Somebody's pissed off that Marshall was willing to make his marriage and child legal (by the standards of the state) with a woman other than her, when he can't even sign a document as a witness to his child's birth with Melinda.
Your jealousy is showing.
First, to get the accurate facts on the table: Marshall legally married me in Virginia
and he signed our daughter's birth certificate. I persuaded him to sign it, and we came to a compromise.
However, even if Marshall never legally married me, I wouldn't be concerned. He doesn't value secular legal marriage above Ketubah. Netzarim don't value secular legal documents above a Ketubah. I wish that we didn't have to do the secular legal marriage document thing, but some circumstances meant it was necessary.
There's nothing to be jealous of lol. Marshall's past is his past, that's it. There's no Polygyny going on here. He has his past, I have mine, and like I've said many times, we don't live in our past. Our focus in our Covenant is with each other.
He has told me, on several occasions, that he has never loved a woman as much as he loves me. The way he looks when he says it to me is so genuine, its so sweet. And in return, I've never connected with or loved as deeply any man other than Marshall. We have a high compatibility. We just fit each other really well. (Doesn't mean we don't still fight but, hopefully our fights will lessen, except from what I heard from most marriage counselors is that most people have the same fights over and over and over and over in their marriages 5, 10, 20...40 years down the road. So, I guess I'll just start cracking jokes about it, instead of getting upset. I watched a guy with a white beard give a talk on "the humor of marriage", He's actually an orthodox rabbi. I don't agree with everything he said, but I think there is some wisdom to that: find the humor in it for your marriage to survive.)
...because Marshall came over last Sunday after a week of intense fighting and we talked. He encouraged me that we should't split up. So, there will be no divorce. If we've been merciful up to this point with each other, might as well stay in for the long haul!
"I however say to you, love the enemies of you, and pray for those persecuting you, bless those cursing you, do good to those persecuting you and hating you."
Why did Jesus say this?
Because he was teaching The Torah.
You do realize that these verses (verse 37+) come AFTER he just said.... "Don't think I've come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets...."?? (verse 17+)
You have to read those verses from the lens of The Torah, not in opposition to The Torah.
Even the NIV says it:
"17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:17-20)
So, I'm going to ask you again: DID THE MESSIAH TEACH HIS SHEEP TO FOLLOW THE TORAH OR NOT?
It's a YES OR NO question.
I would prefer that you didn't keep dodging that question.
That's really rough, buddy.
