Originally posted by Johnv:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by pinoybaptist:
Does anyone know what the marrying age for women could be ? I mean, biblically.
There's no min-max age for marriage set in the Bible. Mary was likely in her early teens. We'd call that pedophelia today. This is one place where maritacl customs are definitely societal. </font>[/QUOTE]I think you're right there, johnv. I'd say Sarai was definitely very young, maybe very early teens, as well as some women in the Bible.
Artimaeus said:
There is no age by which a person should be married, Biblically. However, I would take a hint from the first reference to marriage and take it to mean they are old enough to be self sufficient.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Notice, however, that the scripture you quoted was specific as to gender, ".....a man". I think this says a lot.
The man is ultimately responsible to God for the way he leads and raises his family, not the woman. Note that God held Adam responsible for the disobedience which initially was Eve's.
The man is responsible to his wife and his family, he is responsible for their shelter, food, upbringing.
Nate T said:
I have a question, to the people who brought up the famous biblical single people, as well as those who didn't marry until later, do you really think that was what the article was talking about?
Was the article an attempt to add one more item to a checklist so that we can see when/where we are sinning? Or was it an attempt to describe a symptom? When I read the article, I thought Dr. Mohler was talking more of a symptom than a cause. The disease being that we want to run our lives completely how we want without regards to what God would have us do. One area that this attitude can be seen is in how we approach marriage.
Maybe I'm way off base, but I'd bet that's what the intention of the comments were.
But, Nate, what Dr. Kohler is doing is he is saying something which is just as unbiblical. There is
nothing in the Bible that says men and women
must marry. In fact, Paul said, if men could be as he is, unmarried, that will be ideal, but, if not, then marry rather than burn in desire and sin.
However, the Bible says that if a man marry a woman, then he must provide for his family, otherwise, that man is worse than an infidel (1 Timothy 5:8 -But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.).
In ancient times when the pressure on the man and his family were limited, yes, marriage at an early age, as soon as you can, is a-okay.
But today's times ?
Gee. Beginning at the lower grades in school, you are taught to save money for this or that or budget your stuff for this or that. I mean, the whole culture, education, and society is geared towards materialism, and there is no way one can
rush to marriage and discount the demands of today's economy and the practicality of stabilizing one's career before marriage, unless one wants to marry and git himself a homestead and farm and do stuff like the good ole' days.
It'll be easy to say, well, y'know, 'the just shall live by faith'. But, hey, tell that to pastors and ministers who still have to hold a job, or to Christians in Iowa or wherever it was that was shown on TV lined up with their food stamps.
Besides, if that is what God intended for His people, you know, He woulda said also, "okay, sit back, and I'll take care of everything for you all, just look for the partners I created for you, and marry them, and leave the rest to me."
But, he said, work. work. work. Provide for your own. And in this competitive and stressful society and culture we have, there is simply no way right thinking Christian parents will push their children to early marriage.
My two bits.
