Grace Believers and Polygamy

      There is a fringe group in the "right division grace camp" that believe polygamy is OK under Grace.  It is true that God allowed polygamy in time past, but that was not His perfect will.  Genesis 2:23-24 states,

[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Note that in the beginning the first marriage was arranged by God and it consisted of only one man and one woman.  This teaching of only two in marriage (male & female) was also confirmed by Christ during His earthly ministry.  Matthew 19:5 states,

[5] And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

The Apostle Paul during the Acts period as well as after Acts 28 confirms marriage as one male and one female becoming one flesh.  1 Corinthians 6:16 states,

[16] What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

For one that might argue that things changed after the final offer of the Kingdom in Acts 28 in regards to the doctrine of marriage, note that Ephesians 5:31 (written after Acts 28) states, 

[31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

God's perfect will under Grace, even after Acts 28, is for marriage to be between one man and one woman for life!

This "fringe" group of "right dividers" who have put their stamp of approval on polygamy actually give right division a bad name and cause some to reject the Bible instruction of 2 Timothy 2:15.   Some of this same group also reject the doctrine of the "Trinity" (see my previous blog post on this subject).  Another characteristic of some in this fringe group is they also reject the doctrine of hell.  I have an old post on my blog "Did Paul Believe in Hell," but I may do an updated post on this subject as well.  Some say these people got off base on these issues because they went too far in right division.  I disagree.  My belief is that these "fringe" right dividers got off base on these issues, not because of their "right division" (whether it be Mid Acts or Acts 28), but because they rejected or changed words in the King James Bible.