Was Polygamy encouraged...

[Rollo Tamasi]

If I were a young man with my hormones flying all over the place, then yes, I would be in favor of polygamy.

To be fair, the question should be, "does God teach monogamy?

To those who like the idea of polygamy, Solomon says it best in Proverbs 25:24, "better to live on the corner of a roof then in a house with a quarrelsome wife".

try living with 2 or more wives under your roof and see if you don't start having problems.

 

[Claudya]

If I were a young man with my hormones flying all over the place, then yes, I would be in favor of polygamy.

To be fair, the question should be, "does God teach monogamy?

To those who like the idea of polygamy, Solomon says it best in Proverbs 25:24, "better to live on the corner of a roof then in a house with a quarrelsome wife".

try living with 2 or more wives under your roof and see if you don't start having problems.

We're all into equality nowadays, right? So polygamy could go both ways.
So if God thinks it would be a good idea to have me living with two husbands under my roof.... well I would certainly volunteer for that experiment.

 

[Savedbygrace3927]

Since we are a kingdom of priests a royal priesthood this may not apply.

Proverbs 31:1-10 (?)
31 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?
And what, the son of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto women,
Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law,
And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb
In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10 Who can find a virtuous woman?
For her price is far above rubies

Kind of a long quote, but the purpose is to show it is addressed to kings and priests.

Your text is mostly addressed to church leaders and those in authority.

We always have to look at who the instructions are given to.

Kings, princes, church leaders, even maybe the first man; are usually where you find instructions. Closely following that---the quality of the wife for those persons is given. To multiply wives is not suggested, but (?) adding one now and then is what we usually see in the OT. Solomon violated several things in his life (he without doubt---multiplied wives).

I have trouble keeping up with my life, and several wives would not probably work.

Seven women saying to one man give us your name. This is probably a type of the church members taking on the name Christian.
Seven by tradition is used to show completion (complete number of those saved.

A feller from Mississippi just does not know a lot about all this.
eddif

Yes, I realize that some of the verses I quoted were for Church leaders, however, I feel that they are to set the standard. I also feel that Adam was to set the standard for mankind in general. God could have given Adam multiple wives, but he didn't, one was to be sufficient.

 

[llevvi]

But we can't ignore the cultural background of the time when and the place where the bible was written.
If we want to ignore culture we would have to conserve the culture of the first century in the mediterranean area. But that sounds neither possible, nor desirable.

Are you in favour of polygamy?

I'm not.
But I think the cultural point is very important, of course. However there are some questions that cannot be answered just using cultural aspects like a start point... When we talk about marriages we talk about family and the family is the basis of any society.
I can't see any reason to exists polygamy (in holy bible).