Posted on 04/05/2015 8:23:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
For centuries, the essential meaning of marriage was universally understood (and taken for granted) in Western civilization, and, with very few modifications, in the pagan world as well. Because a marriage was always seen as the defining core of a family, providing a context for bearing and rearing children, its purpose and nature were taken to be self-evident, and seldom was thought to require defining. Among those societies informed by Scripture, marriage was also understood to be necessarily heterosexual, monogamous and life-long.
With the coming of the sexual revolution of the 1960’s, many of these assumptions began to be eroded in the formerly “Christian” West. The idea that all things, including sex, exist solely for the unrestrained enjoyment of hedonistic man spawned new attitudes toward the ancient institution. The ideal of monogamy was undermined by the development of the new ethic of “free sex.” The idea that marriage was primarily designed for the rearing of children was thought to be rendered obsolete by the assumption that sex is primarily for the purpose of hedonistic pleasure, by the realization that children sometimes interfere with a couple’s pursuit of such pleasure, and by the development of a variety of conception-blocking drugs and technologies. The life-long nature of the marriage union was discarded in favor of the pursuit of unbridled “happiness,” of an intolerance for boredom, and the assumption that new life circumstances are the cure for the lack of personal fulfillment. Thus divorce and remarriage became, if not the norm, at least an option that was viewed as having no moral stigma attached to it, and the breaking of vows as less heinous a crime than the maintaining of an unfulfilling integrity. With the reduction of sex to merely a source of pleasure...
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The following paragraphs contain the essential definitions of the concepts of “marriage,” “husband,” and “wife,” as decreed in the Scriptures (and as society always agreed to through most of Christian history). These definitions are increasingly sounding “archaic” in the milieu of our modern culture, but we must remember the following propositions that lie at the core of Christian thinking:
God, not popular sentiment, is sovereign;
The Bible is the Word of God, in which He has revealed His mind to man;
Cultural opinions change with time, but God’s Word remains valid forever;
As products of our culture, we must be prepared to find that God’s Word contradicts even views and attitudes that we may have uncritically adopted merely as part of our upbringing;
Marriage was not created by man, but by God, and thus its definition and regulation are the prerogatives of God and not of man;
Rejection of God’s norms concerning such a fundamental institution must inevitably destroy that society that is guilty of this rejection...
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It is abundantly clear that if it were not for the children of such a union, marriage would make no sense at all...
When we walk with our daughte in the middler holding hands, she pulls our hands together.
Marriage is defined in the Bible and it will not, cannot change, ever. Genesis 2:24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Marriage is the basis for society, the family, true love, the rearing of children, and so much more. The left always destroys the basis of every Christian foundation, to everyone’s peril.
Our Founding Fathers, inherited the mantle of foreswearing, to God, such as moses. we are not forgiven, nor forsaken- yet. Our bond is to God... may we keep our bond, to God
What is Marriage?
Marriage is not about sex, not about husbands or wives, not about family, not about social justice, not about religion, not about love, not about friendship, not about insurance...
Marriage is about kids.. kids need a base, kids need protection..
No kids, marriage becomes a ceremony.. or a tradition..
Gays getting married is an oxymoron.. literally..
Bookmarked for the marriage definitions in the Bible. Thanks! Good reference.
Marriage is a sacrament.
Don’t know about you Bub but I have “never” had free sex LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xkQ9nYiofI
The homosexual impulse seem to have no rational reason... you don't even need.to look at it from a religious perspective...even from an evolution perspective its illogical....if sex has no practical purpose it an impulse that has no benefit evolution wise
I have a problem with those who interpret religion in the spirit of the times.
If everything is permitted, there is no reason for faith.
I believe both the Written and the Oral Law are are unchangeable; one is neither to add or to take anything away from them.
But in our world, the doctrines of men have far more import than the eternal Word Of God.
The sense of Genesis 2:24 is “singular”. Not plural. I believe that polygamy was and is erroneous, or was and is adapted as a sexual plaything for the man’s cardinal promiscuity. Thus the convenient omission of lesbianism being likewise condemned in Torah, or the Old Testament as in the sense of Leviticus XVIII:22 and XX:13.
I also lament the omitted mention of faithful Jews in this piece as God knows Christians need, especially in trying times such as these, definite allies who believe in and espouse the same fundamental marital concepts, thus joining them in the Judeo-Christian outlook.
The ancient Hebrews were also the initial carriers of this concept from God.
That said, it is an essay very well met.
Two people of the same sex cannot have that kind of covenantal relationship because for God to be a part of it is unnatural. The couple actually attract curses for their effort. And that is the truth.
To play around with marriage by denying God in such a way is not very wise.
Polygamy is legal in the Torah - Jacob married two sisters, which was banned by later legislation.
Nowhere is monogamy mentioned as an ideal in the Bible.
Let’s not get distracted. We can deal with marriage after we deal with $18 Trillion in debt. Once we put the feral gummint back in it’s cage I think the marriage thing will sort out fine, along with flag burning and all the other distractions.
I always understood marriage to be a sacrament. As the Bill of Rights prohibits Congress from the establishment of religion, it does not have the capacity to redefine marriage from that definition which is given it by various religions. I know that one Presbyterian sects does recognize gay marriage, but to most religions, marriage is a spiritual, physical, social and economic union between one man and one woman.
A civil union is another thing altogether. This is the civil recognition of a physical, social and economic relationship between whomever the civil authorities decide is lawful.
In Romans 1:18-32,Paul links sexual immorality—indeed immorality in general—to the irrational refuse to acknowledge the true God. This despite the evidence that is so abundant that it gives pagans without the Law no excuse. Thus their immorality is irrational. To try to reason with someone whose mind is so clouded by unreason is futile. They worship other gods, and the logic of their pursuit of other gods, leads them away from the truth.
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