MARRIAGE
Thompson Chain Reference (1908)
(3) Of the Israelites with the Heathen Forbidden
(4) Figurative of God's Union with the Church
(5) Of the Kinsman's Widow
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Divinely instituted
A covenant relationship
DESIGNED FOR
The expectation of the promised seed of the woman an
Lawful in all
Honourable for all
Should be only in the Lord
EXPRESSED BY
Indissoluble during the joint lives of the parties
Early introduction of polygamy
Contracted in patriarchal age with near relations
Often contracted by parents for children
Should be with consent of parents
Consent of the parties necessary to
Parents might refuse to give their children in
THE JEWS
13; Lu 1:5,27
Priest not to contract, with divorced or improper persons
The high priest not to contract, with a widow or a divorced
Contracted at the gate and before witnesses
Modes of demanding women in
Elder daughters usually given in, before the younger
A dowry given to the woman's parents before
CELEBRATED
10
A benediction pronounced after
THE BRIDE
THE BRIDEGROOM
6
Infidelity of those contracted in, punished as if married
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah
Isaac and Rebekah
Jacob and his wives
Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother’s widow)
Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael
Abraham for Isaac
Laban arranges for his daughters’ marriage
Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife
Parents’ consent requires in the Mosaic law
Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Nuptial feasts
Jesus present at
Ceremony attested by witnesses
The groom exempt one year from military duty
Bridal ornaments
Bridal presents
A herald preceded the bridegroom
Wedding robes adorned with jewels
By purchase
By kidnapping
Given by Kings
Daughters given in, as rewards of valor
Wives taken by edict
David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife
Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites
Betrothal a quasi-marriage
Betrothal made with the spirit
Celibacy deplored
Advised
Obligations under, inferior to duty to God
Not binding after death
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
FIGURATIVE
Parables from