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Originally Posted by Spear Dane  Marriage in a church before the covenant community is better than a marriage by the Justice of the Peace (assuming all parties are Christian).
Marriage by a Justice of the Peace is better than living in sin. | In the Old Testament times it wasn't living in sin to not participate in a marriage ceremony. The man left his father and mother and was joined to his wife. Genesis 24:67, " And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." That seemed to be a covenantal marriage in the sight of God without a wedding ceremony.
Did that begin to change when there were marriage feasts? Does anybody know the custom of when that began to change and ceremonies became a part of marriage?
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Last edited by Barnpreacher; 10-28-2007 at 10:20 PM.
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