My name is Marquita Gee, I am the author and founder of express-ur-self.org. I used to be a concubine a secondary woman, meaning i was intimate with some other woman husband. I was married also! My husband at that time was in federal prison and I felt that, if I messed with another’s woman husband! The man would not get attached to me. My thought process was to just be with that man until my husband got out of jail, that was the plan. Some how it did not turn out that way.
I kept that woman’s husband for myself! This man helped me through school this man put me into the hair game. This man sent money to my husband at that time. This man help my family if they needed help. Being the woman I am, I also helped him and his family as well! If he needed anything I would help where I was asked!
One day I was reading the Bible and this scripture was there. When i realized i was a concubine it really made me cry! It made me feel less than the woman God created me to be! It’s like He woke me up! Saying daughter i did not create you to be second.
In the beginning of Genesis God put Adam into a deep sleep and removed ONE rib to create ONE woman! Not two! Just ONE! God made Eve just for Adam, not Eve, Shelly, and Megan. He made Eve just for Adam so he could have a mate especially made for him.
To learn from God through the Bible that I was an concubine was a real eye opener.
Psalms 32:8-9 KJV I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
To have a husband and another woman’s husband for my own needs. Not worried about the other woman feelings, was real heartless if me.
Philippians 2:2-5KJV Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
I knew nothing about marriage all I knew that I was married and I loved that man I was married to and I fell in love with another woman’s husband.
That was all wrong! God will never send you someone else’s husband or wife! It’s all about being selfish and getting what you want and that is NOT the proper way of life.
Matthew 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Corinthians 7:2-4 KJV
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Concubine : It is usually translated into English as “concubine” and understood to refer to a wife or sexual partner of secondary status. Although certain men in the Hebrew Bible have both wives and concubines, no wives or additional concubines are referred to in Judges 19 (https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/concubine-of-levite-bible) secondary information.
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I respect your view which is ideal, but unfortunately, from the very beginning, man’s life has not been ideal, and even God had to accept and work with our not-ideal choices. Abraham, Jacob, David and Solomon are among God’s favourite servants in the Scriptures and men after God’s heart, but they weren’t monogamous, and God didn’t rebuke them anywhere for that. I believe God accepted polygamy as another option for those who can’t practice strict monogamy.
Kindly reach me via email through this address, so we can continue to share ideas on this issue please. Thanks and God bless you.
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Thanks for the boldness and courage to share your experience. The idea of concubines or secondary wives may seem strange and unacceptable to us today, but in biblical times it was generally accepted by all, including the primary wives who welcomed and and accepted her husband’s concubines. Concubines were not hidden extramarital partners like mistresses are today, and they served very useful purposes in society back then. Concubinage served to provide intimate companionship for widows, divorcees, elderly single women, etc, and also minimized the divorce rates in society, as a man could be with multiple women without having to divorce one for the other. Looking at our strictly monogamous Western-style societies of today, we see that even the monogamy most people are claiming to practice is hypocritical, as they keep having secret mistresses, and when exposed, would divorce and break up their families in order to be with the new partner. And because women outnumber men in every society and live longer, a lot of women will go through life unmarried, if we practice strict monogamy.
I still believe life in the old testament was more stable and accommodating socially because of the acceptance and practice of polygamy and concubinage.
Cheers!
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Good Morning! I believe God put Adam into a deep sleep and removed one rib. Not two.. with that being said. I believe we all are created for one man, which is possible for every living vessel of The Most High God. If our men would turn from their wicked ways and not with other men.. all women would have a mate especially made just for her. Thank you for responding 🙏🏾🙌🏾❤️
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Lord Jesus diet for you and me He died our sins.
A life prompt: Confess
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God bless
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Thank you for reading! Yes He did! For you and me.. 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
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