Alien marriage
The Scriptures abound in warnings against alien marriage. The
sons of God marrying the daughters of men resulted at last in the Flood. Abraham
and Isaac, faithful sojourners looking for the Kingdom, opposed such marriages
for their sons (Gen 24:3; 28:1). The Law forbade the yoking together of the
clean ox and the unclean ass (Deu 22:10). Moses said to take no alien spouses
(Deu 7:3,8). Solomon's alien wives turned his heart from God (1Ki 11:1-11). Ezra
(Ezr 9; 10) and Nehemiah (Neh 13:23-29) tell us of the evils of such alliances,
and Paul has stressed the same:
"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have
with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a
believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the
temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has
said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and
they will be my people.' 'Therefore come out from them and be separate,' says
the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to
you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty' " (2Co
6:14-18).
