Addressing the Theological and Spiritual Issues of the Broad Messianic Movement
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee discusses the issue of Deuteronomy 12:15-17. Does it actually assume that a man in Ancient Israel could be married to two women at the same time? Or is a closer look required?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
No one who reads the Bible denies that polygamy—the practice of a man having more than one wife—is seen within the text. The Patriarch Jacob, who was the progenitor of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, had two wives and two concubines (Genesis 31:17; 37:2). King David, who was testified by the Lord to be “a man after His own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14, NASU), had multiple wives (1 Samuel 18:17-30; 25:38-43; 2 Samuel 3:2-5). King Solomon, whom many consider to be the wisest man who ever lived, had hundreds of wives and concubines (1 Kings 3:1; 11:3) that made up an entire harem (Song of Songs 6:8).
Have you ever studied Scripture concerning a Torah observant plural marriage covenant?
What is polygamy? While it is surely an uncomfortable topic to discuss, a man having multiple wives is something that one encounters in reading various parts of the Tanach. How should we as Messiah followers approach this topic? Today’s Messianic people do read the Torah on a fairly consistent basis, and doubtlessly encounter polygamy.
David Wilber speaks to author and theologian, J. K. McKee, about some of the criticisms they’ve received from blogger Pete Rambo on the topic of biblical egalitarianism.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics reviews how within some of the current debates over polygamy raging within the Hebrew Roots movement, that Yeshua’s own perspective of marriage in Matthew 19:1-12 is being left decisively out.
