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• Marriage
  ...fact, but the ideal purpose. &nbsp; Genesis 2:1-25 is an allegory of what marriage was intended to be, and of what it was understood to be in the best thought ...phy </i> . G. W. Bromily, <i> God and Marriage </i> ; L. J. Crabb, <i> The Marriage Builder: A Blueprint for Couples and Counselors </i> ; J. Piper and W. Grud
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• Christian. Marriage
  Christian. Marriage <ref name="term_49714" /> ...may be either in the established church or in a dissenting chapel. If the marriage is to take place in an established church, then there must be either public
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• Divorce
  ...[[Alexander]] </p> <p> <i> See also </i> [[Family Life And Relations]]; [[Marriage]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . D. J. Atkinson, <i> To Have and to [[Hol ...roblem''' </p> <p> In any society where there is a widespread breakdown of marriage, the result will be an increasing number of social and family problems. The
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• Contract Of Marriage
  Contract Of Marriage <ref name="term_34218" /> ...e above the original of our marriage certificates. (See [[Dowry]]); (See [[Marriage]]). </p>
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• Christian Law Of. Divorce
  ...n? The act would not have been committed with the present disposition, and state law tempted to its performance. We think that in such a case as this, at le
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• Matrimony Or Marriage
  Matrimony Or Marriage <ref name="term_50143" /> ...Ehe. (See [[Celibacy]]); (See [[Dispensation]]); (See [[Divorce]]); (See [[Marriage]]); (See Sacrament). </p>
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• Concubine
  ...that in the marriage of the Lord Jesus with our nature (which the marriage-state in nature is a type of), both in the general purpose of it with his church ...he family wealth. </p> <p> David H. Engelhart </p> <p> <i> See also </i> [[Marriage]] </p>
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• Family
  ...must have been greatly simplified by the spread of monogamy in the OT (see Marriage), and in Christian times there would have been very few complications in th ...ist, thus creating the larger family of God. See [[Father]]; [[Mother]]; [[Marriage]]; Sex; [[Woman]]; Children; [[Divorce]] . </p> <p> J. [[Michael]] Hester <
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• Celibacy
  ...ry, therefore, has evidently the mark of the beast upon it. </p> <p> See [[Marriage]] </p> <p> (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound b
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• Adultery
  ...opinion she must have conceived that she already felt an alteration in the state of her body, and the germ, as it were of the disease springing within her. ...elech]] (Genesis 12; 20), implies the same reverence for the sacredness of marriage. Death by fire was the penalty of unchastity (&nbsp;Genesis 38:24). Under t
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• Polygamy
  ...declaration of our Lord and his apostle Paul respecting the institution of marriage, its design and limitation; when we reflect, too, on the testimony of the m ...having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, a
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• Woman
  ...See also </i> [[Eve]]; [[Family Life And Relations]]; [[Headship Head]]; [[Marriage]]; [[Personhood Person]]; [[Human Sexuality]]; [[Widow]] </p> <p> <i> Bibli ...expectation of a speedy end largely explains his preference of celibacy to marriage (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 7:7; cf. &nbsp;Revelation 14:4), which is certainly no
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• Hosea
  ...a woman who became promiscuous after marriage. Most handle it as an actual marriage to a cult prostitute. Every interpreter must keep in mind the obvious inten ...No more remarkable prophecy exists of Israel's anomalous and extraordinary state for thousands of years, and of her future restoration, than &nbsp;Hosea 3:4
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• Incest
  ...ins, who could be living one's household, were allowed, even preferred, in marriage. </p> <p> An examination of the Old Testament incest prohibition lists reve ...all commerce of the sexes between near relations. Upon this principle, the marriage, as well as other co- habitations, of brothers and sisters, of lineal kindr
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• Human Sexuality
  ...men, Authority and the Bible </i> ; [[E.]] Neufeld, <i> [[Ancient]] Hebrew Marriage Laws </i> ; [[J.]] [[B.]] Payne, <i> The Theology of the Older Testament </
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• Mary
  ...her the children of Joseph and Mary, or the children of Joseph by a former marriage, or even the cousins of Jesus. The first of these views is specially associ ...Luke 2:51 , &c. The Gospel speaks nothing more of the Virgin Mary till the marriage at [[Cana]] of Galilee, at which she was present with her son Jesus. She wa
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• Resurrection
  ...the tendency was to regard the righteous as entering upon their glorified state after death, although even here the conception of a final resurrection as n ...mple, to light; the ear and hearing, to sound. In the refined and glorious state of existence to which good men are tending, where the objects which solicit
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• Abstinence
  ...re His. It is not by using severity towards the body or by abstaining from marriage or leaving our earthly callings that we can gain further sanctification. In ...of the ascetics of the apostate Greek and Latin churches who should forbid marriage, and command to abstain from meats which God created to be received with th
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• The Essenes
  ...&nbsp;Ephesians 5:32 ). The writer of the [[Epistle]] to the He declares, "Marriage is honorable in all" (&nbsp;Hebrews 13:4 the King James Version). </p> <p>
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• Wedlock
  ...iage; matrimony. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A wife; a married woman. </p> <p> [[Wedlock]] n. Marriage matrimony. </p> <p> WEDLOCK, To marry. Little used. </p>
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• Marriage (Ii.)
  Marriage (Ii.) <ref name="term_56622" /> ...s leads naturally, therefore, to the genuinely [[Christian]] conception of marriage as a relationship which, though in the very nature of the case limited to t
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• Heaven
  ...he Hebrews presents the most striking and consistent picture of the future state of the believer. </p> <p> As the century advances, the tendency appears in ...ressly to intimate as much, when he says, speaking concerning the heavenly state, that tongues shall cease, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 13:8 . that is, the present
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• David
  ...h) running between. Goliath's complete armor contrasted with the ill-armed state of Israel, whose king alone was well armed (&nbsp;1 Samuel 17:38). (See EPH ...himself of the husband, after whose death Bathsheba becomes his queen. The marriage was destined to influence materially the history of Israel (see Adonijah).
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• Isaac
  ...into Abimelech's house, as Sarah had been. Abimelech discovering the real state of the case reproved him, and warned his people not to touch him or Rebekah ...so it is now," &nbsp;Galatians 4:29 . </p> <p> When Isaac had arrived at a state of manhood, he was required to give a signal proof of his entire devotednes
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• Fornication
  ...here were things that should not even be named among Christians. It saw in marriage a preventive against fornication; St. Paul, though desiring the unmarried t ...;1 Corinthians 7:9; &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; &nbsp;Hebrews 13:4; see [[Marriage]] ). As for prostitution, bestiality, incest and homosexual practices, God
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• Concubinage
  ...ver since the abrogation of polygamy by Jesus Christ, and the reduction of marriage to its primitive institution, concubinage has been forbidden and condemned ...(n.) The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. </p>
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• Marry Marriage
  Marry Marriage <ref name="term_78427" /> ...</div> <p> "to take to wife after" (epi, "upon," gambros, "a connection by marriage"), signifies "to marry" (of a deceased husband's next of kin, &nbsp;Matthew
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• Ethics
  ...State, all tended to keep the Christian distinct from his fellows. Mob and State and cultured class, by their hatred or contempt, compelled Christianity to ...nd "eternal." [[Essenes]] outdid [[Pharisees]] in strictness, discouraging marriage, sharing possessions, and rejecting the temple. [[Covenanters]] at [[Qumran
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• Mohammedanism
  ...[[Houris]]), vouchsafed to the faithful. Nor must it be forgotten that the state of the countries and nations conquered by the Arabs was decayed and rotten,
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• Law
  ...</em> regards ‘remission of sins’ as the initial blessing of the Christian state, which had been unattainable ‘under law,’ and ‘the blood of Christ’ ...g> By the higher sanctions derived from the clearer revelation of a future state, and the more explicit promises of eternal life, and threatenings of eterna
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• The Bidden To The Reat Marriage Supper And Some Of Their Excuses
  The Bidden To The Reat Marriage Supper And Some Of Their Excuses <ref name="term_197352" /> ...ng comes in to see the guests it will be impossible for Him to wink at the state of matters between Him and many who will intrude themselves that day. Till
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• Adam
  ...ve and active virtue. </p> <p> [[Sober]] as these views of man's primitive state are, it is not, perhaps, possible for us fully to conceive of so exalted a ...slate which our Lord gave to all Churches (&nbsp;Matthew 18:18).’ See art. Marriage. </p> <p> <b> 3. </b> In &nbsp;John 8:44 ἀνθρωποκτόνος may re
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• First Epistle To The Corinthians
  ...ll remain unmarried. The subject is concluded with advice as to widows’ re-marriage. </p> <p> <strong> 7. Social Questions </strong> (&nbsp; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ...ears (chapter 7) upon celibacy and marriage, including the case of "mixed" marriage. These questions he treats quite frankly, yet with delicacy and circumspect
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• Mystery
  ...of the ‘hardening’ that has ‘in part befallen Israel.’ The institution of marriage viewed as prophetic of the union between Christ and the Church (&nbsp; Ephe ...," whereas &nbsp;Genesis 2:24 refers primarily to literal marriage. (See [[Marriage]] .) </p> <p> '''(4)''' The union of [[Jews]] and [[Gentiles]] in one body,
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• Canticles
  ...pposite for the illustration of this intimate and spiritual alliance, as a marriage union, if considered in the chaste simplicity, of its first institution, or ...is basis is either the marriage of Solomon with Pharoah's daughter, or his marriage with an [[Israelitish]] woman, the Shulamite. </p> <p> 2. The ''Allegorical
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• Samson
  ...ms. Ch. 14 is the clearest OT example of a <em> sadika </em> marriage (see Marriage, § 1). We get a good idea of the proceedings, essentially the same as in ...ed himself of this circumstance, and of the custom of proposing riddles at marriage feasts, to lay a snare for the Philistines. But Samson told the riddle to h
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• Christian Doctrine Concerning. Polygamy
  ...hics (see Index); and the literature quoted in the article MARRIAGE (See [[Marriage]]) . </p>
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• Husband
  ...rist has exercised towards the church (&nbsp;Ephesians 5:25-31; see also [[Marriage]] ). </p> ...and, and ten thousand love tokens, the Lord Jesus accompanied his offer of marriage with to his spouse the church. And when, at any time, in a single instance,
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• Henry Viii
  ...re probabilities," and there were at least abundant probabilities that the marriage with Catharine was null ab initio; but this whole question only affects the
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• Covenant
  ...ins as absolutely unconditioned. It is one of the gifts connected with the state of sonship in the Kingdom. Consequently, it is bound to His own person in t ...er part of that renewed covenant that reaches into the future, the eternal state when heaven and a renewed earth are joined into regained and consummated Ed
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• Divorce In New Testament
  ...to those miseries. The more solemnly society is impressed that the door of marriage does not swing outward as well as inward the more of happiness and blessing
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• Socialism
  ...e State Socialism only because the Church was not yet coterminous with the State. </p> <p> <b> 5. Later Developments. </b> —It is impossible here even to ...f holding all things in common, abolishes servitude and servants, commands marriage under penalties, provides for education, and requires that the majority sha
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• Adoption
  ...ke him, for we shall see him as he is, " &nbsp;1 John 3:2 . In the present state we are as children at school; but in heaven we shall be as children at home ...ntly with Christ, and in his right. </p> <p> <strong> 3. </strong> To this state belong, freedom from a servile spirit, for we are not servants but sons; th
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• Sanctification
  ...nriched and reinforced form of noblesse oblige. The noblesse is not only a state of ennoblement that carries with it duties, but One to whom we stand in dee ...hians 6:18-20; &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ). This is so, in part, because marriage is the most revealing context from which to understand Christ's sanctifying
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• Solomon
  ...es (Josephus, [[Apion]] 1:17) confirm Hiram's connection with Solomon, and state that letters between them were preserved in the Tyrian archives and fix the ...gn he married Pharaoh’s daughter (&nbsp; 1 Kings 3:1 ), who brought as her marriage portion Gezer (&nbsp; 1 Kings 9:16 ). This [[Pharaoh]] was apparently the l
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• Israel
  ...robably one of the Pharaohs of the Tanite branch of the 21st dynasty. This marriage brought him into touch with the old civilization of Egypt. In order to equi ...n, <i> Israel in [[Prophecy]] </i> ; A. W. Kac, <i> The [[Rebirth]] of the State of Israel </i> ; M. Karlberg, <i> JETS </i> 31/3 (1988): 257-69; G. E. Ladd
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• Pharaoh
  ...ouse and the [[Temple]] and the city wall were being built, shows that the marriage took place, not later than the eleventh year of the king, when the Temple w ...nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:18. 6. The Pharaoh who gave the sister of his queen in marriage to Hadad, an Edomite of royal blood, who escaped the massacre of [[Joab]] a
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• Persecution
  ...matur. No gods could be worshipped unless they were ‘publice adsciti.’ The State’s approval was necessary. Christianity was not a national faith, and for ...a zealous Protestant, however, was poisoned by a pair of gloves before the marriage was solemnized. Coligni, admiral of France, was basely murdered in his own
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• Trance
  ...ordinary consciousness. It is used very loosely to describe the sleep-like state which is obviously different from that of ordinary sleep. Originally the so ...mankind, that they have been liable to pass, at times, into this abnormal state. </p> <p> The union of intense feeling, strong volition, long-continued tho
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• Egypt
  ...Aahmes (Amessis in Josephus), wife and sister of Thothmes I (an incestuous marriage unknown to the early Pharaohs), succeeded him as regent for 20 years. Then ...mmon, its local god, became the King of the Gods, and the god of the whole State in the New Empire; and Osiris, god of [[Busiris]] in the Delta, became the
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