Once Upon a Marriage: Beyond the Monogamy Myth

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אחר בשר


Chapter One




The Beginning

Even the most devout readers of the Holy Bible will often overlook many aspects about what GOD called marriage from the beginning. For example, although it cannot be refuted that Adam and Eve were husband and wife, evidently Adam did not know his wife until after which time they were both expelled from Eden. Some have stated that this biblical account is merely a metaphor and that such an obviously Freudian event did not actually occur in the literal sense of the story. I would beg to differ, as neither contender on either side of that argument is able to prove otherwise; but that is not my purpose to this particular work. Ultimately, all stories are metaphors and all accounts are symbolic. Different words mean different things to different people. Howbeit, according to scripture, Adam knew his wife in the biblical sense of the word and in the carnal sense of that same word. It is also here, in the Book of Genesis, that the reader might derive from the symbolism of the text that knowledge can be a good deal more than mere information. That is to say, that for one to act-ually “know” a thing one must also truly experience that thing. Adam knew his wife.

The student learns that Adam, according to the biblical account, did indeed have a wife. The student also learns that they became one flesh; that is to say, they were married in the Sight of GOD. Often at this point in the story all manner of convoluted doctrines frequently arise among various religious denominations concerning the marriage of Adam and Eve. That the reader fully understands and appreciates the fact that the LORD GOD did not “miss” something here is of vital importance in this biblical account. The LORD GOD knew the very moment that Eve was with child and the LORD GOD formed that child in the womb of its mother. Now there is no question concerning the legitimacy of that child. The child was indeed conceived of flesh and blood (although some have suggested otherwise) as there was only one human male present at the time having exactly the right number of human chromosomes to share with the mother in the conjugal act of marriage in the Sight of GOD. The process of conception in human beings involves the joining of two haploid cells (each containing 23 chromosomes), one from the man and one from the woman, to produce a human baby: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD, says the scripture. (Genesis 4:1) I am certainly confident that if Eve had spoken falsely concerning the conception of Cain, the scripture would have stated so. I do not believe that Eve joined in the flesh with the Serpent to produce a man-child as some suggest. Eve had gotten a man from the LORD. The births of Cain and Abel were both living testimonies to the scriptural truth that Adam and Eve were, in no ambiguous terms, one flesh. The offspring of these two human beings are a testimony to this truth. In every respect, the twain, even at the cellular level, joins to become one flesh. One flesh defines marriage in the Sight of GOD.

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What is important to bear in mind is that no matter how many times Adam and Eve were one flesh, they were always one flesh and that no matter how many times Eve gave birth to one flesh, Adam and Eve were still always one flesh thereafter. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (Genesis 2:24) This is the very first account of marriage recorded in the Holy Bible and one flesh is what the LORD GOD still recognizes as marriage today. This very scripture that Christ referred to, describing union between man and wife from the beginning, in the Book of Genesis, is precisely what the LORD GOD both honours and recognizes as lawful marriage between man and wife. GOD has never deviated from this. Marriage is one flesh — every time it happens. Nothing outside of rape is an exception to this rule because marriage constitutes the voluntary joining of two to become one flesh. (See: Deuteronomy 22:25-27)


Clearly, a man and a woman, whom have freely engaged in the act of marriage, are correctly called one flesh in the Sight of GOD and this description may well apply to them in multiple ways. Whether metaphorically, symbolically, by proxy, or progeny, unions between a man and a woman certainly exist, but according to the fullest scriptural account, the truest form and example of one flesh is that which is granted to the student of scripture and that which existed from the beginning. For this is the very example that Christ pointed to and there can be no better example than the one the Messiah has given.


There can be no doubt among those who would take credence in the scriptural account that this union between man and wife is indeed marriage and cannot be called anything else except what the LORD GOD called it. If the student of scripture intends to be sincere with respect to the written word of GOD as declared in the volume of that Book, the student must call marriage what GOD called marriage and reject all subsequent, new age interpretations of the Word of the LORD. Yet, how many today actually know what indeed defines marriage between husband and wife? How many people today, in the western world are fully able to define marriage without resort to the ambiguity of some new age dictionary? Practically every single debate or discussion I encountered concerning the subject always points back to the time of the beginning of creation where the LORD GOD and Christ bear witness of Adam’s forthright declaration addressing his virtuous betrothal to Eve, written in the Book of Genesis, Chapter two, verse 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”. This statement alone should provide the basis of all criteria concerning marriage in the flesh.

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Lest any shadow of doubt be cast upon this truest definition of marriage, or upon the mind and heart of the honest reader, I sincerely invite the diligent reader to search the scriptures in the New Testament touching this subject as well; for there can be no room for doubt left in the honest mind of the forthright scholar concerning the complete volume of the book, to which Christ did readily refer. A fair assessment of what GOD first called marriage can be substantiated in the verses of the books and epistles of Matthew (19:5-6), Mark (10:8), 1 Corinthians (6:16), and Ephesians (5:31). Marriage, in the Sight of GOD, is “one flesh” — even from the beginning. It can be put no plainer, nor can it be refuted that this union is precisely what GOD has called marriage as it pertains to husband and wife in each, and in every example; for whether the reference to marriage in the Greek is gamisko, ekgamizo, ekgamisko, or just plain gamos, each and every verse cited points directly to that union, joining, coupling, conjugation, etc. which the LORD GOD first called one flesh from the beginning. So profound and so great is the gravity of this fundamental truth that it largely explains why there is so much trouble in present-day marriages as few pastors, ministers, clergy, judges, lawyers, priests, politicians and the like, who would so boldly lay claim to being “public servants”, ever testify that this is the case! Should the stark reality of this basic truth ever strike the reader with full force, regarding the depth, the breadth, length, width, height, scope, and the sheer, overall magnitude at stake touching the traditional and generational condoning of this basic truth, they might well be astonished. No matter how far back the student of scripture should care to go, or resort to the Aramaic halal, chathlan, or 'ownah, all of these Old Testament words still record (even in the ancient Sumerian cuneiform) marriage to be what the GOD of the Hebrews first called, Basar 'echad — אחר בשר — Aramaic Iudean for “one flesh”.



From the beginning, the meaning of marriage has always been the same up until the day that Christ set foot upon the earth as the Son of man and this doctrine was still taught by the Apostles long after his ascension. Marriage, between a man and a woman is indeed a union in the flesh. Neither is the state of marriage a temporary condition to be frivolously cast aside for want of fornication, because the act of fornication (ungodly conjugation) is an affront to marriage in the Sight of GOD. There is no escaping this basic, biblical fact, upheld by the scriptures, from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation and there are absolutely no exceptions to the rule: If the said union is not one flesh then it is not marriage between a man and a woman. The shocking part of this revelation requires that the student fully embrace the concept that if the proposed union between man and wife is indeed one flesh, then the very act of conjugation is also marriage in the Sight of GOD — not only the first time it happens, but also every time that it occurs! I need not remind the reader that GOD is not blind. He has seen every single union and joining, conjugation, and every “situation” in the flesh that ever occurred on the planet. Every one of these conjugal unions was indeed a marriage when it occurred between a man and a woman. Nor can it be refuted that not all marriage is honourable, as Christ plainly stated marriage could also be adultery and fornication. I suggest it is high time Christians own up to the truth! How many have the humility to confess that one flesh is marriage in the Sight of GOD?

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What is considerably more important than debating whether or not the Maker of all things ever “misses” a thing, is the full acceptance of the responsibility that remains to all those who have freely conjugated in the flesh to regard such unions as marriages in the Sight of GOD. I have frequently experienced a well-meaning friend, or acquaintance, approach me, saying to the effect, “Brother, are you saying that when a man joins with an harlot that they have married?” Well, what does the Holy Bible say? It does not nearly matter what this brother from another mother says if his words do not agree with the word of GOD. Rather judge in yourselves: Is it possible for a man to actually marry an harlot? I should say yes, but more importantly, the Holy Bible states that not only is this possible, but that this act should be forbidden in the church! The question that would be better proposed here is not so much whether it is possible that a man might marry an harlot, but whether such a thing should be done. In the First Book of Corinthians, Chapter Six, verses fifteen through twenty, the Apostle Paul declared the following words:



Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians, 6:15-20 - emphasis added)



I would draw the reader’s attention to the fact that even suggesting that the cited scripture is only some symbolic metaphor using an earthly example simply written to illustrate that the holy church should refrain from committing “spiritual harlotry” is a moot and weak argument. Considering that the Apostle Paul referred to both the body and the spirit in the above passage, surely the reader must then also witness that the Apostle Paul has indeed correctly identified precisely what such a joining, or marriage, act-ually constitutes. This sort of union is nothing less than fornication and such a marriage cannot be honourable. Furthermore, the Apostle Paul has made the matter perfectly clear in this scripture, that when a man is “joined to an harlot” that the “two, saith he, shall be one flesh.” Again: GOD verily called marriage, from the beginning, one flesh. I think it is quite possible for a man to marry an harlot. In nowise do I suggest that a man ought to marry an harlot and I certainly don’t advise it. Admittedly, such an union as described in the passage does not constitute godly marriage between an husband and his wife. I will not dispute this truth as I have already identified that union and joining with Paul’s own words, calling it marriage by its appropriate, biblical description, so there should be no lingering doubt concerning the ungodliness of such an union. Nonetheless, it is still in every respect, and in every wit, marriage in the Sight of GOD; for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. Yes that is right: I am saying that marriage can indeed be fornication because Christ said so himself. I did not state that godly marriage is fornication, but I do declare that marriage to an unrepentant harlot is an abomination in the sight of GOD. Without GOD, even marriage is a vanity under the sun. Without Christ even a union of two virgins is doomed in the Sight of GOD.

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Are pastors today actively teaching this truth according to the admonishing of the apostle Paul? Are the elders, the deacons, and the bishops warning our youth that most marriage is indeed abominable? Are the sisters likewise warning the young women and teaching them that not all marriage is honourable? Brothers and sisters, I would beseech you this day, to please read the Holy Bible precisely as it is written: “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers GOD will judge.” (Hebrews 13:4) So, where then, does the Holy Scripture read, “All marriage is honourable”? It does not; nor shall it ever read this way, as the Word of GOD cannot lie. Rather, the scripture plainly reads: “Marriage is honourable [able to be honoured] in all”. How is it then, that by some sly and subtle trick of the enemy the sincere student of scripture is then so frequently led to believe a lie? Are those noble and well-meaning authorities so blinded that they now think to equate the idea of godly and honourable marriage with every sort of marriage, union, or conjugation under the sun? Is it any wonder why churches today are full of fornication and adultery? “After all”, says the lying minister, “all marriage is honourable”. Friend, if you should gain anything from reading this book, I hope and pray that you understand and fully concur that not all marriage is honourable; but rather that marriage is honourable in all who are married in the Body of Christ. Marriage, in the Sight of GOD, can only be so honoured and there is no other sort, excepting that which GOD first called marriage from the beginning. To say that all marriage is honourable is a treacherous lie.


There is nothing of greater import to Mankind, next to salvation in that most blessed name of JESUS, than marriage between man and wife. In the Book of Ephesians, Chapter five, the student learns that godly marriage is of such sacred import and significance that GOD uses this very union in metaphor and parable to describe His relationship to the church of true worshipers. As to whom the institution of marriage belongs, should be no question in the mind of any who follow the doctrine of Christ. Yet even in this passage, just before the chapter draws to a close, the Apostle once again reminds the reader, that marriage is one flesh: “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.” (See: Ephesians 5:31) We see then, that not only can a man be “joined to an harlot” in marriage, (1 Corinthians 6:16) but also that a man can join “unto his wife”; for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. So while both of these examples constitute marriage in the Sight of GOD, only one of them is truly honourable. “Marriage is honourable in all” does not mean that all marriage is honourable. So, who is the man who claims that if a man joins to an harlot that the twain are one flesh? Who, of all people, would dare to even suggest that joining to an harlot should be called marriage? Where would the Apostles get such radical idea? Did the Apostles of GOD perhaps make a terrible mistake? Could it possibly be that what churches are calling marriage is actually the mere act of two people (regardless of status) joining in the flesh of their own volition? Is it likely then, that there is nothing in the flesh, in and of itself, that can be justified of GOD? Who is the man who dares to declare that there is no good thing in the flesh? The answers can be found within that text which GOD so lovingly suffered to provide Mankind. One need not search far back in the scripture to learn the answers to these honest questions.

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In fact, the New Testament declares those answers in a fashion that is easily understood. Howbeit, the reader is likely to learn that all the answers in the New Testament always point back to the very beginning of creation, where the LORD GOD first defined marriage as one flesh. In Chapter nineteen of the first book in the New Testament, the reader learns the story of the Pharisees as they approached Christ, testing him, to set a snare before him concerning what the LORD GOD called one flesh. In the Book of Matthew, Chapter 19, the dialogue reads as follows:


The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 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? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.*


Now it should be clear to the honest student of scripture that Christ stated that the wife who is put away is still the wife of the man who put her away; for any other who marries “her which is put away doth commit adultery”, saith the Lord. (See verse nine) The only exception, which Christ allows for concerning this, is the cause of fornication. So then: Is it indeed possible for a man to marry another man’s wife? The answer should be readily obvious. Christ Jesus would not speak falsely. Not only does the Lord plainly reveal that it is possible for a man to marry another man’s wife, but in the same breath he also calls the very act adultery. Therefore, in the verse provided, Christ has also called marriage of particular sort adultery. Is the act of adultery in marriage then considered honourable? GOD forbid, says the Apostle Paul. No, not all marriage is honourable; but many pastors and public servants would have us to believe otherwise. What “thus saith the LORD” is to be the final arbiter in the final determination of truth, but the people have rebelled against the truth to serve their own selfish ends. For it is here, where one learns that the sheep are being fed a diet of worms which few dare to examine while the majority readily receives the lie that is preached from the pulpit. In the fabrication of a paper writ of license for the purpose of marriage more fornication and adultery in marriage has been falsely justified at the altar of GOD than any other exploit known to humankind. Please consider the fact that in less than a single century the sanctioning of marriage by means of a secularist writ has subtly resulted in more false covenants, manipulation, and malicious merchandising of human lives than ever before in the course of human history!


* (Matthew Nineteen, verses three through twelve - emphasis added)

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In the account provided, the first matter of the dialogue actually addresses the subject of the putting away of a spouse for every cause. At this point there is no mention of what the Pharisees already knew in their law to be the only lawful cause for the putting away of a spouse, and that, with a writ of divorcement. (See: Deuteronomy 24:1) They were setting a trap. Christ Jesus already knew that the “issue” presented was not really the issue at all; he also knew that they were trying to set a trap and simply turns them back to the writing of their own law:


“Have ye not read”, says the Christ, “that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 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? Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” (Matthew 19:4-6 – emphasis added) Christ makes a profound statement in declaring these words because in so doing, he immediately points them all the way back to the beginning, before the flood, even before that ancient Sumerian law, which indubitably preceded both the Egyptian law and the law of Moses, having originated in the early account of creation, in the second Chapter of the Book of Genesis. The Messiah then reminds them of what was first written in their own Torah. He reminds them that a man shall cleave unto his wife and that this makes them one flesh. He tells them that what GOD “joins together” are a man and a wife. Christ does not tell them that GOD “joins together” a man and an harlot, or a man and an adulteress, or a man and a fornicator; but rather, it is GOD who does the joining between a man and a wife. This is so very important to bear in mind. It is further proof that not all marriage is honourable; for two, saith he, shall be one flesh, and the LORD GOD does not mince words. The act of conjugation was first ordained of GOD.





The student learns that when Christ repeated a thing in the account of the Gospel, it was always of the uttermost importance. There are several examples of this in the scripture of the Son of man repeating the same words that he first declared. So it bears repeating that this passage is certainly no exception, for Christ Jesus repeats yet again, in the following sentence, that the two are one flesh. It would seem that he does not desire to risk not being heard the first time. By this observation, the reader can be fully confident that marriage is verily, verily one flesh in the Sight of GOD. Howbeit, there is still the matter of an harlot joining to a man as opposed to a wife joining with a man. (See: 1 Corinthians 6:16). Is the conjugal act still marriage in the Sight of GOD when a man joins himself to an harlot, an whore, or if he takes a prostitute in the flesh? Is there actually a difference? I should think that there is certainly a difference between a wife and an harlot, but what of the conjugal act? What follows verse six, in the Book of Matthew, Chapter Nineteen, should give the student some idea as to what that difference might be. The reader will also learn that much repetition will indeed be presented in this book as well, lest the matter of what GOD first called marriage be lost due to some oversight. Christ would not have used the example from the beginning if the example were obsolete, expired, temporary, or no longer valid. Clearly, Christ used the very best example of marriage existing between a man and his wife.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD

:::chuckles::: Less and less surprises me these days.

Ah well, just putting out the word . . . Have you ever read this? I improved upon it!

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Experience is knowledge, we are told. Flesh has memory. Even muscle tissue has memory. So-called "text book knowledge" is also one form of cerebral experience that readily imparts information via imagination and symbology. Practical, hands-on knowledge is another form of knowledge gained from direct and first-hand experience and is often more accurate than knowledge merely gained from reading text. This form of knowledge is rarely ever fictitious in nature because it is not merely fabricated out of some human imagination or projection. GOD uses both practical knowledge and the symbology of text to impart information to us and communicate with us. Our experience bears witness to the symbolism of the words by which this knowledge is imparted. All too often we would fail to listen and pay attention to the message. I would urge the reader to pay close attention to what I am about to share, as this information is likely one of the most important messages I have shared on the internet in a very long while. The following scripture is what some would call a "classic"; however the message that I share here, based on this scripture, is likely not something the reader has ever heard put this way before; but I would assure the reader that this revelation is no private interpretation. I submit that it came to me from the LORD.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

What many today fail to understand is that it is not our faith that saves us. It is not our grace that saves us either. Our knowledge doesn't give us any spiritual advantage until we have what the HOLY BIBLE calls KNOWLEDGE of the LORD. All of the faith and all of the grace that we have, that is truly faith and truly grace, is all from the FAITHFUL ONE. It is His gift to us. Surely to all is granted a measure of faith and to all is granted a measure of grace, but without the FAITHFUL ONE we would all still have nothing. This knowledge is so vitally important that I would even go so far as to say that it is essential to our salvation in the LORD! What we do with this faith, and what we do with this grace that GOD has granted us, is our own, personal choice — until it runs out; but as for those who would ask, "Does grace run out?" I would answer: Do people die? Now the Word says that Esau also sought repentence with tears and that he could not find it. Esau ran out of grace. There was nothing left in him. He was as good as dead for he found no place of repentance. Without faith or grace repentance is impossible. This scripture is a serious admonition to all them that are found in the Body of Christ:

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears (Hebrews 12:17)

It could be said that all religions require both faith and grace, considering that without HIS grace we would all be wiped off the face of the earth; but GOD is good and GOD is longsuffering. HE alone is the FAITHFUL ONE because all our faith comes from HIM. HE alone is the true source of all our faith; but oh, how some of us would so misplace our faith despite the fact that all our faith came from GOD! I'm not making this up: This is HIS WORD imparted to us all that we all might not only have faith, but also that all might KNOW HIM. HIS GRACE is that BLOOD which He shed on Calvary, which paved the way directly to HIS THRONE that we might approach it boldly and arrive at that place of repentence even with fear and trembling. Does it "sound" as though I am contradicting myself? Perhaps it does for those who are weak in the faith. Yea, we may boldly approach the throne of GRACE but after that, the honest heart will also receive Him, even with fear and trembling. The POWER of GOD is both terrible and wonderful! JESUS did this for all of us in FAITH that we might all live and have life more abundantly. JESUS gave us His life that we might KNOW HIM. Yea, HE is a very merciful GOD! HE sacrificed HIS Person on a cross! AMEN.

Although we are all granted both faith and grace that we might all boldly approach HIS THRONE, not all exercise this option; but the works of our faith and the works we do by HIS GRACE are only a means to an end! HE is the Author and Finisher of our faith which HE alone granted us. Faith and Grace are what GOD has given us so that we might ARRIVE at a specific place in HIM that we might KNOW HIM. . . That we might taste and see that HE is verily GOD and KNOW that GOD is good. GOD is not just some mere concept generated by ink and paper in our minds. No, GOD is not just an idea — GOD is REAL! GOD is a Spirit and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth! No mortal alive can arrive at the KNOWLEDGE of GOD without HIS faith or without HIS grace; but the main reason that we are granted this faith and this grace in the first place is that we might KNOW HIM. To know GOD one must receive GOD. This is not optional. Read Acts Chapter Two and be not quick to exclude verse 39 that says:

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

Plainly put, If you have not received the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT then you simply do not KNOW GOD. Verily, verily, it is impossible to arrive at the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH merely by ink and paper and the letter of the law! The letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life! You need to experience a genuine, HOLY GHOST, ACT in your very being! You must TASTE and SEE that the LORD is good! What do we TASTE with? What do we SEE with? Brothers and sisters, it is not possible to know GOD without first receiving the HOLY SPIRIT. The "gift of the HOLY SPIRIT" is indeed the HOLY SPIRIT. One does not receive the HOLY SPIRIT and just sit on their hands! Methinks that it would almost be humorous to see someone try. So great, so powerful, so terribly awesome is this POWER the very stones would cry out if it could be supressed! Yea, this is how powerful a move of the Holy Ghost ACTually is upon those who diligently seek Him. The power of GOD is invigorating and the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD is not given without purpose! If you have knowledge of the LORD you also have a burden from the LORD to carry. You have a personal responsibility for the KNOWLEDGE that GOD has given you! This KNOWLEDGE is called KNOWLEDGE of the LORD. It is not optional to your salvation in the Body of Christ — it is essential. All the text book knowledge, and rote memorization will not provide this for you on its own merit. You must pray for the ACTual EXPERIENCE of this KNOWLEDGE of the LORD.

Friend, if you are without KNOWLEDGE of the LORD then it should follow that you simply do not know GOD. No, you still need to pray on through to the other side. The knowledge that you may think you have is only cerebral. It is superficial. . . It is like the knowledge that one might glean from reading a good work of fiction, or even an instruction manual. At some point the believer must get past that veil of superficial knowledge and ACT on it! The truth must be revealed in an actual, living experience which renders the faith of the believer more than just a work of fiction, or a detailed list of instructions, or a mere projection of the believer's own, personal conviction! If any believes they have faith, the FAITH of GOD is greater! Pray for it. All the rote memorization in the world cannot save anyone of its own merit and typical text book knowledge will not cut it. No, the believer must also experience a genuine, ACT of GOD in you! To ACTually experience GOD is to KNOW GOD and this is that hope of glory! Only then can you have KNOWLEDGE of the LORD. Now Adam did not know Eve until they first UNITED in the flesh. This union is what GOD first called "one flesh"; but flesh and blood cannot inherit the KINGDOM of GOD and GOD is a SPIRIT. The union with GOD in the Spirit is called ATONEMENT (at one ment). Clearly then, to know GOD is to join with GOD in SPIRIT, to become one with GOD, in spirit and in truth! This is that same MYSTERY that was first imparted unto the saints of GOD in The Book of Acts, that we might also know GOD. Spiritual union is the goal of the gospel. (Ephesians 5:32)

Now FAITH without works is dead; but if you have JESUS it is the Father Who doeth the works! Yes, we may have faith indeed, but our faith alone will never be enough to save any outside of a genuine moving of the HOLY GHOST. Only JESUS saves. Many today have this dead religious attitude that they were saved through their own faith as though this were enough to save them; but it is the faith of JESUS that ACTually saves the believer. Yes, there is also grace, but it is that grace that is given to us that we might approach GOD, the SOURCE of all FAITH, faithfully! O, ye of little faith! I weep for you! Remember the words of that honest father who said directly to the Person of the FATHER, "Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief!" We must return our cup of little faith to the SOURCE of all FAITH and we must do so faithfully! FAITH is an investment!

This is the word that my LORD has given me to share with you THIS DAY and I already know that most of you are just not getting it because most of you who are reading this message are still far too preoccupied with judging the messenger to even bother to discern the truth of this message. I will say it anyway. . . Faith is much like priming a pump: Only a mere cup of water is required to prime that pump but once it takes, a flow is generated that can move hundreds of thousands of gallons! At some point we must return our little faith unto the FAITHFUL ONE so that we might receive His Faith, pressed down and overflowing! As it is written, "out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water"! Alas, today so many are misplacing their faith simply because they still do not know GOD. So many would so easily forget that GOD is the source of everything that is — including our little faith. Now there is a reason we were all granted a measure of faith. There is a reason we were all granted a measure of grace. There is no grace for them that are in the grave! The dead know nothing! I see dead people all the time! THINK ABOUT IT! Either they have died to sin and are gone back to JESUS, or they have died in their sin and await the fearful resurrection of shame and everlasting contempt. What is the purpose to this grace whereby we are saved through faith in the FAITHFUL ONE?

In a single word:

KNOWLEDGE

The goal of the GOSPEL is UNION in JESUS. UNION in JESUS is KNOWLEDGE of the LORD. JESUS is that FAITHFUL ONE. There is no other. Without UNION in JESUS it is impossible to know GOD. Without FAITH, which comes from GOD, it is impossible to please GOD. My friend, you could memorize the entire BIBLE and still not know GOD. Taste and see that the LORD is GOOD: EXPERIENCE GOD. Pray for a genuine ACT of GOD in you that you might KNOW GOD. EXPERIENCE the ACTual power of GOD move through you in the NAME of JESUS. The fifth book in the New Testament isn't called The Book of ACTS simply because they all got together and talked about GOD. Long ago, a certain man once told certain others in a certain forum to go their way because, he said, that I had knowledge. Either GOD revealed this to him or the enemy feared that I would impart this knowledge to some and they just might "get it". Yes, I surely have knowledge! Praise GOD, I have the knowledge but I am not alone, being merely flesh and blood. There are others who also have this very same knowledge. Do you have this knowledge? I so wish and it is my deepest desire that all who read this message gain this marvelous knowledge. Adam knew his wife and JESUS is the LORD. This is that MYSTERY concerning Christ and the Church! May the only wise GOD reveal it to you and may GOD truly bless you in the knowledge of FULL BIBLE TRUTH.

Can you believe that I was kicked out and banned from BibleStudySpace.com after submitting this on my own, personal Blog??? AMAZING.

Most pastors, in my opinion, do not wilfully deceive others; but they are often driven to promote lies by their zeal for the truth because a gold ring through their noses leads them to set forth the doctrines that produce the most money in the interests of the church and all that their superiors tell them is good. They are, in effect, towing the party line, often with little to no knowledge of what they do. They frequently teach the sheep to obey “good government” as well as “bad government”. They teach the sheep that no matter who is “in power” that they are only there because GOD put them there and that the assembly must also obey the rulers of darkness indiscriminately. But is this indeed what the Holy Bible actually teaches? Are we to obey the rulers of the darkness of this world as readily as we are to obey them that truly have the rule over us? I should think not. I am not of the persuasion that the LORD GOD is really so hard-hearted toward His own people that they must also obey and do all that the sodomites, catamites, and lesbians tell them to do. No, we are not required of GOD to obey anyone who tells us to do anything contrary to His Word.

A free country will respect this right to liberty in the LORD — a fascist country will not. The love of money is the root of all evil and therefore a man cannot serve both GOD and mammon. Nonetheless the love of money all too often dictates church policy and its board of directors. For as valuable as acquiring money may be toward the promotion of any good and worthy cause, it must be stated that one single soul is astronomically more precious in the Sight of GOD than all the money generated from the day that man was first created. Martin Luther knew this was the case and despised indulgences, openly disobeying the church “authorities” in power during his day. Clearly, Martin Luther was only just beginning to come out of Babylon and he had no idea how blanketed he really was under the cloak of the rulers of the darkness of this world until he first dared to look beyond that black velvet veil of the ruling class elites. That said, if it were not for his daring exploits we might all still be behind that iron curtain of the Roman Papacy and ruled by pontiffs selling indulgences in the name of the Pope. Instead, another Caesar sells another version of various licenses and indulgences today while practically all the churches, including those Protestant daughters of Babylon, are registered in his name. There is no honour among thieves and whores.

No matter what denominational name any church might lend itself to, sin is still sin. We were commanded of Christ Jesus to render unto GOD the things that are GOD’s and we are not commanded of Christ Jesus to render unto Caesar the things that belong to our LORD and SAVIOUR. Caesar does not get anything he wants!People frequently seem to forget that marriage is an institution of GOD; but the alleged “powers that be”, tucked away in their private dens, have made it into merchandise for thieves and liars by means of paper writs and licenses! JESUS said that in the beginning it was not so. JESUS wanted us to know that what they were doing with marriage was not so in the beginning for a very specific reason. JESUS didn’t say those things just because it seemed like a good idea at the time and He had nothing better to say. JESUS didn’t just utter those words because He knew that they would make the Pharisees of that particular day and age look like total hypocrites. He stated them because they revealed the truth about what He called marriage!

I am quite certain that JESUS knew people would be reading His words in the Holy Bible long after His Person had ascended unto the Father. Shortly before His Person departed from the earth He plainly said to the disciples: “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” Shortly thereafter Rome expanded its boundaries to rule over the rest of the known world and spread outward to all nations, conquering all nations in its path. Unto this day there is no civilization that better answers to all the criteria describing the false prophet, the prince of this world, and the prince of the power of the air than the Kingdom of Rome itself. Now I certainly realize that I will make many enemies by stating these things but to be fair, the Protestants, as I have said numerous times before, have no real advantage. They have not yet come out of Babylon either. I would plead with the reader to consider the following scripture:

Revelation 17

1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.She is the Mother of Harlots and there is none arrayed like her in all the earth. She is rich, powerful, and ancient and her origins are rooted in Babylon. (See: Isaiah 47)

She is great, says the scripture. The great whore sits upon seven hills (Rome) and her children are the Protestant daughters, or Harlots. Of course, they have little reverence for their mother, being the illegitimate offspring of the great, old whore, but they are no better than she. No, they too practice the false doctrines of Babylon and they still sell their own style of indulgences, licenses, and paper writs; they still hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes and they are still lost in the Mystery of Babylon because they cater to the world.
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This book is about marriage. There are a few aspects that may not appear to coincide with the theme of this book until the scriptures are finally opened to the reader. To understand the theme of this book it is necessary to understand the terminology in which it is written. The Apostle Paul did state that there was a difference between a wife and a virgin but I would suppose that it would not have hurt the church if he also stated that the difference between a wife and a virgin is not nearly as great as the difference between a wife and an whore; but perhaps he thought it better to avoid over-stating the obvious. Alas, these days, because of the New Age English and the licentious customs of our times, such differences are vast losing definition. I would sincerely like to make an effort to restore those original definitions to their original counterparts.

I stated earlier that there is no honour among whores and thieves. The harlot daughters do despise their mother, the great whore. Men stealers are harlots and thieves: for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. (Proverbs 6:26) The best way to clear up the confusion surrounding this is to be honest and admit that a man can marry an whore, that a man can marry an harlot, that a man can marry an adulteress, and a man can marry a wife. When a man marries a virgin she does not remain a virgin in the flesh; howbeit he carries her virtue with him and he must honour her all his days. (Romans Seven; Deuteronomy Twenty-Two)

When a man marries a virgin he has verily taken her to wife, with or without vows, and according to the scripture he may not put her away all the rest of his days because, saith the LORD GOD, he hath humbled her. Remember: GOD doesn’t miss a thing. There is no so-called “gray area” concerning marriage to a virgin woman: she is indeed that man’s wife. As for marriage to a widow, or the loosed, it may or may not be so easily defined until it can be verified that all the criteria are met according to both the spirit and the letter of the law. Yet, it is clear that the Apostle Paul makes some consolation with the words, “But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned” and the words, “if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", and “only in the Lord”. (1 Corinthians Seven)

Once all the terms touching the subject of marriage are correctly in place the entire picture finally begins to make sense. Confusion flees the scene of the crime and the stark reality concerning the truth about marriage bears both witness and record. So. Marriage to an adulteress is ungodly. Marriage to an harlot is ungodly. Marriage to an whore is also ungodly. Marriage to a dog is ungodly, marriage to an whoremonger is ungodly, marriage to an adulterer is ungodly. Marriage is honourable in all, but not all marriage is honourable. I trust this knowledge is not too confusing.

All adultery is the chief of fornication and fornication is all manner of sinful sexual behaviour. The act of adultery is the crime of marrying another man’s wife and the act of adultery is not at all marriage to the loosed, the widowed, or the virgin, as some teach; but is fully determined by the marital status of the woman. Marriage to an harlot or to an whore is not necessarily the act of adultery, but it is most certainly fornication. Spiritually, all sin is sin. That means that all fornication, false witness, theft, murder, covetousness and dishonour to GOD and parents are spiritual adultery. If you steal a bar of soap from a motel room you commit adultery in the spirit; but in the flesh you commit no such act even though theft is a sin. Wherefore it is written, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone…” (John 8:7)

I trust this helps some who earnestly desire to put away the lies. I pray that this chapter is helping the reader gain some clarity and definition in these terms. I spent a good seven years deciphering all this material in prayer, in fasting, and seeking after GOD. I realize that a good many pastors scoff at resorting to the Hebrew and the Greek to explain the scripture and in some ways I would also understand their reasoning in this: The truth should be plain enough in our own language without having to resort to those more original translations. Howbeit, for all those who are of a more theological orientation, I lovingly invite them to do what they will. If they are truly honest scholars, I am confident that they will still discover precisely what I discovered, albeit even the English is clear enough. Rather our modern-day thinking needs work and the scripture cannot be interpreted with modern (new age) dictionaries. This is a great folly.

Admittedly, I went to the Greek and the Hebrew to verify all that I had already discovered in the English. Lo, and behold, the Greek and the Hebrew defined it with that much more clarity, causing me to ask why pastors were not telling us the truth. Have they then forgotten what the Greek and the Hebrew both say about actual marriage in the Sight of GOD? So it would seem.

I understand that towing the party line is easier, but I don’t know how these manage to sleep at night if they actually did their homework. I will endeavour to avoid boring the reader to tears with all the transliterations and exegesis of the scripture but I certainly did do my homework and looked into them. Yet I would encourage the reader to get a good concordance and check the lexicons to actually see whether these things are so because it is truly amazing to discover how much we have been lied to from the pulpits of high-minded pontificators who would so freely lead some of us to believe that we have sinned when we did nothing of the sort. Surely there is enough sin in the world without having to invent fictional sins as well. By the grace of GOD I have come a long way since 2002.

I recall a gentleman once inquired of me as to whether or not he had committed the act of adultery. He confided to me that he had married (joined in the flesh with) a woman who was once married by writ of contract to another man. The woman had allegedly joined with nearly a dozen men long after she had left her legal partner, he said, and stated that he did not even know that she even had a "legal" husband at the time that he had first conjugated with her. Apparently he didn't ask and she was not exactly telling. He learned about this years later, when the man called her from his deathbed. My answer to him may then be of some surprise to the reader as I told him plainly that he did not marry another man’s wife; therefore he did not so much commit the act of adultery with her, but rather that he had married a common whore. I told him that he had also committed the act of fornication in marrying her; that this marriage was not honourable. I told him that because she had initially committed the abominable act of adultery in the moment that she had first joined herself to another man (even after having freely joined of her own volition to her first, who yet lived) that she had committed adultery and had moved on to whoredom. Adultery is the gateway to whoredom. I explained that since he had already repented of this deed that it was no longer any concern because he had already put the whore away. So she was never his wife and she was not another man’s wife when she eventually joined with this man either. Admittedly, she was once another man’s wife but that stopped when she freely received yet another in an adulterous marriage. After that, says the scripture, she is defiled. And after that, says the scripture, she is called an adulteress. Then she took another... After that she is an harlot. Then another... After that she is an whore. To the best of my knowledge, upon writing this, the only man she joined with in the flesh, which no longer lives, was the man she “married” by civil writ. Clearly then, she was a common whore in dire need of repentence. There is still hope.

To be true, all maidens begin as virgins, whether they are in the Body of Christ or otherwise. Then the majority of these freely join with a man in the flesh and this is called marriage. A virgin does not “join” with a man who robs her of her virginity against her free will. That is an entirely different subject; for that is like murder, says the scripture. When the woman freely joins in the flesh of her own volition with a man, she has certainly married, says the scripture. If a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, says the scripture. Whether the marriage is honourable actually requires the blessing of the LORD; but whoremongers and adulterers (notice that these are men) GOD will judge, says the scripture. There is no divorcement within the Body of Christ but there is a good deal of it going on outside that sacred Body. In a divorcement someone (generally all parties) is not in the Body of Christ; but someone either needs to repent and get back into the Body of Christ, or someone seriously needs to find JESUS for the very first time. The Body of Christ is not to be trifled with. Adultery is a grievous sin and whoredom cannot thrive in the Body of Christ.

Contrary to what many pastors teach, rings and vows and paper writ do not a marriage make; but rather it is the joining of twain to become one flesh, says the scripture. This rule applies every time the twain freely joins in the flesh. There are no exceptions here. This is marriage: coupling, joining, conjugation and uniting to become one flesh. It may well be marriage without the window dressing of a wedding ceremony, but it is marriage nonetheless. GOD doesn’t miss a thing. The twain is always found in the Sight of GOD; rather the owe ness is upon the oneness of that union in the Sight of GOD to honour and to acknowledge it for what it is. And so it is, that the reader then learns that the church continually faces that grievous curse of whoredom and harlotry in the bosom of an adulteress. For as our LORD and SAVIOUR verily embraces a great multitude in the ONENESS of a Bride, even in a joining to five wise virgins, the witness is equally clear to the reader that the Bride is in nowise jealous over her LORD. Rather, the GREAT WHORE would equate herself to our LORD, and this is only further validation of that perverse mockery whereby JEZEBEL would assume the pretended authority over the seven heads of seven kingdoms, even to declare herself no widow. She is no wife either! This exploit can only bring even more condemnation to the MOTHER OF HARLOTS than ever; for the diligent student will read in the Volume of the Book that she sits as a Queen. (See: The Book of Revelation, Chapter 18, verse 7; also Revelation 17 and Isaiah 47)

By this very inversion and total perversion of the authority of the GODHEAD the filthy whore imbibes in her cup of mockery even unto this day. The goal of the Serpent in the garden was to completely invert and to pervert the innocence of Eve. The order of the inversion constituted making the enemy the head of the woman, who would in turn, be the head of the man, while Adam trampled his Maker under his feet. The plan failed and it was the Serpent who was trampled in the end. Yet since that day the spirit of antichrist has not once relinquished that same old craft to usurp the authority of the KING and replace it with the mockery of an whore. Forasmuch as the great multitude is found in the Bride so also the Great Whore covets her own great multitude, that she might also exercise authority over it, and be jealous over it, and that it might worship her as the Queen of Heaven, even to declare her a goddess and to venerate her as the Mother of GOD! This exploit is little more than Babylonian blasphemy.

Yea, the Media has tricked the masses! The vain tradition and veneration of the Mediatrix lives on, through music, television, the Internet, and all manner of literature. She is become the Media-matrix of the New World Order and the world loves her. Be rest assured that the Bride of Christ has little to concern her self with in the knowledge that she is indeed the Lamb’s Wife. Dressed in fine, white linen, without fake-up, no rings on her fingers, no bells on her toes. She is no "Gypsy Rose". She is clean and pure and holy. Yet she shall ever be that great multitude and also one in the Body of the Spirit. Nor is she jealous over her LORD; nor need she be so, for her LORD shall provide her every need and shall wipe away every tear so that she shall have need of nothing! Yea, the LORD shall verily endow her with riches untold from on high; but her dwelling shall be that heavenly Zion bearing jewels and gems beyond description and streets of gold that will never tarnish and will never wax old.

Yea, it is she who shall also become the New Jerusalem, the new wife, the Lamb’s Wife, perfect in every way, shining with the glory and the majesty of the Most High GOD! Mark well her desire to share her Bridegroom with all those who would receive Him in spirit and in truth! All who are found in the Bride shall also be found in Him. Indubitably, the diligent reader learns that there must needs be a death to the world and the things that are in it in order to be reborn and received in the Body of Christ, even the body of the one, true Church. Yet, I would caution the reader to be perfectly clear on the matter and method whereby our LORD and SAVIOUR also directs, speaks to, consoles, comforts, and admonishes the churches, plural! To fully appreciate and comprehend the absolutely marvelous design and perfect order by which our LORD established His glorious institution in the atonement, union, and concord, for which there can be no question or doubt concerning the veracity of these statements, requires a full immersion in the Spirit of the Almighty One. Fortunately, the marvelous Simplicity of our GOD is exemplified throughout the amazing Complexity and diversity of His handiwork and is manifest in all His creation. As it is written: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Romans 1:19-20)

EXCERPTS FROM "ONCE UPON A MARRIAGE..." TWO PAGES FROM THE INTRODUCTION

Introduction

The main purpose of this book is to help bring the reader into the awareness of some very controversial aspects of biblical marriage. The information contained in this manuscript is of such vital consequence to Society at large that I had originally purposed to share it with the entire public mainstream. However, in time I realized it was a complete vanity to share information with others who generally did not care, could not be interested, were unable to relate, or hardly even valued marriage to begin with. After establishing numerous web sites on the Internet and generating vast volumes of information, I developed a growing sense of having my finger on the pulse of the public mainstream regarding biblical marriage and a good many of the common problems associated with it. I also learned some of the reasons for this is that many people just aren’t all that interested in marriage and the ramifications involved in the election of such a noble and precious institution. That this book is currently in your hands sets you, the reader, apart from the majority.

After several attempts to write this book from different points of view and from the various perspectives generally held by denominational, doctrinal, and cultural institutions claiming proclivities toward that common denominator, the Holy Bible, it became apparent that this too, was a vanity on my part. Although the Holy Bible has played a significant role in the development of Western Society, it also occurred to me that the only perspective by which it could be honestly written by me was my own; regardless of how objectively it might be written. This is a compilation of my findings at the most basic and general level available to me concerning both the complexity and simplicity touching the marvellous wonders of that mystery of what both GOD and man, in spirit and truth, have determined in that book: Marriage, even from the beginning of creation unto this day.

The insights in this book are based upon that Book of books, which the faithful adherents of Christ declare to be the Holy Bible and the inspired Word of GOD. Its primary focus is one that union which GOD first ordained and declared marriage from the beginning. The volume reflects on those things which our LORD and SAVIOUR called husband and wife, without excluding what GOD verily called “wives” in accordance and respect toward all that is written in that most valued and cherished Book, which is still prevalent in virtually every church and in every courthouse to this very day. How much credence one must take in the printed word of the Holy Bible is not for me, a mere author, to dictate and to demand of the objective reader. I would dictate nothing here except only to appeal to the reader that they might receive that more perfect knowledge plainly dictated in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Holy Bible. Rather it is by that liberty which both GOD and man have so generously granted me that I might be so bold as to declare this truth; even as it is plainly presented in the most ancient and revered of texts, without feinting or flinching from those specific things which most pastors have seemingly avoided as though they were part of some great plague forbidden of GOD to be preached from the pulpit or taught in the churches, much less declared and honoured in our modern-day courts of law.




Once Upon a Marriage: Beyond the Monogamy Myth addresses the subject of marriage between husband and wife at its most basic and fundamental levels as plainly described in the Holy Bible in relation to that complexity and holy example of one LORD and one GOD as Head and Husbandman over a vast multitude, a number too great for any man to count. It is not written only for the novice and bigoted religionists, but this work is also a sincere plea to honest hearts and honest minds that truly reverence and respect all that is written in the Holy Bible. It is not written for the applause of those individuals who only value partial truth to the exclusion of those most gracious things of GOD, which are plainly stated in the Holy Bible concerning marriage between a man and a wife — or even wives. Howbeit, the author does mean to tear down those icons and idols of erroneous ideology to expose the raw nerves of those covering cherubs disguising themselves as “marital authorities” while picking our wallets and robbing otherwise good men of their rightful heritage in the LORD. In truth, these deceivers are merely handicapped messengers, each one towing a party line, many of them having registered their institutions with secularist dictators who manage the mammon they have appropriated by the various “humplemänner” of Westernized Society.

Iconoclasts are a “dime a dozen,” and it is precisely this knowledge that has kept me from even attempting to publish this work. It would seem that everyone has a tale to tell, a story to write. Notwithstanding, I find that now I have little choice but to regard the dictates of my own, personal constitution and conscience and to share this, my burden of knowledge. After having struggled for seven years’ duration in this, only to have it consistently proven time and time again, that we, who would take credence in that most sacred and Holy Book, have yet been consistently misinformed, reformed, and wrongly compelled to con-form to a faulty model, which the LORD GOD had never once intended any man to uphold, even from the beginning. Wherefore it behoves me that I should then write this work in answer to that Witness which Christ Jesus has provided me that none should remain the ignorant victims of a grand deception. It is now then, for the sake of my own conscience, that I find myself sharing this work with the committed resolve to have it published under the good graces of someone equally daring. The time for such a publishing is dead ripe and the time for change is now. What with all the confusion, hostility, and abject misery engendered in our institutions of worship and those various autocracies supposedly defining marriage, it should be readily apparent that something is still desperately wrong — not only in that part of Society which freely rejects the biblical truth, but also in all of those various institutions professing Christ and GOD. It is my sincerest hope that the reader might appreciate some measure of the message I share and that my efforts will help to improve their knowledge of what GOD called marriage. What determines this sacred institution as lawful and blessed in the Sight of GOD is not at all secondary to mankind, but is of the utmost importance. I beseech the reader to lay aside any and all prejudices and biases to the benefit of learning those manifest things, which are indeed esteemed of GOD, and are fully presented in the scriptures concerning this vast volume of insight that both students and teachers of the Gospel should be better equipped to fight the good fight and run the good race to the glory and honour of the Most High. May GOD bless the reader with this knowledge.