God loves sex. In other words, rule the world and have lots of sex. Not a bad day at the office. Sex outside of marriage is one of the clearest, unquestionable prohibitions in Christianity.
But where does the Bible teach this? Can you name a verse? Likewise, when Jesus condemns lust in Matthew 5, He does so in the context of adultery. Others might turn to Leviticus And maybe it does. But this needs to be shown and not just assumed. Before you book a hotel room and call up your girlfriend with the good news, please keep reading! Yes, the Bible does say that all forms of sex outside of marriage are wrong.
The same goes for their descendants. Noah, Shem, Abram and others all have sex and therefore have children within the confines of a marriage covenant. Hagar was more like a modern day surrogate mother who bears a child in the place of an infertile wife.
Deuteronomy condemns a soon to be wife who has had sex before marriage Deuteronomy , and the love poetry contained in the Song of Songs delights in the joys of sex but reserves it for a husband and wife. Extra-marital sex is never looked upon with divine approval in the Old Testament, no matter how bright the love-flame burns.
The Jewish tradition that flows from the Old Testament and cradles the New Testament was even more explicit in condemning pre-marital sex.
