THE MARRIAGE COVENANT (Final)
Tobit 7:14(Kjv)14 And called Edna his wife, -AND TOOK PAPER, AND DID WRITE AN INSTRUMENT OF COVENANTS, AND SEALED IT.-
15-THEN THEY BEGAN TO EAT-
(Before we married a woman we would write an agreement between each other this is what marriage vows are supposed to be. Not just some sweat poem (so called marriage vows) that you recite at the altar that you never plan on keeping. Here is an example of how a marriage went in our history.)
Isaiah 61:10(Kjv)
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, -AS A BRIDEGROOM DECKETH HIMSELF WITH ORNAMENTS, AND AS A BRIDE ADORNETH HERSELF WITH HER JEWELS-
(As you can see we showed out in a wedding with our beautiful garments drenched in jewels. Our weddings were the most beautiful sight you could ever imagine a wedding being. It wasn't just some small gathering. A wedding would be more like a parade.)
Jeremiah 2:32King James Version (KJV)
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?-YET MY PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME DAYS WITHOUT NUMBER-
(.......well? HE IS right. You cannot build a marriage without God as your foundation. The house won't stand. In a wedding you are supposed to come together in a celebration of the union between man and woman. Here is proof.)
Joel 2:15(Kjv)
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, -CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY-
16 -GATHER THE PEOPLE, SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLE THE ELDERS, GATHER THE CHILDREN, AND THOSE THAT SUCK THE BREASTS: LET THE BRIDEGROOM GO FORTH OF HIS CHAMBER, AND THE BRIDE OUT OF HER CLOSET.-
(When you marry a woman your family and your soon to be spouse are supposed to come together first in a marriage feast. The woman's father writes a bill of marriage to the groom aka a covenant and then they eat and celebrate.
After the feast the couple enters the marriage chamber where they pray before God and exchange their vows (the vows are supposed to be said in prayer towards one another between the couple and God not in the open in front of everyone.) Then they consummate their marriage by having sex. Here is proof.)
(Continuing on in the Tobit story.)
Tobit 7:13(Kjv)
13Then he called his daughter Sara, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them;
14And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it.
15Then they began to eat.
16After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, -PREPARE ANOTHER CHAMBER, AND BRING HER IN THITHER.-
(What you will read next is what happened after the bride and her groom entered into the marriage chamber to consummate their union.)
Tobit 8:5(Kjv)
5 Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless thee, and all thy creatures.
6 Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for an helper and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lush but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.