The Scriptural Definition of Marriage
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15 November 2001 - IMPORTANT NOTE:
This book was written several years ago before the writer had
a revelation of the true Names of Yahweh and Yahshua
and that Christ is NOT an alternative name for Yahshua but simply means
"the Anointing of the Set Apart Holy Spirit
of Yahweh" or refers to one who is so anointed and that "God" is the
name of a pagan deity and is a wrong translation
of "Elohim" which means "mighty one" and that "the LORD" has nothing to
do with the Creator but is actually a
translation of "Baal" and that the name of the Saviour is "Yahshua"
which means "the salvation of Yahweh" and cannot
truly be Jesus. Also that Yahshua was hung on a tree, NOT crucified on
a cross and that the cross has Satanic
connotations.
Time has not permitted editing of this document to make these
changes but readers are urged to take note of this and to
adjust their own usage as an act of love toward our Heavenly Father!
THE SCRIPTURAL
DEFINITION
OF
MARRIAGE
What the scriptures
really say about marriage,
putting away ("divorce"),
adultery and the relationships
between men and women
as a type
of our relationship with
the
LORD JESUS CHRIST
AN END TIME
ISSUES PUBLICATION
By
James Robertson
VERSION 0.99
1 Timothy 4:1-3 states:
1 Now
the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from
the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 speaking
lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
3 forbidding
to marry ..... (NKJ)
This book provides a
comprehensive scriptural analysis of what the Word of God really says
about marriage, divorce, adultery and
related subjects. It takes particular account of 1 Corinthians 6:9 and
other scriptures which clearly indicate that adulterers will not
inherit the kingdom of God and offers a comprehensive scriptural
analysis of the scriptural definition of fornication, adultery,
marriage and divorce. The book clearly shows that the act of sexual
intercourse with a virgin IS the ACT of marriage and that the
marriage covenant is cut in the virgin flesh (hymen) of the woman.
In 1 Samuel 13:14, Samuel,
speaking to Saul, declares David to be a man after The Lord's "own
heart". In 1 Samuel 25:42-44 we
see that subsequent to this David took two wives in addition to the
wife that he already had. In 2 Samuel 5:13, we see that David
took further wives. Yet in 2 Samuel 12:7-8, after God sent Nathan the
prophet to David to rebuke David for his adultery with
Bathsheba we see that God says that HE gave David Saul's wives. In 1
Kings 15:5 we read that AFTER David's death, scripture
STILL say's that David had done right in the sight of God. In fact, we
find at least fourteen (14) instances in the books of Kings and
Chronicles where we are told subsequent to his death that David "did
right in the eyes of The Lord all the days of his life".
Subsequently, about one thousand
years after David's death, God, speaking through Paul, reported in
Acts 13:21-23, confirms that
David was a "man after The Lord's own heart" and from David's seed God
raised up for Israel a Saviour (Jesus):
22 "... 'I
have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will
do all My will.'
23 "From this man's
seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Saviour--
Jesus-- (NKJ)
Here we see that despite his
approximately eleven wives and ten concubines and despite a number of
errors of which David was
quick to repent, God referred to David as "a man after His own heart"
about one thousand years after David's death! Surely it is utter
foolishness to suggest that David was an adulterer for having more than
one wife, as some have done? This book presents a
comprehensive analysis of scripture to demonstrate that it is indeed
GOD'S OWN HEART that a man should have more than one
wife! It also demonstrates that Isaiah 4:1 indeed applies to this age:
1 And in
that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
"We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel;
only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach." (NKJ)
Finally, from a variety of
secular references the book provides some clues as to how the heresy of
enforced monogamy came into
existence in the Christian church and why this heresy is such an
important part of Satan's plan to prevent the return of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
This is a challenging book which
requires the reader to set aside all preconceived ideas and put THE
WORD OF GOD FIRST.
If
you are truly committed to serving The Lord your God with ALL your
heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your
strength (Mark 12:30), this is a book you cannot afford not to read.
AN
END TIME ISSUES
PUBLICATION
"Hear me, O Judah
and you inhabitants of Jerusalem:
Believe in the Lord your God,
and you shall be established;
believe His prophets,
and you shall prosper."....
...."Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever."
2 Chronicles 20:20,21
THE SCRIPTURAL
DEFINITION
OF
MARRIAGE
What the scriptures
really say about marriage,
putting away ("divorce"), adultery
and the relationships
between men and women
as a type
of our relationship with
the
LORD JESUS CHRIST
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CAUTION
This book contains many scriptures which will almost
certainly require you
to reconsider most, if not all, that you have believed the Bible says
about
marriage, divorce, adultery, sexual conduct and related matters. In the
process you will almost certainly have many opportunities to be
offended
by what is contained herein.
If you are not
committed to putting the written Word of
God above all other sources of information, this book is
probably not for you!
If you do regard the written Word of God in it's original,
Holy Spirit
inspired text, as the ultimate authority for the conduct of your life,
then read
on.
Remember John 1:14:
14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace
and
truth. (NKJ)
Jesus Christ is The Word, He is
THE inspiration for all that is written in
the Bible. Remember also Romans 9:32-33:
32
Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the
works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it
is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of
offense,
and whoever believes on Him
will not be put to shame." (NKJ)
Jesus Christ, "The Word" is the stumbling stone and rock of
offense to
those who seek truth by law (the teachings of men) and not by faith.
And
Jesus Christ, Himself, said in Matthew 15:6-9:
6
......... Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by
your tradition. 7 "Hypocrites!
Well did Isaiah prophesy about you,
saying: 8
'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor
Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 9
And in vain
they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' "
(NKJ)
In this book many teachings of the modern church which are,
in fact,
commandments and doctrines of men, will be exposed.
If you fear man and place your comfort and your pride in your
own
knowledge above the Word of God, you may not receive what is contained
in this book. If you fear God and you fear His judgment, consider
carefully
what is written in this book and seek diligently to rightly divide the
word
of truth (2 Timothy 2:15) remembering that 2 Corinthians 5:9-11 states:
9
Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well
pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive
the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether
good or bad. 11
Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well
known in your consciences. (NKJ)
PREFACE
JOHN
17
1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to
heaven, and said: "Father, the hour
has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
.............
8 "For I have given to them the words which You
have given Me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and
they have
believed that You sent Me.
9 "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but
for those whom You have given
Me, for they are Yours.
10 "And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and
I am glorified in them.
11 "Now I am no longer in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to You.
Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that
they may be one as We are.
............
20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for
those who will believe in Me through
their word;
21 "that
they all may be one, as You, Father, are in
Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us,
that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 "And the glory which You gave Me I have given
them, that they may be
one just as We are one:
23 "I in them, and You in Me; that
they may be made perfect in one,
and
that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as
You
have loved Me.
24 "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave
Me may be with Me where I am,
that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me
before the foundation of the world.
25 "O righteous Father! The world has not known
You, but I have known You; and
these have known that You sent Me.
26 "And I have declared to them Your name, and will
declare it, that the love with
which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."
In early 1995 I became greatly concerned about the
high level of divorce (scripturally "putting
away") in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I was particularly
troubled by the number of
hurting and abandoned women and I started to seek God to know the
reason. Since then He has
been exercising my faith and my understanding with regard to what is
contained in His Word
on the subject of marriage and related subjects.
In late 1995, while visiting the church in Malawi, I
had a powerful encounter with the Spirit of
God in which the Spirit came upon me in a manner which I have never
again experienced. While
the Power of God was upon me, He spoke through me to a group of three
other people on
various subjects and, in the process, confirmed that the core message
of this book was from Him
and that those who were saying that He was condoning the divorce that
was taking place in
much of the church, were committing "an abomination" in His sight and
that He would "spit
them out". At the same time He called me to obedience even unto the
"death of the cross". Since
then I have been led by His Spirit into increasing revelation with
regard to the subject of this
book and have been in the process of writing this book over a period of
approximately a year,
commencing in mid 1999.
Since 1995 I have increasingly come to realize that
the Lord Jesus Christ has shown us in the
passage quoted above and in many other scriptures that the body of
Christ must become united
and learn to walk in unity if we are to accomplish all that we have
been called to do. I have also
come to realize that while there is so much putting away ("divorce")
and trauma in Christian
marriages the church will never come to a place of real unity. As much
as marriage is an earthly
shadow of what awaits us in heaven when the Lord Jesus Christ returns,
so much is Satan
determined to destroy marriage as God ordained it.
As you read this book you will realize that
virtually everything that you have believed about what
you thought the Bible says about marriage is at best highly suspect, at
worst the most apalling
heresy, the legacy of nearly two thousand years of pagan influence on
the Church of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
It is my prayer that once you have prayerfully
considered the scriptures in this book you will
come to realize the magnitude of the challenge that we are facing. At
the same time, I pray that
you will see new hope to bring about an end to marital separation
(putting away or "divorce")
and fornication in The body of Christ and a new hope for Godly
marriages which endure and
overcome all that Satan can bring against them.
James Robertson
HOW
TO USE THIS BOOK
This book is not intended to be a formal book, it is intended
to be, in a sense, a conversation with
the reader.
It is based on innumerable questions to God the Father in the
name of His Son the Lord Jesus
Christ. It draws on innumerable instances where He has led me into
situations to show me the
truth, many instances where He has led me to purchase secular and
Christian books to answer
my questions. He has taken me on journeys of many thousands of miles to
validate the
revelations that He has given me and to permit me to meet face to face
others to whom He has
been speaking on these subjects. It has been refined through
persecution, abuse and false
accusation combined with spiritual attack on almost everything there
was in my life that was
open to attack.
In the process I came to a realization that I could not serve
Him with all my heart, all my mind,
all my soul and all my strength if I did not publish what He had shown
me, no matter what the
cost. In order to reach that place I had to reach a place of
understanding the magnitude of the
problem in terms of billions of souls burning in hell for eternity as a
consequence of false
teachings.
Dear reader, in the light of my own experience, I encourage
you to persevere to the end of this
book and not to give up. Read further in faith trusting Yahweh God
through His Holy Spirit to
lead you to the truth. Be constantly in His Word and in fellowship with
His Spirit. Be always
alert for His leading to buy a book or tape, listen to a radio
programme, visit a church, help or
talk to a stranger or do anything else contrary to your routine that
will lead you to a source of
knowledge.
Remember that only God knows your thoughts so don't keep
talking about what He is showing
you and, as far as possible, NEVER tell anyone your questions. Satan's
cohorts (demons and
angels) infest the atmosphere and those around you and are constantly
listening for useful
information to use against you. Pray silently within your heart,
believing in Faith that He hears
you and that He will answer your questions. If the answer rattles your
paradigm and does not
seem as though it could possibly be of God, ask Him in faith for
confirmation. He loves you and
He wants to lead you into all truth. He has great patience and He
recognizes our difficulty in
hearing and believing Him. If you walk in faith without doubting HE
WILL LEAD YOU TO
THE TRUTH YOU NEED.
Be prepared for a challenging and exciting ride! Recognize
that God is no respecter of persons
and no respecter of our traditions and doctrines. Expect Him to show
you things that you will
have great difficulty accepting. Expect Him to require you to do things
and deal with things
which are sometimes VERY challenging and uncomfortable.
If you truly want to serve HIM and you truly want to walk in
His will and His blessings, then I
encourage you to take up the challenge. By faith, hold onto your hat
and enjoy the ride and His
blessings!
God Bless You
James Robertson
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
In order to assist readers to better understand the context of
this book it is perhaps important to
know something about the author.
The author has BSc and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering with
over twenty five years of post
graduate experience. He is also a retired part time Citizen Force
Military Commander with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Since 1989 he has been in business as an
independent Management
Consultant specializing in Business Information Systems Architecture
and Business Strategy
development and implementation. He has published widely in these fields
and presented papers
at numerous international conferences with particular emphasis on "The
Real Issues in
Information Technology : Why 70% of Corporations are dissatisfied with
their computer
investments". As a consequence of this work he has been listed in
"Who's Who in Science and
Engineering" since 1998 and in "Who's Who in the World" (one of only
40,000 people) since
1999.
With this background his approach to his Christian walk and to
the scriptures has been highly
analytical. This followed a major intellectual struggle to recognize
the original Holy Scriptures
as breathed by the Spirit of God Himself. Having taken a decision to
live by faith and to
subjugate his intellectual incapacity to understand the scriptures with
his own understanding, he
has spent much time in reading the Word of God and in asking the Father
in the name of Jesus
to answer those questions which arose in reading the scriptures by
faith. In this process he has
become increasingly aware of the discrepancies between current doctrine
and the Word of God
and this has given rise to a series of documents which address what
might be termed "The Real
Issues in the Christian Walk".
Because of his background, this document might best be
described as a technical analysis of
scripture and it should be read against this back drop. The author
makes no claim to being a
salesman or a "people person" and his writing style may therefore
appear harsh to many readers. This is not intended, it is simply a
reflection of a long term training and career in technical and
engineering writing and reporting.
In spiritual terms, the author walks in the office of Apostle
with a specific calling regarding the
restoration of certain lost truths of which the subject of this book is
one.
A
PRAYER TO START WITH
This book is intended to open up a treasure chest of topics
for you to PRAY and SEEK GOD
about in order to determine what is applicable to your life TODAY in
order to redefine your
paradigm of Christian and Godly marriage to conform to what God
requires of us today. Different parts will apply at different times.
Some may never apply. Some you may revisit again
and again. Others may not be covered in this book. As you learn to
trust God to lead you into
the truth you need day by day, you will find that the walk becomes
spiritually easier although it
may become more demanding in terms of what you can see in the natural.
Ultimately, it is all
part of learning to be Spirit Led that you may one day justly claim to
be a true Son of God
(Romans 8:14).
The following prayer is offered to assist you get started,
trust God to lead you in prayer day by
day. Pray it IN FAITH WITHOUT DOUBTING AND HE WILL
ANSWER YOU:
Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I
thank you that you know the parts of this
book that apply to me and that are correct for me. I thank you that, as
I start to read, you will
quicken to my spirit that which is immediately relevant and that you
will conceal from me that
which is chaff or of no relevance right now.
I thank you that, as you open this book to me, you
will teach me what to pray and you will give
me utterance in my spirit in order that I may pray your will over my
life and that which you
have called me to do.
I thank you that, as I bring sections, paragraphs,
concepts and thoughts before you and lay my
questions at your Holy throne, you will answer me.
I ask you, in the name of Jesus, to speak to me
through Your Word, to lead me to the passages
that apply to me and that will answer my questions. I thank you that
Your Word contains all
the answers that I will ever need to live my life according to your
will and to achieve the impact
that you have purposed for me at this time.
I thank you that you will speak to me through
books, teaching tapes and videos, apostles,
prophets, evangelists, pastors and preachers, teachers and other people
whom you will bring
across my path. I thank you that you will lead me wherever I need to go
to receive the answers
to my questions and that your Holy Spirit is with me always to lead me
into ALL TRUTH.
Help me Father to hear your voice clearly and close
my eyes and ears to all that is not of you.
OUT LOUD: "Satan, I bind you and
your cohorts from blinding or confusing me in
receiving anything that God has provided for me in this book. In Jesus
Name."
I thank you Father that your Angels are encamped
around me to protect me and to keep the
enemy from interfering in my studies and I ask you to cover my family
and myself with the
Blood of Jesus from the top of our heads to the soles of our feet.
I thank you Father that Your Word states that as a
born again believer, I have the Mind of
Christ. I thank you for leading me to victory.
In Jesus Name
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
CAUTION
i
PREFACE iii
HOW TO
USE THIS BOOK
v
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
vi
A
PRAYER TO START WITH vii
TABLE
OF CONTENTS viii
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK
xviii
1. TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THIS BOOK
xviii
2. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE SOURCES AND
ABBREVIATIONS xix
a. COMPUTER BASED REFERENCE SOURCES
xix
b. PAPER BASED REFERENCE SOURCES AND
ABBREVIATIONS xx
3. GREEK AND HEBREW REFERENCE SOURCES
xx
4. YAHWEH AS THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER
xxi
5. TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS xxi
CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTS
1
1. INTRODUCTION 1
a. WE ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST 2
b. MARRIAGE IS A TYPE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS
Consider also Ephesians 5:25-33: 2
c. WHEN THE WORLD SEES TRUE CHRISTIAN UNITY
THEY WILL BELIEVE THAT THE FATHER SENT
JESUS 3
d. WE ARE WARNED OF DOCTRINES OF DEMONS FORBIDDING TO
MARRY 3
e. WE MUST EACH PREPARE TO BE JUDGED
4
2. WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS INTERPRETATION?
4
a. MANY BELIEVERS ARE CURRENTLY TAKEN PRISONER
BY THE ENEMY 4
b. IF WE LOVE GOD WE WILL KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
5
c. GOD'S STATUTES ARE RIGHTEOUS AND WE MAY NOT
ADD TO OR TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM
THEM 5
d. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE TEACHER
5
e. WE ARE TOLD TO BEWARE OF DOCTRINES OF
DEMONS IN THE LATTER TIMES 7
f. THE FATE OF FALSE WITNESSES AND LIARS
8
g. ADULTERY SENDS PEOPLE TO HELL
8
3. THE SHAME OF THE CHURCH AND EMPTY THRONES :
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR JUDGMENT 8
a. THE CHURCH IS WITHOUT JUDGES AND THEREFORE
COVERED WITH SHAME 9
b. THE MINISTRY AND THE MESSAGE OF THE MODERN
CHURCH IS HARDLY RECOGNIZED BY THE
EARLY APOSTLES 10
c. MANY THRONES IN HEAVEN ARE CURRENTLY EMPTY
YET THEY COULD HAVE BEEN FILLED BY
ANY GENERATION 11
d. THERE ARE MANY MORE WOMEN IN HIGH OFFICE IN
HEAVEN THAN MEN 12
4. A WORD OF CLARIFICATION - NOTHING IN THIS
BOOK IS INTENDED TO UNDER- STATE THE
DELIVERANCE PURCHASED FOR MANKIND THROUGH JESUS' SACRIFICE AT CALVARY
12
5. A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THOSE WHO MAY
BE CONVICTED OF SIN BY THE TEACHINGS IN
THIS BOOK 14
6. A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE KEY POINTS IN THIS
BOOK 15
b. ENFORCED MONOGAMY IS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 15
c. THE CHURCH HAS LOST ALL RECOGNITION OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF VIRGINITY 16
d. THE CHURCH INCORRECTLY DEFINES ADULTERY AND
CAUSES MILLIONS TO FALL 16
7. POLYGAMY IS AN ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF
GOD 17
CHAPTER 2 -- HOW DOES SCRIPTURE DEFINE THE MARRIAGE COVENANT?
19
8. VIRGINITY : WHAT IS MARRIAGE
19
a. VIRGINITY IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR GODLY
MARRIAGE 20
b. VIRGINITY IS SACRED 21
c. SOME ASIDES REGARDING VIRGINITY
21
d. THE CRITICAL CONCLUSIONS : SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE WITH A VIRGIN IS MARRIAGE AND
WOMAN WAS CREATED FROM THE BEGINNING TO HAVE ONLY ONE HUSBAND
22
e. VIRGINITY : CAVEATS 22
9. WHAT IS THE MARRIAGE COVENANT?
23
a. COVENANT REQUIRES THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD
23
b. COVENANT REQUIRES THE CLEAVING / SPLITTING
OR CUTTING OF SOME LIVING CREATURE 23
c. THE MARRIAGE COVENANT IS CUT WHEN A MAN
CLEAVES INTO HIS VIRGIN WIFE 26
e. THE CLOSE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CHRISTIAN
COVENANT AND THE MARRIAGE
COVENANT 27
f. WHY DOES THE BIBLE SEEM TO GIVE SO LITTLE
DIRECT GUIDANCE ON MARRIAGE? 29
g. JESUS MARRIED TO MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS
29
h. A MAN MARRYING MORE THAN ONE WOMAN AT THE
SAME TIME 30
j. THE COVENANT REQUIREMENT FOR CHRISTIAN MEN
TO CARE FOR MORE THAN ONE WOMAN 33
10. A KEY CONTRAST : THE FORESKIN
34
a. THE FORESKIN SERVES NO USEFUL PURPOSE
35
b. THE FORESKIN IS ONLY USEFUL FOR CUTTING
COVENANT WITH GOD 35
c. SOME ASIDES REGARDING THE FORESKIN
35
d. THE CRITICAL CONCLUSION : NOTHING IN
CREATION PREVENTS A MAN FROM CONSUMMATING
MARRIAGE WITH MORE THAN ONE WOMAN 36
CHAPTER 3 -- WHAT DOES SCRIPTURE SAY ABOUT ADULTERY? 37
11. DEFINITION OF ADULTERY 37
a. ADULTERY DEFINED IN DEUTERONOMY 22
37
b. ADULTERY DEFINED IN ROMANS 7
37
c. ADULTERY DEFINED IN PROVERBS 6
38
d. ADULTERY DEFINED IN PROVERBS 7
38
e. ADULTERY DEFINED IN PROVERBS 9
39
f. ADULTERY DEFINED IN NUMBERS 5
40
g. ADULTERER'S BARRED FROM THE ASSEMBLY
41
h. ABRAHAM AND ABIMILECH 41
i. SEXUAL IMMORALITY IS SIN AGAINST ONE'S OWN
BODY 42
j. ADULTERY IS SIN AGAINST GOD
43
k. THE CURSES OF THE LAW 44
12. ADULTERY AFTER JESUS CAME (UNDER THE NEW
COVENANT) 46
a. REVELATION 21:8 IS QUITE SPECIFIC : SEXUAL
IMMORALITY LEADS TO A PART IN THE LAKE OF
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 47
b. IF JESUS RELAXED THE LAW ON ADULTERY WHY
DID JOHN THE BAPTIST DIE? 50
c. CONCLUSION : A WOMAN WHO HAS SEX WITH MORE
THAN ONE MAN WHILE THE FIRST IS ALIVE
IS DEFINED AS AN ADULTERESS AND A HARLOT EXCEPT IN EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES 50
d. THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF "PASTORS"
51
e. JUDGEMENT REVISITED 53
f. CRITICAL CONCLUSION : UNREPENTED ADULTERY
WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY LEAD TO A PART
IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE IF NOT ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD IN
HELL 54
13. IS IT TRUE THAT, ONCE CONFESSED, ADULTERY
IS NO LONGER ADULTERY? 54
14. GOD'S DEFINITION OF SEXUAL SIN
55
a. THE OBLIGATION TO HOSPITALITY
60
b. HOMOSEXUAL RAPE IS MORE SERIOUS THAN
HETEROSEXUAL RAPE 62
c. THE SIN COMMITTED - RAPE AND CONSEQUENTIAL
MURDER 62
d. THE RESPONSE OF THE LEVITE AND OF ISRAEL
63
i. THE PENALTY FOR ADULTERY IS DEATH
63
ii. THE PENALTY FOR RAPE IS DEATH
64
iii. THE PENALTY FOR MURDER IS DEATH
64
iv. THE PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY IS DEATH
64
v. CONCLUSION : SCRIPTURE REQUIRED THE DEATH
PENALTY FOR THE MEN OF GIBEAH 64
e. THE RESPONSE OF BENJAMIN 65
f. THE RESPONSE OF ISRAEL AND GOD TO BENJAMIN
AND THE OUTCOME OF THE FIRST BATTLE 65
g. THE RESPONSE OF ISRAEL AND GOD TO THE
OUTCOME OF THE FIRST BATTLE; THE SECOND
BATTLE 66
h. THE RESPONSE OF ISRAEL AND GOD TO THE
OUTCOME OF THE SECOND BATTLE; THE THIRD
BATTLE 66
i. THE IMPORTANCE OF OATH'S AND VOWS
67
j. TAKING OF WIVES 69
k. THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHURCH IN THE END
OF THE AGE 69
16. LUST AND ADULTERY OF THE HEART
70
a. LUST IS COVETOUSNESS AND IS SIN
70
b. LUST IN OUR SOCIETY AS THE BASIS FOR
SELECTING MARRIAGE PARTNERS 71
c. LUST AS OPPOSED TO LOVE 72
e. LUST AND THE DRESS OF YOUNG WOMEN
74
17. ONE NIGHT STANDS 75
a. A "ONE NIGHT STAND" WITH A VIRGIN IS
MARRIAGE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD! 76
b. A FATHER CAN ANNUL A CLANDESTINE UNION THE
DAY HE HEARS OF IT 76
d. JUDAH AND TAMAR AS AN EXAMPLE OF A "ONE
NIGHT STAND" 78
e. THE APPARENT DILEMA OF SAMSON'S NIGHT WITH
A HARLOT 80
18. IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW COVENANT
80
20. THE LORD'S TRUE INTENTION : MARRIAGE IS
DESIGNED TO WORK 82
21. CRITICAL CONCLUSION : GOD'S DEFINITION OF
ADULTERY ACCEPTS THAT A MAN MAY HAVE MORE
THAN ONE WIFE BUT REQUIRES THAT A WOMAN MAY HAVE SEX WITH ONLY ONE MAN
82
CHAPTER 4 -- SCRIPTURAL DIVORCE 83
22. PUTTING AWAY VERSUS DIVORCE
83
23. SCRIPTURAL DIVORCE 87
24. THE WIFE OF ONE'S YOUTH CONTRASTED WITH
THE IMMORAL WOMAN 88
25. CASES WHERE PUTTING AWAY IS PROHIBITED
90
26. THE UNLOVED WIFE 91
28. MARRIAGE TO A DIVORCED WOMAN
93
a. CHALLENGES IN DETERMINING GOD'S WILL FOR
MARRIAGE 93
b. FLEECES AND SEEKING TO BE LED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT 94
c. SOME SCRIPTURES ON BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT
OF GOD 96
29. CRITICAL CONCLUSION : GOD'S LAWS FOR
DIVORCE NECESSITATE THAT A MAN IS PERMITTED TO
TAKE MORE THAN ONE WIFE 97
CHAPTER 5 -- IS MONOGAMY SCRIPTURAL? 99
30. DOES GOD ACTIVELY PERMIT A MAN TO TAKE
MORE THAN ONE WIFE? 99
31. DID THE PROVISIONS NOT CHANGE UNDER THE
"NEW TESTAMENT" 99
a. WHEN DID THE NEW COVENANT COME INTO EFFECT?
99
32. JESUS WALKED THE EARTH AS A PROPHET UNDER
THE MOSAIC COVENANT 100
33. JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW 101
34. WHAT JESUS DID CHANGE 102
35. OTHER COVENANTS 107
36. "OLD TESTAMENT" VERSUS NEW TESTAMENT
107
37. WHY IS CHRISTIANITY VIEWED AS HERESY BY
THE JEWS? 108
38. ARE BISHOPS, DEACONS AND ELDERS RESTRICTED
TO ONE WIFE? 109
39. THE DISTINCTION IN SCRIPTURE BETWEEN WIFE
AND WIVES, WOMAN AND WOMEN 112
40. SOME OTHER "NEW TESTAMENT" SCRIPTURES
114
a. REGARDING AN APOSTLE BEING ACCOMPANINED BY ONE
OF HIS WIVES 115
b. BROTHERS MARRYING DECEASED BROTHER'S WIVES
115
c. A MAN HAVING SEX WITH HIS FATHER'S WIFE
(NOT HIS MOTHER) 116
d. A MAN MARRYING TEN VIRGINS AT ONE TIME
116
e. BURNING WITH PASSION 117
f. MARRIAGE OF WIDOWS 117
41. RESPONSE TO SOME OTHER OBJECTIONS
118
a. "GENESIS 2:24 SAYS TWO THEREFORE IT
DICTATES MONOGAMY" 118
b. ADAM AND EVE - THE IDEAL MARRIAGE
120
c. DID ADAM REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE WIFE?
120
d. DID MOSES REALLY HAVE ONLY ONE WIFE?
121
e. YAHWEH MARRIED TO ISRAEL AND SAMARIA
122
f. THE PROBLEMS OF LEAH AND RACHEL
124
CHAPTER 6 -- SOME OTHER SCRIPTURES ON MARRIAGE ISSUES 126
42. THE VIRTUOUS WIFE 126
43. THE ONE FLESH BOND 127
a. A MAN CAN BE "ONE FLESH" WITH MORE THAN ONE
WOMAN 127
b. THE ONE FLESH BOND SUPPORTS AN ORDERLY
HIERARCHY OF GOVERNANCE BETWEEN CHRIST
AND THE CHURCH 128
c. THE HUSBAND AS HEAD OF THE WIFE
128
d. THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNGODLY OR UNFULFILLED
ONE FLESH BONDS 129
e. WHY THE ONE FLESH BOND DOES NOT REQUIRE
LOVE OR LUST TO BE FORMED 131
f. THE ONE FLESH BOND CREATS A SPIRITUAL
UNDERPINNING FOR THE HUSBAND 131
g. ONE FLESH IN MARRIAGE CORRESPONDS TO ONE
BODY IN CHRIST 132
44. SOUL TIES 134
45. THE BLOOD LINE 134
46. MARRIAGE TO EMPLOYEES 135
47. A WIFE IS A GOOD THING 136
48. ROTTENNESS IN THE BONES AND CONTENTION
136
49. RIGHTEOUS ANGER OF A BETRAYED HUSBAND
137
50. VIRGIN DAUGHTERS 139
51. THE HUSBAND PROVIDES A "COVERING" TO HIS
WIFE 140
52. FINANCIAL LACK RESULTING FROM A DIVIDED
HOUSE 149
53. ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE WIFE FOR THE HUSBAND
150
54. THE LOVE BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIVES (AN
EXTENSION OF EPHESIANS 5:33) 151
a. A WIFE SHOULD REVERENCE HER HUSBAND
151
b. THE DESIRE OF A WIFE SHOULD BE FOR HER
HUSBAND 152
c. SPOUSES SHOULD NOT WITHOLD FROM ONE ANOTHER
SEXUALLY 153
d. A WIFE SHOULD BE UNINHIBITED IN HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER HUSBAND 153
e. A WIFE SHOULD BE SKILLED AND TAKE THE
INITIATIVE IN LOVE MAKING 154
f. THE HUSBAND MUST SEEK TO BECOME LIKE JESUS
157
55. THE IMPLICATIONS OF ISAIAH 4:1
157
56. HUSBAND'S AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF
FELLOWSHIP FOR THEIR WIVES 159
a. ACCEPTABLE WORKING HOURS 159
b. HUSBAND'S WHO ARE REGULARLY AWAY FROM HOME
162
57. BETROTHAL 167
58. DURATION OF BETROTHAL 172
59. MARRIAGE FEASTS 173
60. CONSUMATION OF MARRIAGE 176
62. SOME CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS
178
a. DIVISION OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN WIVES
179
b. MASTURBATION 179
c. OTHER HUSBAND - WIFE SEXUAL CONTACT
180
d. SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN WIVES
181
63. THE SCRIPTURAL AGE OF WOMEN AT MARRIAGE
183
64. THE SCRIPTURAL AGE OF MEN AT MARRIAGE
185
65. A MENSTRUATING WOMAN IS IMPURE
186
66. THE UNLOVED WIFE 187
CHAPTER 7 -- THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS AND OTHER HERESIES
189
67. THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS
189
68. FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE EVIDENCE OF
VIRGINITY 193
69. ECUMENICAL MARRIAGE 194
70. WEDDING RINGS 198
71. MARRIAGE COUNSELLING AND THE PERFECT
PARTNER 199
CHAPTER 8 -- CONSEQUENCES OF THE HERESY OF MONOGAMY AND RELATED FALSE DOCTRINES 200
72. TOUCHING GOD'S ANOINTED AND DOING HIS
PROPHETS HARM 200
73. A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR THE JEWS
201
74. A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR MOSLEMS
202
75. A STUMBLING BLOCK TO BUSINESS EXECUTIVES,
GOVERNMENT LEADERS, LEADING SPORTSMEN AND
THE MAN IN THE STREET 202
76. SERIAL POLYGAMY - CHURCH SANCTIONED
ADULTERY 204
77. PORNOGRAPHY - A WESTERN "CHRISTIAN" EVIL?
204
78. MY BEST FRIEND STOLE MY HUSBAND / BOYFRIEND
205
79. TEENAGE NYMPHETTES 205
80. WHERE HAVE ALL THE VIRGINS GONE?
206
CHAPTER 9 -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 215
82. SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF
THE HERESY OF MONOGAMY 215
83. CONCLUSION 216
THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION
218
PRAYERS FOR SALVATION,
219
BIBLIOGRAPHY
220
ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS
221
APPROACH TO INTERPRETATION
222
RELATED INTERNET ADDRESSES
223
APPENDIX A
VIRGINITY
VARIOUS SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 224
APPENDIX B
SCRIPTURAL LOVE DEFINED
FROM VINES EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY 228
APPENDIX C
THE FORESKIN AND CIRCUMCISION
VARIOUS REFERENCES 230
APPENDIX D
VARIOUS SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
TO MORE THAN ONE WIFE 233
APPENDIX E
ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
INCLUDING THE GREEK WORD
3391 "MIA" ONE / FIRST / ETC 245
APPENDIX F
TEXT FROM VINE'S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY
REGARDING THE WORDS FOR
WIFE / WIVES / WOMAN / WOMEN 248
APPENDIX G
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
INCLUDING THE GREEK WORD
1135 "GUNE" WIFE / WIVES / WOMAN / WOMEN 250
APPENDIX H
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
REPORTING JESUS REPLY TO THE SADDUCEES
REGARDING LEVIRATE MARRIAGE 254
APPENDIX I
PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION TO
THE HOLY BIBLE
FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT
GEORGE M. LAMSA'S TRANSLATION
FROM THE ARAMAIC OF THE PHESHITTA
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS 255
APPENDIX J
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD "ANER"
TO DESCRIBE A MAN OR HUSBAND 266
APPENDIX K
SCRIPTURES RELATING TO "PUT AWAY"
TRANSLATED AS "DIVORCE" 268
APPENDIX L
SCRIPTURES CONTAINING THE GREEK WORD "PORNEIA"
(FORNICATION) 273
APPENDIX M
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS:
CHRISTIANITY'S BLOOD-STAINED RECORD 276
APPENDIX N
SCRIPTURES RELATING TO ADULTERY,
FORNICATION, HARLOTRY AND RELATED SINS 277
APPENDIX O
GRANT ON "THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE" 278
APPENDIX P
A JEWISH BENEDICTION 279
APPENDIX Q
WOW! SO THAT'S HOW JESUS LOVES ME! 280
APPENDIX R
EXTRACTS FROM "THE FINAL QUEST" BY RICK JOYNER
288
R1 THE FINAL QUEST : PAGE 118 : A MEETING WITH
JESUS CHRIST BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF
CHRIST 288
R2 THE FINAL QUEST : PAGE 119 : THE LORD
JESUS' TEARS FOR ALL WHO ARE LOST 288
R3 THE FINAL QUEST : PAGE 128 : THE SHAME OF
THE CHURCH BECAUSE THERE IS NO JUSTICE 289
R4 THE FINAL QUEST : PAGE 135 : INTERVIEW WITH
THE APOSTLE PAUL 290
APPENDIX S
THE CURSE OF THE LAW 292
APPENDIX T
EXTRACT FROM "WHEN THE VOW BREAKS" 298
APPENDIX U
EXTRACT FROM "THE CALL"
BELIEVERS IN SPIRITUAL PRISON CAMPS 299
APPENDIX V
EXTRACT FROM "AFTER POLYGAMY WAS MADE A SIN
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN POLYGAMY"
by JOHN CAIRNCROSS 300
APPENDIX W
EXTRACT FROM "CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF SEX AND MARRIAGE"
BY GEORGE RYLEY SCOTT 318
APPENDIX X
EXTRACT FROM "STRANGE CUSTOMS OF COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE"
BY WILLIAM J FIELDING 322
APPENDIX Y
EXTRACT FROM "SEX, LIFE AND FAITH
A MODERN PHILOSOPHY OF SEX"
by ROM LANDAU 327
APPENDIX Z
EXTRACT FROM "THE CHRISTIAN CENTURIES"
by FRANCES GUMLEY AND BRIAN REDHEAD 330
APPENDIX AA
EXTRACT FROM "LOVE IN THE SOUTH SEAS"
by BENGT DANIELSSON
331
TABLE OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
338
INDEX OF KEY WORDS
339
CONVENTIONS
USED IN THIS BOOK
The book has been written as a technical scriptural reference
work, accordingly the style may in places appear
terse. It is intended to provide a reasonably comprehensive collection
of scriptures on the subjects discussed
and to permit the scriptures to interpret themselves as far as possible
with minimum commentary.
In this book the following conventions have been adopted:
1. TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THIS BOOK
The following documentation techniques have been applied in
this book:
a. Comprehensive scripture quotation have been provided for
every reference in order to ensure that the
scriptures speak as far as possible without my intervention and in
order to spare readers the
inconvenience of looking up the scriptures themselves.
b. Verses of scripture before and after the verses of
interest are quoted in order to provide the full
context of the scriptures cited and avoid quoting scriptures out of
context. It will be seen that in many
cases these contextual scriptures provide interesting juxtopositions or
reinforce just how seriously
God views the matter under discussion.
c. As far as possible I have also sought to quote related
scriptures rather than simply using words which
occur in scripture and assuming that readers are familiar with them.
d. A wide variety of appendices are included to provide more
comprehensive lists of supporting
scriptures, more detailed commentary on the meaning of certain words
and extracts from other books
and commentaries which are important in supporting certain assertions
made in the body of the text.
e. Extensive use is made of numbered section and sub-section
headings are included in order to ensure
that the table of contents provides a reasonably comprehensive tool for
locating specific concepts.
f. Extensive use is made of cross references within the body
of the text to reference related discussions
within the book.
g. A comprehensive "Table of Scripture References" is
provided at page 338 listing all scripture
references used in the book.
h. A comprehensive "Index of Key Words" is provided at page
339 to assist readers to locate particular
thoughts and principles.
i. Prayers for salvation, repentance, deliverance and for
spirit led guidance are provided at page 219 in
order to assist readers who may find themselves convicted of sin or
faced with particular spiritual
challenges as a consequence of the teachings in this book.
j. A list of Internet addresses for Web sites which discuss
issues related to the main subjects of this
book are provided at page 223.
2. SCRIPTURE REFERENCE SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
a. COMPUTER BASED REFERENCE SOURCES
In preparing this book extensive use has been made of the "PC
Study Bible for Windows" version
2.1G, October 1997, produced by Biblesoft, 22014 7th Avenue South,
Seattle, WA 98198, USA. Telephone ++ (206) 824-0547, Copyright
1988-1997 by James Gilbertson.
This computer based reference work includes the following
translations and reference works which
have been referred to in this book:
i. KJV - The King James Version
ii. NAS - The New American Standard Version
The Bible text designated (NAS)
is from the New American Standard Bible.
Copyright ©
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, by The Lockman
Foundation. Used by
permission. All rights reserved.
iii. NAU - The New American Standard Version
Update
The Bible text designated (NAU)
is from the New American Standard Bible Update.
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman
Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
iv. NIV - The New International Version
Quotations designated (NIV) are
from The Holy Bible: New International Version ®. NIV
®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible
Society. Used by permission of
Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
v. NKJ - The New King James Version
The Bible text designated (NKJ)
is from The New King James Version,
copyright © 1982,
Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
vi. RSV - The Revised Standard Version
The Bible text designated (RSV)
is from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible,
copyright
© 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
vii. TLB - The Living Bible
The Bible text desingated (TLB)
is from The Living Bible, copyright ©
1971. Used by
permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton IL 60189. All
rights reserved.
viii. Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's
Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.
Copyright © 1994 Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.
All
rights reserved.
ix. VINE'S - Vine's Expository Dictionary of
Biblical Words. Copyright © 1985 by Thomas
Nelson Publishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
x. The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and
Brown Driver and Briggs' Hebrew Lexicon. Copyright ©
1993, Woodside Bible Fellowship, Ontario, Canada. Licensed from the
Institute
for Creation Research. Used by permission. First published in Canada by
Online Bible.
b. PAPER BASED REFERENCE SOURCES AND
ABBREVIATIONS
In addition, the following paper based translations and
reference sources are referred to:
i. TLT - The Living Torah
The Living Torah, a modern
Jewish translation by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, published by
Maznaim Publishing Corporation, New York and Jerusalem.
ii. LAM - Holy Bible from the Ancient Eastern
Text : George M Lamsa's Translation from
the Aramaic of the Peshita
Published by Harper Collins.
3. GREEK AND HEBREW REFERENCE SOURCES
The Old Testament scriptures referred to in this book are all
translated from the Hebrew. The New
Testament scriptures, with exception with certain scriptures from
George Lamsa's translation from the
Aramaic are all translated from the Greek texts.
Section 36, page 107 and Appendix I, page 255 provide more
detail on the Lamsa translation from the
Aramaic. However, since the vast majority of reference material is
based on the New Testament
translations from the Greek, these are the translations primarily used.
In interpreting various passages of scripture it has been
necessary to return to the source languages in order
to confirm or adjust the translation in order to return to the original
meaning of the scriptures.
For those readers not familiar with these resources the
following may be helpful:
a. STRONG'S NUMBERS
Every word in the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New
Testament has been catalogued by Strong
and allocated a unique reference number. This number is extensively
used in Biblical analysis to link
English translations back to the original Hebrew, to link all
scriptures where the same word occurs
and as a uniform means of referencing between different works. The
Strong's numbers are associated
with the King James Version.
These numbers are also used in the Interlinear Bible.
Accordingly, whereever reference is made in the text to a
"Strong's number", this is the significance.
b. STRONG'S DEFINITION
Strong also produced a dictionary which is cited to define
the meaning of words throughtout this
book. Accordingly the reference "Strong's Definition" indicates a
definition drawn from Strong's
Dictionary.
c. THAYER'S DEFINITION
Thayer's Dictionary performs a similar function to Strong's
and references take the same form.
d. BROWN-DRIVER-BRIGGS DEFINITION
Brown-Driver-Briggs Dictionary performs a similar function to
Strong's and references take the same
form.
e. VINE'S DEFINITION
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words performs a
similar function to Strong's and references
take the same form. Vine's definitions are more detailed and are
therefore used to a lesser extent than
the other reference works.
4. YAHWEH AS THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER
The word "Yahweh1" is used in this
document to reflect the fact that the correct translation of the Hebrew
word generally translated "The Lord" in the King James Version and many
others is, in fact, "Yahweh". Yahweh is the proper name for our God and
occurs 6,828 times in the Old Testament. Vines states:
"LORD
The divine name YHWH
appears only in the Bible. Its precise meaning is much debated. God
chose it as His personal name by which He related specifically to His
chosen or covenant
people." (from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical
Words, (Copyright (C) 1985, Thomas Nelson
Publishers)
By
way of analogy, my proper name is "James" and I have the designation of
"husband" to my wife, it would not be indicative
of a meaningful marriage relationship if my wife were to constantly
refer to me as "husband" rather than "James". In the same
way, it is not indicative of a meaningful relationship with our God to
refer to Him as "Lord" rather than "Yahweh" when He
has given us His name to use and uses it throughout scripture.
For more information refer to the book "The Sacred Name" published by
Qadesh La Yahweh Press, available on the internet
at:
http://www.yahweh.org/publications/pdf1/sacrednm.pdf
Accordingly, the name "Yahweh" is used throughout this book
interchangeably with "God" and "God the Father" as a more
technically accurate translation of the name of our God to English.
5.
TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS
The book as a whole is written in Times Roman 12 point font. The
following typographic conventions are used:
a.
NORMAL TIMES ROMAN 12 POINT
Normal Times Roman text such as this is used for the writings of the
author.
b.
ITALIC TIMES ROMAN 12 POINT
Italic
Times Roman text such as this is used for quotations from scripture,
irrespective of translation.
c.
ARIEL 12 POINT TEXT
Ariel 12 point text in is used for text quoted verbatim from
other sources such as Strong's,
Vine's, etc.
d. ARIEL
12 POINT ITALIC TEXT
Ariel 12 point text in Italic's is used for
quotations or emphasis in text quoted verbatim from
other sources.
e.
BOLD TEXT
Bold
text such as this is used for emphasis of the writings of the author or
selected passages of
scripture.
f. BOLD
AND LARGE TEXT
Bold
and large text such as this is used for the writings of the author or
selected passages of scripture which are central to the thinking of
this book. The intention, which may not have been fully achieved in the
present version,
is to enable readers to scan the book reading only the large bold text
and
obtain the heart of the message.
Very large and extra
large
text are used to emphasise points which
are regarded as absolutely critical.