Aletheia4u
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All marriages during Biblical times were arranged by the parents. And some countries still practice it.RE: The Right To Destroy Jewish History
SUBTOPIC: Arranged Marriages
⁜→ Roudy, et al,
BLUF: I'm not sure we are using the same concept in the "term" marriage.
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As I understand it the, in the early half of the first millenium, arranged marriages can happen very early in life. Families can form an alliance, based on a future commitment, by pledging a marriage very early in the life of children.
From ancient times, right up through the 18th century, families were related through marriage commitments arranged by parents. The commitment may not be completed for another decade, but the promise of marriage between the children of families was important factor in political or economic/commercial terms. Today's practice of wedding notices and announcements of engagements and marriages dates back to those times.
These types of arrangements have no real immoral intent.
Most Respectfully,
R
But the Hebrews' marriages were arranged by God when they were under the Laws.
Like in the story of Jacob. Jacob's daughter Dinah was raped by a Canaanite. And so Jacob arranged for them to be married so she wouldn't be considered defiled. But God didn't allow that to happen.
But since God left them. That they started to choose mates for their children. But now since those who have accepted Him as their Lord. Whomever marriages He didn't arrange while He wasn't present. That the couples are not obligated to stay with one another. That it is the choice of the unbeliever to stay or not.
But marriages God arranges, that they cannot separate.
Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.