I don't think the law of the land says that people living together should have an official paper. You only need that if you want to claim certain benefits etc. But I agree about the rings - if they want rings that is - but rings are not vital.
This is where the devil gets in Pearl, then twists things further.
To be married according to God's commands means God first but also give to the authorities what they require by law. Now if we look at today, things can get so confusing, but as Jesus said, it was not like that in the beginning. Of fact it wasn't like that in the 1940's. Everything has gone haywire in the last 70 years, the latter days of the end time.
I believe the latter days started on 14 May 1948, when Israel became a state again, the Jews ha e to be in the latter day events as we know.
Jesus said, that in the latter days the things he stated, which we see, are the birth pangs of the end. From 1948 to the current day is that pregnancy period, the first 1/3 little showed, then from the 1969, the 2/3 things started to show and boy didn't they, free speech, free sex, the pill, free everything. But we are now in the final 1/3 of the pregnancy, the birth pangs are visible and clear to see.
Everything is changing for the worst, and so fast, the devil is angry, he is running out of time.
That is why we are seeing... 'As the days of Noah were, 'Sodom and Gomorrah final sequence'. Man will go with man and woman with woman and they will be repaid in their own kind, the wages of sin is death. But here is the point, even marriage has got twisted to include the vilest of sins, under the name of marriage. It is sad but it was prophesied.
It is the same with benefits, after the war, 1940's none of this was available, but even the benefit system is warped and twisted, the devil loves it, we will change the law so women get benefit when they have children that way we can get them to work as soon as the youngest child is, I think two years old. But over time thy get twisted more, it is more beneficial for a man and woman to live in two homes and claim benefit as they are both single. It is crazy and the young ones use the system, or abuse the system for their own gain, but no one dare fight it, they want the young ones votes.
The system is corrupt Pearl, but it wasn't like that in the beginning, it wasn't like that in Jesus time, it wasn't like that 70 years ago, everything pivoted and changed from 1948.
So, when looking at marriage, marriage certificate we have only one reliable choice sister, The Bible. Written for all generations.
To me that tells me, God first, he is the author and creator of marriage, but a certificate is requires because it was required in Moses time and in the time our Lord was on earth.
That was a long way round answering the situation, but the bit in the middle and what is happening in these latter days must be considered is so important, and to compare things with today will only, I feel, lead to wrong thinking, the Truth is in The Word.
God Bless
