“Marriage is supposed to be a picture of Christ and the Church.
ONE husband, ONE wife. Total devotion one to the other.
God’s desire is NOT polygamy.”
Parable of the Ten Virgins — the bride winds up with 5 that are wise. Makes you think, doesn’t it? I mean, here Jesus uses a polygamist metaphore to make a point in a society in which polygamy was common among the more conservative elements of Judaism. Come on...you can’t dismiss this.
Opps, that was meant to say “bridegroom” winds up with five virgins — not bride. I mean it’s not modern day San Francisco or Eugene, Oregon.
Look, you believe what you want.
God’s plan is for a husband and wife to be one.
A man can’t be one with more than a single woman. He would always hold back part of himself. God gave Adam a wife, not a harem.
Humans have repeatedly destroyed God’s plan. He didn’t want Israel to have a king, but they insisted. He wanted to take them directly to the Promised Land, but their lack of belief caused them to wander in the desert for 40 years. He hates divorce, but Moses allowed it “because of the hardness of your hearts”.
No, it doesn't. Read the fine print:
the wedding banquet (Matt. 25:10)
"the"= definite article, as in "the Only." "banquet"= singular as in One.
The Groom isn't going to have wedding after wedding after wedding.
To hear you tell it, then, all the 19th century LDS weddings should have been group marriage affairs--one wedding per groom.