden again, but what is interesting to note is that Paul says a wife who leaves her husband must remain unmarried. There is no such command to husbands to remain unmarried if they seperate from a wife, only that they must not divorce. This is another clear example that polygamy is allowed even in the new testament.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2
This is another great example. If you look up the original greek version of this verse you'll notice that the words for 'his own' and 'her own' are completely different. In the wife's case 'her own' means just that: her own husband. But in the husbands case 'his own' actually translates to mean 'he himself' as in 'every man have himself a wife'. Paul knows God's law intimately and makes sure to allow for plurality here.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 1 Timothy 3:12
Here it is talking to church leaders only. The greek word for 'one' here also means 'first', which makes more sense that it would say let deacons be the husbands of their first wife. Meaning they should not be divorced from their original wife.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh Genesis 2:24
This is an old testament verse referenced in the new testament in various places. Becoming 'one flesh' happens when a man and woman have intercourse. This can happen between man and wife, or man and prostitute. So it's not something that can only happen once, which means it can't be talking about monogamy in this verse.