Hebrews 13:4 - "Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
Hosea 1:2 - "And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms."
2007-03-27 16:59:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lol - please put the entire New Testament into "perspective" for me! Most are good at picking out the pieces they dislike........
2007-03-27 17:05:24 · update #1
I like it! "Forcing someone to marry you" is a cure for adultery!
Amazing logic!
Keep at it, everyone.
I'll be back after my late night workout.
2007-03-27 17:11:43 · update #2
wow i can just see how many christians are going to say "YOu just took it out of context"
2007-03-27 17:04:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Go,” God commanded Hosea, “take to yourself a wife of fornication and children of fornication, because by fornication the land positively turns from following Jehovah.” (Hosea 1:2)
The very spirit of fornication has caused [the people of the ten-tribe kingdom]
As to the men, it is with the harlots that they get off to themselves, and with the female temple prostitutes that they sacrifice.”—Hosea 4:12-14.
Fornication was rampant in Israel in both a physical and a spiritual sense
Jehovah would therefore hold “an accounting” against the Israelites. (Hosea 1:4; 4:9)
like in bible times in israel........This warning has significance for us because Jehovah will hold an accounting against those practicing immorality and engaging in unclean worship today
But those walking with God meet his standards for clean worship and are aware that “no fornicator . . . has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.”—Ephesians 5:5; James 1:27.
2007-03-28 00:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by dfg q 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The book of Hosea is a beautiful book of love and forgiveness within a marriage. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer is a story to reflect the relationship between God and Israel. Hosea uses his pain to illustrate the pain of God when we refuse Him our love.
2007-03-28 00:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by future dr.t (IM) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hosea 1 is a comparison with the nation of Israel; after worshipping false gods, God would accept Israel back if the people would repent. God never totally abandoned Israel even when the people did wrong.
2007-03-28 00:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by supertop 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adultery is immoral and wrong because it hurts the significant other. I don't think religion has to tell me that.
But however, it can be tolerated under special circumstances, i.e. when there is severe abuse involved in the relationship & if victim is involved in the affair & the victim has no way out of the relationship at that moment.
2007-03-28 00:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In some parts of the bible like Leviticus, god orders stoning for adulterers.
Yet another reason I don't use the bible as a source of morality.
2007-03-28 00:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Adultery is the only way you can remain sane when you have to deal with a wife who doesnt even follow the bible and nags at her husband instead of obeying and serving him.
2007-03-28 00:10:05 · answer #7 · answered by Cameron 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Adultery is the only thing named specifically to permit a divorce, so yes it is really bad and one of the 10 commandments
2007-03-28 00:04:08 · answer #8 · answered by Godb4me 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not accepted by God!
No sin is accepted by God.
The person who sinned must repent of his sins.
God asked Hosea to go take a "wife" unto him ......God didn't say, go and commit adultery.
2007-03-28 00:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah it's bad, one of the ten commandments
2007-03-28 00:03:49 · answer #10 · answered by doc 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Thoiu shalt not commit adultry. one of the ten commandments
Hosea was removing someone from whoredom to marry her
2007-03-28 00:07:02 · answer #11 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋