CONTEST AT LAW, Chapter 24 of Polygamy in the Bible

CONTEST AT LAW, Chapter 24 of Polygamy in the Bible 

Pages 248 to 268

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For the Lord Is our Judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord Is our king; he will save us. (Isa. 33.22)

Since the time of Christ, perhaps nothing portrays the foolishness of man as vividly as his laws governing marriage. Numerous, inconsistent, and outright ridiculous marital laws have marred every era in history. Most of this legislation is bent toward superstition rather than practicality or divine law.

Upon close examination, it will be observed that man’s laws are always changing, but God’s laws remain constant. This often causes a clash between civil and Biblical law. But human legislators should have no more jurisdiction over marriage than they do over baptism or the Lord’s supper. Men might legislate laws contrary to the Ten Commandments if they wish, but that does not invalidate them, nor change God’s sanction of them. Who would suppose that courts and congresses could assume the power to legislate against God’s laws? Nevertheless, such tribunals have often enacted laws against God’s laws of marriage.