21/12/2023
Any church, whether Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, or Independent, that gets involved with marriage will always get it wrong because marriage is a family affair, not a church or religious matter.
First of all, marriage predates any church or organised religion. God instituted it in Genesis 2:24, which says:
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Secondly, there is no Scriptural basis for a church or priest getting involved in marriage. Scripture has no instance of a wedding being done in a church, temple, or synagogue.
Isaac married at home (Gen 24:67). Christ attended a wedding at HOME (John 2:2-10). Isaiah was a prophet. When he wanted to marry a fellow prophetess, all he did was invite two witnesses. And immediately, the woman moved into his home (Isaiah 8:2-3). No ceremony at all. Are you holier than Isaiah? Hosea’s marriage was captured in only one verse-Hosea 1:3.
God made marriage EASY. It is humans who made it complicated.
There are those who would want to manipulate the minds of gullible people by telling them Yeshua was at a wedding in Cana. That is true. But He was there purely as a guest. He played absolutely no role.
And even when His mother appealed to Him to intervene when the wedding feast ran out of wine, He was reluctant to. After her request, He said:
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
Yeshua was clearly telling her that He was not "involved" in the ceremony.
And even governments have no role to play in marriage beyond registering a marriage or civil union. That is why there is NOTHING like Marriage Law. Please assume I am lying and fact-check me. The laws for marriage fall under the legal code, Family Law.
In conclusion, the power a priest or pastor has to say, ‘I now pronounce you man and wife’, comes from man, not God. There is no Scriptural authority for that. God Himself pronounces you married once your parents consent to your union. It is a family affair!
So, ignore anybody anywhere and in whatever manmade office telling you to bless people involved in any type of marriage or union. The man making such a policy and the priests choosing to obey him rather than God are not holier than you. Their ability to determine your salvation or destination after death is zero. Let them keep using Latin to deceive themselves and those who allow themselves to be hypnotised by a dead language!
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