Blainer wrote: > ... I have some questions, OK? > 1. How many wives did Jacob, later named Israel, have? > 2. How many wives did Abraham have? > 3. How many wives did Moses have? > 4. How were these men treated by God--were they > treated as sinners, or as men honored by God?
The lives of these men hardly compare with Joseph Smith. If any of them had died at the same age as Joseph Smith, none of them could be used to bolster your case because none of them were polygamous prior to 38 years old (the age Joseph Smith died). Jacob was called a deceiver and a supplanter. This came back upon him when he was deceived and culturally forced into polygamy when his father-in-law insisted he marry the sister of the girl that he loved. Nevertheless, his four wives hardly compare to the unknown 35 to 60 wives that Joseph Smith had. Furthermore, unlike Jospeph Smith, he did not lie to his wives and to others, he did not pretend to only have one wife, he did not marry women already married to other men, etc. God never told Abraham to marry another, but his wife Sarah gave Abraham his second wife, perhaps in order to keep compliant with local governmental laws which required such action from a barren wife. Contrast this with Smith's wife objecting to Smith's many affairs, and bringing upon herself a false prophecy from Smith that God would destroy her if she didn't accept him. Instead, God destroyed Joseph Smith instead of Emma. After this blunder, of Abraham taking another wife, God told Abraham to send his second wife away, thereby ending his polygamy. Moses probably only had one wife, but some people argue that he had two. And despite all these gross differences, all these men were part of a different covenant with God. Jesus said that those in the kingdom of God are greater than all these men, and those in the Kingdom of God are instructed that elders can only have one wife. Joseph Smith has failed the Biblical standard of an elder having only one wife, and he has failed in tha t he lied about it, claiming to others while he was alive that he had only one wife. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
