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This was not about divorce? It was about adultery.
women could not have multiple husbands. Jew's were polygamous historically. They did cease in the diaspora because it was frowned upon among Christians.
The Bible shows monogamy to be a universal moral requirement and polygamy to be a violation of the divine principle
David committed adultery, Bathsheba became pregnant, and then to hide the affair and the pregnancy by killing her husband.
There was a considerable time gap between David's sin with Bathsheba and the murder and his confession and repentance. Uriah was buried and Bathsheba was nine months pregnant when David finally confessed to the Lord and repented – but this was only after a sobering confrontation with the Prophet Nathan.
Universal? Where do you get that from? Polygamy was common (universal) among those people where scripture began. Abraham, Jacob, etc. The problem is we in modern culture find it repugnant, let alone the notion of a woman, having the status of a concubine (servant wife)
He made it LAWFUL. We don't like slavery either, but God made it lawful, even commanded it. We who know scripture understand that these things were not slavery in the sense as was done in modern times. To deal with cruelty, God hated that. Egypt was judged on that account.
1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good … : or, modest }
I'm half way through the movie and I know that Carol is toast.
God did allow polygamy, we must remember that allowance is not the same as approval. He allows us to do a lot of things but that does not mean He approves of everything we do. He knew it would happen so yeah He did put some regulations in regard to that ... but that does not mean at all He approved of it.
The following commandment was not just for "single" men.......
The moral framework for marriage/family/sexuality matters is the Torah, both for TNK/OT times and for New Covenant/NT times (see Acts 15 where the Jewish Apostles/elders use this as their framework of reference).
What gives you the idea she was "sneaking around"? (verses) David was a king .... it's not unusual for any of us to try and hide our sins (from humanity), in Davids case it would be even more so to try and do (cover up) because of Him being a King and ruler over Israel.
What verses says they were sneaking around?
I am talking about how he ordered her husband to come home from fighting the war so he would have relations with his wife in the hope that he would think it was his child. That looks like sneaking around to me. But call it whatever you want. We are told the sword never left his house after that event. Remember the story where the women begged David not to kill her husband. Even though he was no good.
True ... David was trying to cover up what he did ... there is nothing stated to indicate that Bathsheba knew what David was trying to do .... it's hard to say .... we just don't have enough info to determine the entire scenario .... but the entire story is based on David's actions .... what he did
It is difficult to believe that she was not provoking him. Perhaps she liked to use her beauty to entice men because it gave her a sense of power and control. So the idea that he "raped" her does not seem to fit the story. There is also the issue (no pun intended) that she had just purified herself. So she should not have been futile until weeks later. So is this a ongoing relation or was there some sort of a delay?
Doesn't state she was provoking him. What it states is what David saw and did.
