polygamy and Christ

[_harmony]

A poster (Bee Eff) on MAD posted this:

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

What is he talking about?

[_bcspace]

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

What is he talking about?

Probably the fact that Christ's lineage contains instances of plural marriage.

[_harmony]

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

What is he talking about?

Probably the fact that Christ's lineage contains instances of plural marriage.

So the whole lineage of David thing?

[_moksha]

I am pretty sure that each name of the pedigree chart only had one Mommy, whether the Dad had a harem or not.

[_The Nehor]

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

What is he talking about?

Probably the fact that Christ's lineage contains instances of plural marriage.

So the whole lineage of David thing?

I would suspect that if Jacob could have only had one wife he would have woken up from his first night with Leah (who he thought was Rachel) and then divorced her if it meant he couldn't marry Rachel. No marriage to Leah, no Judah born. That's the only reasoning I can think of anyways. Also, it's unclear if Boaz had another wife when he married Ruth...so that could be another snag.

[_truth dancer]

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

LOL... as if God of the entire Universe couldn't figure out a way to have Christ come to earth without David having a harem, or some other powerful man screwing lots of girls and women.

What sort of God do these folks worship anyway. Seriously!

~dancer~

[_Sethbag]

So what we're saying is that the lineage that is supposed to have happened is the only possible lineage Christ could have come from? It could absolutely not have happened any other way?

[_Brackite]

Without polygamy we never would have had Christ.

What is he talking about?

Probably the fact that Christ's lineage contains instances of plural marriage.

So the whole lineage of David thing?

Hello,
Well Yea, Except for the very important Fact that, Jesus Christ, the Lord God of the Book of Mormon, Declared that the Polygamy practiced by King David and King Solomon was an abomination before Him.
Here is Jacob Chapter Two, Verses 23-24, within the Book of Mormon:

Jacob 2:23-24:

[23] But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

[24] Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

The Book of Mormon clearly Proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Lord God of the Book of Mormon. Here are some following Passages from the Book of Mormon that effectively Demonstrates this fact:

2 Nephi 26:12:

[12] And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;


Mosiah 5:15:

[15] Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen.


Mosiah 7:27:

[27] And because he said unto them that Christ was the God, the Father of all things, and said that he should take upon him the image of man, and it should be the image after which man was created in the beginning; or in other words, he said that man was created after the image of God, and that God should come down among the children of men, and take upon him flesh and blood, and go forth upon the face of the earth --


3 Nephi 11:13-14:

[13] And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them saying:

[14] Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.


Mormon 3:21-22:

21] And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you; and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God.

[22] And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.


Ether 2:12:

[12] Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.


Ether 4:12:

[12] And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me. I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me -- that I am; and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me. For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.

[_The Nehor]

So what we're saying is that the lineage that is supposed to have happened is the only possible lineage Christ could have come from? It could absolutely not have happened any other way?

Nope it was all predestined.