marriage oath an incarnation of the first covenant???
Dear friends
In the marriage ceremony, following appropriate counsel, the bride and groom are asked to take the following vows: "I______, do take thee, ______
to be my lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance."
After studying the last weeks lesson on the two covenants, am seriously wondering whether this oath is another incarnation of the first covenant where the people promised to obey God...?
A point to ponder.. is there any biblical verse for any of the above statement construct?
wondering whether this tradition is also only worth tradition but unbiblical...
yours sincerely
DM
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on -
Is this the reason why more and more marriages are falling apart..? They are asked to take an oath which they donot believe in even before they start their married life?
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Rodriguez de Espinoza on -
I don't think so, you're arguing that that oath has been going on for many years which means that marriages has been falling apart since they start using that? I don't think so.
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on
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please explain why the first covenant failed..?
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Rodriguez de Espinoza on
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Marriage vows are not part of the first covenant.
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on
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in what way is it different in its essence? qualify your statement please..
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Rodriguez de Espinoza on
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how is this unbiblical? Those are the vows that couples live by.
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on
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This is unbiblical because it is not based on any scriptural verses...
and if the couples are living by it as claimed, there will be lesser and lesser divorces..::)))
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Rodriguez de Espinoza on
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To love in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part
I highly agree with those vows.
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on
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Thanks for being honest that it is your agreement only and by your silence i take it that there is no verse for it..::)))
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Rodriguez de Espinoza on
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Your right, there is no verse supporting that. So in other words love is meaningless to you..
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Permalink Reply by David Mathew on
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if you are comfortable with that, i am OK with that..::)))
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Permalink Reply by Kristina Pauly on -
I think the taking of vows in the formal seance is unbiblical, because I cant say I have seen it in scripture.. What we do however see time, and time again is the example of the two being married by the simple and beautiful act of making love.
Isac took her in to his mothers tent, and Jacob was married to Leah, and Rachel both by this same means...etc..
Marriage is not about making promises, but about being of one mind, purpose, and flesh.... Not much different from the way that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one in mind, and purpose. Sister White talked about that in great detail, in many of her writings...
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