The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
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… if you don't have children. Deuteronomy chapter 25, verse 6. Your name will be blotted out of Israel if you have no children. And the picture then is God's people. Don't miss it. Follow this. The people of God, the people of Israel in the Old Testament would multiply through what? Through physical procreation. Through making babies. Multiplying people. This is how the people of God were growing. And so, now turn with me to the Old Testament. I know we've got plenty to deal with in 1 Corinthians 7, but I want you to see this. Isaiah chapter 53. Isaiah chapter 53. So in the Old Testament, marriage was seen as the avenue through which the people of God are going to multiply through physical procreation. Therefore, singleness in the Old Testament, for the most part, was highly undesirable. You did not want to be single in the Old Testament. You look at the categories of singleness in the Old Testament. You have eunuchs whose physical capacity, sexual capacity was taken from them. …
… a little background information. In Deuteronomy chapter 25, verses five and six, we read these words. If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not go outside the family and marry a stranger. Instead, her brother-in-law should go take her, to go to her and take her as his wife and then produce offspring for, you know, in place of the deceased brother. So this was called the Liberite Law. And that was, again, if you in your family, your brother dies, you must go and marry his wife. Now you might already have a wife. They practiced polygamy at the time. And so, but you need to marry her. You need to provide an offspring. You need to be with her so that maybe she can have a child. And then that child takes your brother's place. So this is the question that comes up. The Sadducees say, so Jesus, let me just say, we once had a man around here who died and his wife didn't have, you know, they didn't have children. …
… is the question they ask. Oh, by the way, before I get to the question they ask, a little background information. In Deuteronomy chapter 25, verses five and six, we read these words. If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not go outside the family and marry a stranger. Instead, her brother-in-law should go take her, to go to her and take her as his wife and then produce offspring for, you know, in place of the deceased brother. So this was called the Leverite Law. And that was, again, if you in your family, your brother dies, you must go and marry his wife. Now, you might already have a wife. They practiced polygamy at the time. And so, but you need to marry her. You need to provide an offspring. You need to be with her so that maybe she can have a child. And then that child takes your brother's place. So, uh, so this is the, this is the question that comes up. Uh, the Sadducees say, so Jesus, let me just say, we once had a man around here who died and he, his wife didn't have, you know, they didn't have children. And so his brother married her and, uh, and they didn't have children and he died. …