Two-person heterosexual marriages, with the husband-and-wife partners cooperating in close interpersonal relationship,
like what is represented in 2-part Bach-invention-type fugues, is generally complicated (but quite satisfying enough) for most people:
In the Old Testament, there are numerous examples of godly patriarchs being in polygamous relationships with more than one wife (and concubine), with the Lord never specifically condemning to Hell any for participating in such. However, as one might imagine, in such marriages (not misconsidered "adulterous" or "harlotrous"), cooperation was much more complex (yet quite reproductive and rather beneficial, for the most part, as in the case of Jacob and Leah and Rachel and their two maids given to Jacob producing the Twelve Tribes of Israel, mentioned from Genesis through Revelation).
Similar complexity is portrayed in musical-notation scores of Bach's 3-part invention-type fugues:
For the most part, both monogamous-man marriages and polygamous-man marriages functioned for the glory of God and the mutual satisfaction of all partners:
On a lighter side, there are piano pieces of a heterosexually-oriented romantic nature in the pizza-parlor/saloon style
We have some intriguing verses in both the Old and New Testament
pertaining to how a woman should attract a man for marriage, enabling him
to honorably copulate with her and her with him, and facilitate production
of babes in the womb.
Specifically, just what is acceptable for a man not yet married to a
particular woman to see pertaining to her potentially-unclothed body before
he marries her, and what is acceptable for a woman not yet married to a
particular man to show of her potentially-unclothed body before she marries
him.
Should western women be required to wear islamic-fundamentalist hijab
burkas in which they cover everything (occasionally with the obscene
exception of toes-exposing feet in sandals) with shawls, especially colored
black when in the hot sun without air conditioning? Understandably wearing
long-sleeved robes with shawls covering the head is one thing, but
like wearing snowmobile suits during warm-day temperatures, imposing
mosquito-netting Taliban-type veils over female faces is too extreme (and
even suggestive of prostitution):
Genesis 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for
she had covered her face.
Within the Sacred-66-books Holy Bible, Scripture informs us:
Job 31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look
upon a virgin?
2 What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the
Almighty on high?
3 Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers
of iniquity?
4 Does not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait
at my neighbor's door;
10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon
her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to
be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire which consumes to Abaddon, and it would
burn to the root all my increase.
and:
Matthew 5:27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit
adultery.'
28 But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it
away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole
body be thrown into hell.
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it
away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole
body go into hell.
It probably is obvious to either of both genders that erotic lust can come
into play relating to how a woman is adequately or properly dressed,
mis-dressed, or not dressed at all involving what body parts she exposes to a
man which he accidentally or deliberately happens to see and/or continues to
view as much as he can.
Contemplate the following verses, the allowances and prohibitions pertaining
to a woman's publicly-observable nudity, or lack of it, and the rationale
behind them:
Genesis 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not
ashamed.
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that
they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves
aprons.
10 And he said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was
afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11 He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the
tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of
skins, and clothed them.
Exodus 20:26 And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, that your
nakedness be not exposed on it.'
28:42 And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their
naked flesh; from the loins to the thighs they shall reach....
Leviticus 18:9 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister,
the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born at
home or born abroad.
18:10 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or
of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
18:11 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's
daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.
18:15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law;
she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife;
she is your brother's nakedness.
20:19 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or
of your father's sister, for that is to make naked one's near kin; they
shall bear their iniquity.
Second Samuel 13:18 (RSV) Now she was wearing a long robe with
sleeves; for thus were the virgin daughters of the king clad of old. So his
servant put her out, and bolted the door after her.
Second Samuel 13:18 (NASV) Now she had on a long-sleeved garment;
for in this manner the virgin daughters of the king dressed themselves in
robes. Then his attendant took her out and locked the door behind her.
Second Samuel 13:18 (GWV) She was wearing a long-sleeved gown. The
king's virgin daughters wore this kind of robe.) So his servant took her out
and bolted the door behind her.
Second Chronicles 28:15 And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and
took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all that were naked among
them; they clothed them, gave them sandals...
Job 1:21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked
shall I return; the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the
name of the LORD."
Job 24:7 They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no
covering in the cold.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go
again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may
carry away in his hand.
Isaiah 20:2 at that time the LORD had spoken by Isaiah the son of
Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your
shoes from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot--
3 the LORD said, "As My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot
for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and
the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with
buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah 47:1 Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of
Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans! For
you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones and grind meal, put off your veil, strip off
your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen.
I will take vengeance, and I will spare no man.
4 Our Redeemer-the Lord of hosts is his name, is the Holy One of
Israel.
5 Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
Isaiah 57:8 Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your
symbol; for, deserting Me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to
it, you have made it wide; and you have made a bargain for yourself with
them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.
Jeremiah 2:25 Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from
thirst. But you said, "It is hopeless, for I have loved strangers, and after
them I will go.'
Ezekiel 16:7 and grow up like a plant of the field.' And you grew up
and became tall and arrived at full maidenhood; your breasts were formed,
and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
8 "When I passed by you again and looked upon you, hey, you were at
the age for love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your
nakedness: yea, I promised marriage to you and entered into a covenant with
you, says the Lord GOD, and you became Mine.
36 Thus says the Lord GOD, Because your shame was laid bare and your
nakedness uncovered in your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all
your idols, and because of the [abortion-homicide-murder] blood of your
children that you gave to them,
37 therefore, hey, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you took
pleasure, all those you loved and all those you loathed; I will gather them
against you from every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that
they may see all your nakedness.
Ezekiel 23:10 These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons
and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword
among women, when judgment had been executed upon her.
18 When she carried on her harlotry so openly and flaunted her
nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned from her sister.
29 and they shall deal with you in hatred, and take away all the
fruit of your labor, and leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your
harlotry shall be uncovered....
Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem sinned grievously, therefore she became
filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness;
yes, she herself groans, and turns her face away.
Hosea 2:3 lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was
born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a parched land, and
slay her with thirst.
2:9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time, and My wine in
its season; and I will take away My wool and My flax, which were to cover
her nakedness.
Nahum 3:5 Hey, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and will
lift up your skirts over your face; and I will let nations look on your
nakedness and kingdoms on your shame.
Second Corinthians 5:4 For while we are still in this tent, we sigh
with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further
clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Revelation 3:18 Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined
by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep
the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes,
that you may see.
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and hey, a great assembly which
no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and
tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white
robes (NOT mini-robes!), with palm branches in their hands,
Revelation 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who
are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?"
Clearly, we can easily perceived from the passages above that nakedness and
erotica are frequently a direct cause-and-effect scenario and phenomenon.
Interestingly, it seems that some body-parts exposure of a woman is
acceptable in general public view:
First Corinthians 12:23 and those parts of the body which we think
less honorable we invest with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts
are treated with greater modesty,
1Co 12:24 which our more presentable parts do not require.....
First Timothy 2:8-9 .....women should adorn themselves modestly and
sensibly in decent apparel.....
Yet, sexual harassment can occur even with non-solicited then
non-desired exposure of a non-married woman's face and voice to men not
presently married to them....but in stark contrast, much desired
instead by a man for the face and voice of his bride (in marriage):
Song 2:14 Oh my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of
the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your
voice, for YOUR voice is sweet, and YOUR face is attractive.
concordant with:
Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the
streets?
17 Let them be for yourself ALONE (NO sharing!), and
not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the
wife of your youth,
19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill
you at all times with delight, be infatuated always with her
love.
20 Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose
[long-haired-exhibitionist] woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he watches
all his paths.
22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the
toils of his sin.
23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he
is lost.
Song 2:15 Catch us the [roam-around-mopheaded-exhibitionist] foxes,
the little foxes, [that] spoil the [sexual-body-resource] vineyards, for
our vineyards are in [past-puberty/sexually-mature] blossom."
It gets even more graphic Scripturally as to what a man finds erotically
compelling pertaining to his own wife or concubines, as opposed to what is
forced upon his eyesight by the publicly-immodest/indecent licentious and
lascivious:
Song 7:1 How graceful are YOUR footsteps in sandals, royal maiden!
YOUR rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
2 YOUR navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. YOUR
belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
3 YOUR two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
4 YOUR neck is like an ivory tower. YOUR eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bathrabbim. YOUR nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking
Damascus.
5 YOUR head crowns you like Carmel, and YOUR flowing locks
(i.e. loose long hair) are like purple; a king is held captive in the
tresses.
6 How fair and pleasant YOU are, loved one, delectable maiden!
7 YOU are stately as a palm tree, and YOUR breasts are like its
clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches. Oh,
may YOUR breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of YOUR breath
like apples,
9 and YOUR kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly,
gliding over lips and teeth of sleepers.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.
11 Come, MY beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in
the villages;
12 let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines
have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are
in bloom. There I will give YOU my love.
13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over OUR doors are all
choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for YOU, O MY
beloved.
with a warning given to immodest and indecently-exposed outsiders not
married to him:
Proverbs 7:10 And wow, a woman meets him, misdressed as a harlot,
wily of heart.
11 She is loud and wayward, her
[chauvinistically-competitive-against-businessmen] feet [non-domestically]
do not stay at home;
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not
stray into her paths;
26 for many a victim has she laid low; yes, all her
slain are a mighty host.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of
death.
Song 2:7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the
hinds of the field, that you [by not flaunting yourself in
showoff-exhibitionist public immodesty] stir not up nor awaken love until it
please.
Song 3:5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or
the hinds of the field, that you [by not posing for internet porn pix
and vids] stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
Song 8:4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up
nor awaken love until it please [by not being irresponsibly immodest
24/7 at any time of the year, especially during warm weather and for sports].
Jealous and retributionary retaliation for ignoring or disregarding and
disobeying the above swimsuit/bikini-like/etc. description can be lethal,
whether the infraction concerns illicit mopheadedness:
Numbers 5:18 (RSV/NASV) And the priest shall set the woman before
the LORD, and unbind the hair of the woman's
head/loosen the woman's hair, and place in her hands the
cereal offering of remembrance, which is the cereal offering of jealousy.
And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings
the curse.
Deuteronomy 32:42 (RSV) I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and
my sword shall devour flesh--with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'
1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman
to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair
is degrading to him,
15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? For her
hair is given to her for a covering.
16 If any one is inclined to be contentious, we recognize no
such custom [of allowing a woman to regard
her glorious loose long hair or any other of her
non-presentable-in-public-view body parts as adequate for a veil or prayer
covering], nor do the churches of God.
Even in this webpage author's immediate in-law family and friends, he can
detect who has scurrilously objected to his so-called "negative" and
"intolerant" Biblical dogma at family parties and gatherings, and who
incessantly and defiantly appears mopheaded without having tied their loose
long hair in a back-of-head ponytail.
All of us can tell who is ultimately on the Lord's side, contrasted
with who is on the Devil's side....who is presently (and probably
always has been) either FOR God or instead
AGAINST Him:
Those who love the Lord and will make it into Heaven are NOT among
those who frequently or infrequently despise moral precepts in God's Bible,
NOR those who despise the Biblically-revealed-Lord's authority
to judge with absolute strictness, NOR those who set up themselves up
as gods to defy the True God as to what He has clearly revealed about
Himself and His perfect required intentions in Scripture.
Even if evil weeds and wicked tares first appeared like useful plants to
start with (and I am thinking about some of the acquaintances and family
members I have known), the growing track record of their deviant words and
actions more and more indicates their inner defectiveness and deviancy....
a verification that they have never actually gave themselves completely to
Christ in total submission and stayed that way....an assurance that they
have never actually been "born from above" -- despite their camouflage of
legalistically appearing righteous by selectively obeying certain rules
(including man-made ones they concoct) at times for momentary convenience,
deception, or under Christian-influence duress.
The actions and the behavior of the damned-to-become will worsen, with
defiantly-relentless mopheadedness and other immodesties (even when they
have been presented with the modest Truth). Their lovelessness and
hostility will increase. Their questioning of God's plain Word throughout
Scripture will intensify. They will not want to associate with those who
hold everything in the Bible as true. And that is only for starters.
They will not apologize either to God nor His religious right for their
hatefully-malicious hostilities and rebelliously scornful attitude against
them.
Another arrogant display of defiant rebellion is general-public-view illicit
sleeveslessness:
Second Samuel 13:18 Now she was wearing a long-sleeved
full-length dress; for thus were the virgin daughters of the king
traditionally clad.....
Or general-public-view improper legwear (including lack of decent
legwear entirely):
Isaiah 47:1 Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of
Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones and grind meal, put off your veil, strip off
your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen.
I will take vengeance, and I will spare no man.
Or general-public-view sandals/flipflops-footed or other
sockslessness (including other insufficient footwear):
Jeremiah 2:25 Keep your feet from going unshod and
your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is hopeless, for I have loved
strangers, and after them I will go.'
Typically immodest and lurid american styles and fashions of warm-weather
spring and summer and early fall are obviously lacking, and lewd, wrong and
defiling - seriously needing correction - if many of the sexual social-issue
concerns are to be rectified as to the aberrant immentalities and
proclamations and misbehaviors of maliciously-competitive and
arrogantly-noxious feminist sexism, homogay perversion, evolution mythology,
porn (both illegal and pseudo-"legal"), sexual abuse and assault and rape,
premarital and extramarital pregnancy, frigidity and desertion, venereal
disease, abortion homicide, plus a lot more.
It behooves both genders to be cognizant of applicable Biblical verses
pertaining to what and when and where to expose whatever, what to suggest or
recommend or advocate should be exposed corresponding to the when and where
and under what conditions, what the [marital-quest] purpose is for the
general-public exposure that is publicly and Scripturally acceptable outside
of marriage, and the limitations of what should be gazed upon (though not
necessarily stared at) resulting in display and exhibition of lust:
First Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you
would a father; treat younger men like brothers,
2 older women like mothers, younger women [Gr.
ne(o)teras] like sisters, in all purity.
First Timothy 5:14 So I would have younger women [Gr.
ne(o)teras] (NOT: "widows" Gr. cheras) marry, bear children,
manage their households, and give the enemy no cause to revile us.
Titus 2:6 Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.