Marriage Customs
Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but
whoremongers and adulterers God will judge....
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And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this
world marry, and are given in marriage:...
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For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in
heaven....
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1. Its origin and history. --The institution of marriage
dates from the time of man's original creation. Ge 2:18-25
From Ge 2:24 we may evolve the following principles: (1) The
unity of man and wife, as implied in her being formed out of
man. (2) The indissolubleness of the marriage bond, except
on; the strongest grounds, Comp. Mt 19:9 (3) Mon...
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For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark,...
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was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen.
2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which
was confirmed
by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations
are to be
framed (Matt. 19:4, 5). It is evident that monogamy
was the
original law of marriage (Matt. 19:5; 1 Cor. 6:16).
This law was
violated in after times, when c...
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Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself
ready....
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Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah
Ge 11:29; 12:13; 20:3,9-16
-Isaac and Rebekah
Ge 24:3,4,67; 28:2
-Jacob and his wives
Ge 29:15-30
-See below, in the elaborated text
-Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Ge 38:8,11; De 25:5-10; Ru 4:5; Mt 22:24; Mr 12:19-
23; Lu
20:28
-Parents contract for their children
Hagar selec...
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Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which
are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and
[my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come
unto the marriage....
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The charter of marriage is Genesis 2:24, reproduced by our
Lord with greater distinctness in Matthew 19:4-5; "He which
made them at the beginning made them male and female, and
said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain, shall be one
flesh." The Septuagint, and Samaritan Pentateuch re...
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