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We DON'T follow the old Judiac laws for salvation and we don't continue their cultural corruptions.

So you don't keep the 10 commandments? No wonder you are so arrogant.

You are sick.

Physician, heal thyself. Only a truly sick person can completely disregard the FACT that some of God's prophets were polygamists. Whether OT or NT does not matter, isn't God the same yesterday, today, and forever?

The Exodus quote in its entirety speaks of the law regarding treatment of slaves, particularly when a father sells his daughter into slavery and IF her master wishes to take her as a wife.

You're twisting scripture again to fit your private interpretation. Exodus 21 is not exclusively about slaves and servants, even if verse 10 applied to the "Master" or Slave owner, God is still instructing him on the rules of plural marriage--there was no commandment to abandon the practice, because God approved of it at the time.

There will be no Divinely ordained polygamy in the future.

Isaiah seems to say otherwise--See Isaiah 4:1. If he was not predicting a future event please identify when this condition existed in Biblical history. Have a nice day.

Isaiah 4:1 describes a disproportionate number of women to men after a time of war. The women are desperate to avoid the social stigma of childlessness (common in ancient times). It is NOT a teaching nor a command for polygamy.

Lot's daughters committed incest with him. I do hope you are not going to cite that as rationale for another behavior because God did not specifically condemn it in that passage. The OT can be quite a lurid book. If you want validation for sinful behavior you will find it, as you seem to be looking very hard. Unfortunately, people like you lead a lot of other people astray.

And no, I was not discounting the 10 Commandments. Nice try. My point was that Christians do not practice ritual laws to earn salvation. Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross put an end to that practice.

Abraham was not polygamous. He was married to Sarah and committed adultery with concubines. When Sarah died he married Keturah. His firstborn with the slave Hagar was NOT the recipient of the covenant with God. In fact all of Abraham's sons by concubines were sent far away from the legitimate heir, Isaac. God rejected the result of Abraham's sexual sin but rewarded the legitimate son with the Covenant.

Isaac had only one wife, Rebekah. Isaac was so faithful to God that when Rebekah was thought to be sterile he did not find another woman but rather prayed to God and was rewarded for his faithfulness and trust.

Jacob had two wives, the first marriage resulting from a deception. Based on that fraud he could have refused to take Leah but he did not, then proceeded to take his first intended Rachel. BUT, Jacob's heart was not yet fully with God. He still lived life according to his own understanding. After he repented in Genesis 35 God renamed him Israel. Now that his conversion was complete, Rachel, the SECOND wife, DIED. He is no longer a polygamist but the husband of one wife. He did not have any further associations with concubines either.

Moses had only one wife and more than one son with her.

As for King David, he defied God's command that he not take multiple wives. Finally, after his sin with Bathsheba he truly repented. God's punishment was severe. He took David's property and wives and gave them to other men, all except Bathsheba. After that, David did not take any wives. Bathsheba remained his only wife and the Queen. David put away his concubines also (2 Samuel 20:3). He fully gave his heart to God and ceased his polygamy and adultery.

Solomon, on the other hand, did not. He took multiple wives, even foreign wives and worshiped false gods. God punished him and took away his kingdom.

The OT Fathers were punished for sins of the flesh. Once they repented, none practiced polygamy. Those who did not repent were destroyed.