Alex,
First of all, welcome to the forum! May God bless you for your obedience to Him.
Let me address your situation with what God has shown me. I would also like to offer that you may wish to read the book and teachings that God has done through me that are freely available for download from one of my web sites at either
http://www.perfectchristian.110mb.com or
http://perfectchristian.hostrator.com. If you cannot download them then feel free to e-mail me at
perfection777@live.com and I can send you copies of any or all of them in Word format that takes less megabytes from your computer in case you like us in South Africa have limited bandwidth on your internet contract. I address financial issues and polygyny in my writings.
Having said that, I would advise that you proceed with caution, prayer and Godly wisdom as it pertains to the concept and practice of Christian polygyny, especially when it comes to your current wife. There are many stories on this site and others that speak to the problems of the husband understanding polygyny and the wife not. It is a huge issue and yet to be easily resolved. If you have received Spiritual enlightenment on the subject of polygyny from God, that means that He is making the issue something that He will likely manifest in your life. However, every new revelation brings with it new responsibilities. We as humans have a habit of seeing' something new for us that God is revealing to us in the Bible then going right out and trying to convince those around us that what we have seen is for them also. However, this is rarely the way to go. God may show us something that He has planned for us in the future, but we try in the flesh to manifest it NOW. Take the example of Abraham and Sarah. When we do this, as Joyce Meyer would say, we birth Ishmaels. God is not obligated to bless what we do in the flesh as we try to carry out the revealed plan ourselves outside of God's timing. This is what many try to do by seeking to add wives to their family when they really are not yet properly walking in true Godly love toward their current wife.
If you do not have the money to really properly take care of your current family, then trying in the flesh to get more money so that you can have more wives and children is NOT the answer. You first need to find out why, (spiritually speaking) you are financially poor and remedy the root problem that led to that poverty, before you can come out of that situation. I have found over the years that most people suffer financial lack for simple reasons. The most common one is that they are too selfish. When someone is selfish, they will not give someone else something that they have or share with them. In this way the selfish person is actually cutting themselves off from any more blessing from God because they are breaking one of the cardinal laws of the earth, (Genesis 8:22) - SEEDTIME and HARVEST. Whatever we sow is what we wil reap. If someone needs money, then they must give away, (sow) money before they will reap any more money. Most people are too busy hanging on to the small seed that they have to give some of it away. In that way the fear of lack overshadows the law of God and they never get more. In fact the little that they have is usually 'blown away' by disasters in their lives, because God is trying to get them to wake up to the situation. That is why Jesus said that to those who have, more will be given and to those who lack, what little they have will be taken away. However, even in this principle people err. One must not just freely give money to anyone or pay tithes to any church any more than a wise farmer would sow his precious seed in any field. One must pray to God to find out where to sow their money so that it goes into god soil, (obedient Christians) and then water their seed by praying and speaking the Word of God over it. Then, in time, that seed will multiply back to them. This is the way that the people of the kingdom of God multiply earthly riches, they learn to give it away properly. I can give you more details on exactly how to do this if you want to send me an e-mail.
As for polygyny, it is from God and it is for us today. You can partake as God directs, but you MUST wait for His direction if it is going to be blessed. If you follow this simple principle and do not run right out to try to make it happen, but rather wait for HIm to bring it about, then it will be blessed beyond your imagination and will not be so much of a struggle. Simply pray and obey.
Just for your information it was not Paul who was responsible for monogamy, but rather the Romans and others who follow the enemy. Polygamy is of God and Paul would never have taken a stand against something that is of God.
Finally, my advice, if you choose to read the teachings that God has done through me, I would encourage you to start with the one entitled, 'The Rules to the Game of Life'. Then pray and ask God where to read from there. I am available to help you in any way that God allows. We can even speak through the internet via Skype, which should be free for you.
Be blessed,
Dr. Ray
