Woo Hoo! Those of you that have always waned more than one wife you are in luck! Apostle Malm has decreed that at the end of the tribulation and into the early years of the millennium you will be able to have more than one partner. I guess the Fundie Mormons had it right after all! Who knew!
Isaiah 4
The tribulation will be especially hard on the men and very many will
die, leaving only one man for every seven women. At the end of the
tribulation perhaps God will relax the marriage of monogamy for a short
time out of mercy or the people.
4:1 And in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear
our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our
reproach.
When one of his readers called him to task for his comment he had this to say:
James, I do not think such speculation is helpful. This verse is only
saying a population imbalance will occur in the last days, and that
women will be clamoring for a husband. It does NOT imply God will throw
out the 7th commandment. If He were to relax on that, then why not relax
on idolatry too? The whole system falls apart if you go by this
speculation. Why would God come to the earth to punish man for sin, only
to relax on the law which condemns sin? I suggest you remove this
statement.
The statement is no new thing as God permitted such practice
in ancient times and
. The only
issue is the mercy and compassion of God; would he leave 6 of every 7
women marriageless and childless? That is HIS decision to make!
Do you not perform acts of mercy on the Sabbath, breaking the Sabbath
because the law of mercy over rides other laws? Did not David eat the
Bread of Presence when he needed mercy? I am simply saying; if that is
God’s will: Who are we to object.
Christ is boss and he will do his will, he is not concerned with our
hang ups and our ideas. Personally I hope to be among the chosen and
would probably be dead anyway, so this is not an issue for me.
Apostle Malm then ads this. I would never have thought I would agree with him on something but he is right!
It is because of such issues [there are many in the
COG who still have HWA's Quaker hang ups regarding matters of sex and
marriage, even though HWA himself totally reversed his attitude after
Loma died. HWA's early positions dictated to him by Loma, has caused
immeasurable unhappiness and suffering in very many marriages in the WCG
and LCG] that I posted the comment and it will stay.